Full Idea
Analytic judgements rest wholly on the principle of contradiction, …because the predicate cannot be denied of the subject without contradiction.
Gist of Idea
Analytic judgement rests on contradiction, since the predicate cannot be denied of the subject
Source
Immanuel Kant (Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic [1781], 267)
Book Reference
Kant,Immanuel: 'Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic', ed/tr. Lucas,Peter G. [Manchester UP 1971], p.17
A Reaction
So if I say 'gold has atomic number 79', that is a (Kantian) analytic statement? This is the view of sceptics about Kripke's a posteriori necessity. …a few lines later Kant gives 'gold is a yellow metal' as an example.
Related Idea
Idea 20293 Analytic judgements can't be explained by contradiction, since that is what is assumed [Rey]