6. Doubts About Conceptual Analysis

Author: Harman, Gilbert

Source: Reasoning, Meaning, and Mind, July 1999 , pp. 138-144(7)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

A response to a paper by Frank Jackson. Although philosophers sometimes defend certain ‘analyses’ as analytic or a priori truths, such analyses are far from obviously true and are defended inductively. Contrary to Jackson's claim, the rejection of analyticity is based on consideration of central cases.

Keywords: a priori; analyticity; Frank Jackson; aprioricity; conceptual analysis

Document Type: Research article

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