Single Idea 6980

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis]

Full Idea

Conceptual analysis is the very business of addressing when and whether a story told in one vocabulary is made true by one told in some allegedly more fundamental vocabulary.

Gist of Idea

Conceptual analysis studies whether one story is made true by another story

Source

Frank Jackson (From Metaphysics to Ethics [1998], Ch.2)

Book Reference

Jackson,Frank: 'From Metaphysics to Ethics' [OUP 2000], p.28


A Reaction

This is a view of linguistic analysis as focusing on entailments rather than on usage or truth conditions. If philosophy is the attempt to acquire a totally consistent set of beliefs (a plausible view), then Jackson is right.