analytic philosophy
noun
: a philosophical movement that seeks the solution of philosophical problems in the analysis of propositions or sentences
called also philosophical analysis
compare ordinary-language philosophyExamples of analytic philosophy in a Sentence
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Russell’s remarkable life and career — spanning nearly a century from 1872 to 1970 — established him as a pioneering figure in analytic philosophy and one of the 20th century’s foremost logicians.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
The register of analytic philosophy is curiously ill-suited to an activity that is—and ought to be—a toppling of all the usual defenses.
—Book Marks
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Most mind-body theorists seek a single, final, universal answer to this question, written in the language of neuroscience, physics, computer science, analytic philosophy or all or none of the above.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2021
Russell is generally known as one of the founders of analytic philosophy, the co-author of Principia Mathematica—a landmark work in mathematical logic—and was advisor to Ludwig Wittgenstein.
—Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
Theories such as Hoffman’s amount to a return of idealism—the notion that physical reality cannot be strictly separated from the mind—a philosophy that has been out of fashion since the rise of analytic philosophy, in the early twentieth century.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2019
In some ways this becomes a matter of semantics and analytic philosophy.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2011
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
The register of analytic philosophy is curiously ill-suited to an activity that is—and ought to be—a toppling of all the usual defenses.
—Book Marks
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Most mind-body theorists seek a single, final, universal answer to this question, written in the language of neuroscience, physics, computer science, analytic philosophy or all or none of the above.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2021
Russell is generally known as one of the founders of analytic philosophy, the co-author of Principia Mathematica—a landmark work in mathematical logic—and was advisor to Ludwig Wittgenstein.
—Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
Theories such as Hoffman’s amount to a return of idealism—the notion that physical reality cannot be strictly separated from the mind—a philosophy that has been out of fashion since the rise of analytic philosophy, in the early twentieth century.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2019
In some ways this becomes a matter of semantics and analytic philosophy.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2011
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