23682 | It would be absurd to be precise about the small things, but only vague about the big things [Plato] |
2187 | If we suspect that a philosophical term is meaningless, we should ask what impression it derives from [Hume] |
9350 | Our reason mostly analyses concepts we already have of objects [Kant] |
18259 | Analysis is becoming self-conscious about our concepts [Kant] |
5530 | Analysis of our concepts is merely a preparation for proper a priori metaphysics [Kant] |
23188 | Bad writers use shapeless floating splotches of concepts [Nietzsche] |
8415 | Never lose sight of the distinction between concept and object [Frege] |
7132 | Philosophers should create and fight for their concepts, not just clean and clarify them [Nietzsche] |
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
8559 | Analysis aims at internal relationships, not reduction [Shoemaker] |
17034 | Analyses of concepts using entirely different terms are very inclined to fail [Kripke] |
6980 | Conceptual analysis studies whether one story is made true by another story [Jackson] |
6983 | Intuitions about possibilities are basic to conceptual analysis [Jackson] |
14707 | Conceptual analysis is needed to establish that metaphysical reductions respect original meanings [Jackson, by Schroeter] |
15212 | Analysis of concepts based neither on formalism nor psychology can arise from examining what we know [Harré/Madden] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
11832 | We learn a concept's relations by using it, without reducing it to anything [Wiggins] |
8605 | In addition to analysis of a concept, one can deny it, or accept it as primitive [Lewis] |
2474 | It seems likely that analysis of concepts is impossible, but justification can survive without it [Fodor] |
13395 | If an analysis shows the features of a concept, it doesn't seem to 'reduce' the concept [Jubien] |
23728 | Analysis aims to express the full set of platitudes surrounding a given concept [Smith,M] |
11159 | My account shows how the concept works, rather than giving an analysis [Fine,K] |
9184 | We can't presume that all interesting concepts can be analysed [Williamson] |
14986 | Conceptual analysts trust particular intuitions much more than general ones [Sider] |
14899 | Why think that conceptual analysis reveals reality, rather than just how people think? [Ladyman/Ross] |
17729 | Examining concepts can recover information obtained through the senses [Jenkins] |
23770 | Reductive analysis makes a concept clearer, by giving an alternative simpler set [Williams,NE] |
19259 | If 2-D conceivability can a priori show possibilities, this is a defence of conceptual analysis [Vaidya] |