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linguistic analysis

 
–noun
a 20th-century philosophical movement inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein and marked by close attention paid to the way words are used in order to clarify concepts and to eliminate confusions arising from mystifying preconceptions about language.
Also called analytic philosophy, ordinary-language philosophy, philosophical analysis.
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analytic philosophy  
n.  

  1. A cluster of philosophical traditions holding that argumentation and clarity are vital to productive philosophical inquiry.

  2. A philosophical school of the 20th century whose central methodology is the analysis of concepts or language. Leading practitioners have included Bertrand Russell, George Edward Moore, Rudolf Carnap, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

  3. Philosophy as professionally practiced in the United States and Great Britain in the 20th century.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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