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analytic-synthetic distinction: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of science

the distinction between statements true by meaning alone and those true in virtue of fact, challenged as untenable.

In philosophy of science, analytic-synthetic distinction refers to the distinction between statements true by meaning alone and those true in virtue of fact, challenged as untenable. This meaning comes from Quine (1951) in The Philosophical Review.[1]

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References

Quine, W. V. (1951). Main Trends in Recent Philosophy: Two Dogmas of Empiricism. The Philosophical Review, 60(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.2307/2181906

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