philosophical analysis

American  

noun

1. linguistic analysis.

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philosophical analysis British  

noun

1. a philosophical method in which language and experience are analysed in an attempt to provide new insights into various philosophical problems

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Etymology

Origin of philosophical analysis

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Deconstruction should apply only to the specific form of literary and philosophical analysis that takes the name, he argued, not simply to the idea of breaking anything into its parts.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022

Perhaps it’s because I never studied literary or philosophical analysis in the same way he did, but I never understood the harm of the more informal usage.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022

Delany’s philosophical analysis of McClean’s charge to the jury is enlightening. 

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2012

Chapter 15 of that book, "Why Men Climb," contains more philosophical analysis than many pounds of run-of-the-mill theses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Belfast, whose powers, of philosophical analysis, and patient investigation are surpassed only by the success of the masterly skill with which he applies them.

From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William