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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
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First Known Use of ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY

1891

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