THE ANALYTIC-SYNTHETIC DISTINCTION

There is a basic, fundamental difference between analytic and synthetic propositions. Quine intends to ‘out-empiricize’ Ayer: Not only are there no a priori truths about the world… There is no such thing as an analytic proposition! In other words, every proposition is sensitive to empirical experience. Quine has two arguments… Argument I: Circularity. Quine identifies two types of anal ................
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