analytical philosophy

British  

noun

1. a school of philosophy which flourished in the first half of the 20th century and which sought to resolve philosophical problems by analysing the language in which they are expressed, esp in terms of formal logic as in Russell's theory of descriptions Compare linguistic philosophy

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Example Sentences

Surrogates for religion, Kaufmann says, include political movements like the New Left, and schools of thought such as analytical philosophy, Marxism and psychoanalysis.

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