5842 | Philosophical discussion involves dividing subject-matter into categories [Socrates, by Xenophon] |
22521 | Our method of inquiry is to examine the smallest parts that make up the whole [Aristotle] |
12997 | Analysis is the art of finding the middle term [Leibniz] |
5021 | An idea is analysed perfectly when it is shown a priori that it is possible [Leibniz] |
6118 | Philosophy is logical analysis, followed by synthesis [Russell] |
6420 | Only by analysing is progress possible in philosophy [Russell] |
6432 | Analysis gives new knowledge, without destroying what we already have [Russell] |
14122 | Analysis gives us nothing but the truth - but never the whole truth [Russell] |
7527 | Analysis for Moore and Russell is carving up the world, not investigating language [Moore,GE, by Monk] |
19193 | Disputes that fail to use precise scientific terminology are all meaningless [Tarski] |
13750 | Analysis aims at the structure of facts, which are needed to give a rationale to analysis [Urmson, by Schaffer,J] |
8460 | Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc [Quine/Ullian] |
12773 | Analytic philosophy has an exceptional arsenal of critical tools [Fraassen] |
15545 | Armstrong's analysis seeks truthmakers rather than definitions [Lewis] |
16288 | Analysis reduces primitives and makes understanding explicit (without adding new knowledge) [Lewis] |
12865 | Analytic philosophers may prefer formal systems because natural language is such mess [Simons] |
22334 | Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis [Glock] |