Single Idea 22152

[catalogued under 19. Language / E. Analyticity / 3. Analytic and Synthetic]

Full Idea

Aristotle and the scholastics accept the analytic/synthetic distinction, but do not take it to be particularly significant.

Gist of Idea

Aristotelians accept the analytic-synthetic distinction

Source

Stephen Boulter (Why Medieval Philosophy Matters [2019], 5)

Book Reference

Boulter,Stephen: 'Why Medieval Philosophy Matters' [Bloomsbury 2019], p.122


A Reaction

I record this because I'm an Aristotelian, and need to know what I'm supposed to think. Luckily, I accept the distinction.