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analytic philosophy

noun

Definition of analytic philosophy

: a philosophical movement that seeks the solution of philosophical problems in the analysis of propositions or sentences

— called also philosophical analysis

— compare ordinary-language philosophy

First Known Use of analytic philosophy

1934, in the meaning defined above

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