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Single Idea 6420
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
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Full Idea
I remain firmly persuaded, in spite of some modern tendencies to the contrary, that only by analysing is progress possible, …for example, by analysing physics and perception, the problem of mind and matter can be completely solved.
Gist of Idea
Only by analysing is progress possible in philosophy
Source
Bertrand Russell (My Philosophical Development [1959], Ch.1)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'My Philosophical Development' [Routledge 1993], p.11
A Reaction
I don't share his confidence in the second part of this, but I subscribe to the maxim that 'analsis is the path to wisdom'. It is a very western view, and lots of people (mostly of a mystical disposition) hate it, but I see no better path.
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[strategy and value of breaking down ideas and reality]:
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5842
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Philosophical discussion involves dividing subject-matter into categories
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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22521
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Our method of inquiry is to examine the smallest parts that make up the whole
[Aristotle]
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12997
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Analysis is the art of finding the middle term
[Leibniz]
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5021
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An idea is analysed perfectly when it is shown a priori that it is possible
[Leibniz]
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6118
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Philosophy is logical analysis, followed by synthesis
[Russell]
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6420
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Only by analysing is progress possible in philosophy
[Russell]
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6432
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Analysis gives new knowledge, without destroying what we already have
[Russell]
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14122
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Analysis gives us nothing but the truth - but never the whole truth
[Russell]
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7527
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Analysis for Moore and Russell is carving up the world, not investigating language
[Moore,GE, by Monk]
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19193
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Disputes that fail to use precise scientific terminology are all meaningless
[Tarski]
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13750
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Analysis aims at the structure of facts, which are needed to give a rationale to analysis
[Urmson, by Schaffer,J]
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8460
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Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc
[Quine/Ullian]
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12773
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Analytic philosophy has an exceptional arsenal of critical tools
[Fraassen]
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15545
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Armstrong's analysis seeks truthmakers rather than definitions
[Lewis]
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16288
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Analysis reduces primitives and makes understanding explicit (without adding new knowledge)
[Lewis]
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12865
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Analytic philosophers may prefer formal systems because natural language is such mess
[Simons]
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22334
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Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis
[Glock]
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