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Full Idea
If there is no analytic/synthetic distinction then there are no analyses.
Gist of Idea
Analysis is impossible without the analytic/synthetic distinction
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch. 3)
Book Ref
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.33
A Reaction
There are no precise analyses. I see no reason why a holistic view of language prohibits the careful elucidation of key concepts in the system. It's just a bit fluid.
19487 | Without the analytic/synthetic distinction, Carnap's ontology/empirical distinction collapses [Quine] |
3087 | The analytic/synthetic distinction is a silly division of thought into encyclopaedia and dictionary [Harman] |
4890 | A sharp analytic/synthetic line can rarely be drawn, but some concepts are central to thought [Perry] |
2473 | Analysis is impossible without the analytic/synthetic distinction [Fodor] |
9368 | Epistemological analyticity: grasp of meaning is justification; metaphysical: truth depends on meaning [Boghossian] |
4717 | If we abandon the analytic-synthetic distinction, scepticism about meaning may be inevitable [O'Grady] |
22152 | Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction [Boulter] |