analytic / synthetic (1783).
Distinction first formulated by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), adopted as a fundamental principle in linguistic semantics.
An analytic or necessary truth (‘sentence’ in linguistics) is true by virtue of its meaning: ‘All bachelors are unmarried men’.
A synthetic or contingent truth is true by virtue of empirical fact: ‘Grass is green’ is not necessarily true, but only if grass is green.
Source:
T M Olshewsky, ed., Problems in the Philosophy of Language (New York, 1969), ch. 5
Table of Contents
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- 2.1 The Analytic and Synthetic Etymology of the Hebrew Language
- 2.2 Philosophical Devices: Proofs, Probabilities, Possibilities, and Sets
- 2.3 The Poverty of Conceptual Truth: Kant's Analytic/Synthetic Distinction and the Limits of Metaphysics
- 2.4 Quine on the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
- 2.5 Truth in Virtue of Meaning: A Defence of the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
- 2.6 General, Reviews, and Analytic/Synthetic : Philosophy of Quine, Volume 1
- 2.7 An Introduction to Projective Geometry and its Applications; an Analytic and Synthetic Treatment
- 2.8 The Sciences of Learning and Instructional Design: Constructive Articulation Between Communities
- 2.9 Higher Arithmetic, Or, the Science and Application of Numbers : Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Modes of Instruction, Designed for Advanced Classes in Schools and Academies
- 2.10 Phonics: Bk. 1: Synthetic Analytic Phoneme Spelling Word Early Years (Developing Literacy)
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The Analytic and Synthetic Etymology of the Hebrew Language
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Philosophical Devices: Proofs, Probabilities, Possibilities, and Sets
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The Poverty of Conceptual Truth: Kant's Analytic/Synthetic Distinction and the Limits of Metaphysics
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Quine on the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction
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Truth in Virtue of Meaning: A Defence of the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
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General, Reviews, and Analytic/Synthetic : Philosophy of Quine, Volume 1
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An Introduction to Projective Geometry and its Applications; an Analytic and Synthetic Treatment
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The Sciences of Learning and Instructional Design: Constructive Articulation Between Communities
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Higher Arithmetic, Or, the Science and Application of Numbers : Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Modes of Instruction, Designed for Advanced Classes in Schools and Academies
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Phonics: Bk. 1: Synthetic Analytic Phoneme Spelling Word Early Years (Developing Literacy)
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