analytic philosophy
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Tweet n. 1. Any of various philosophical methodologies holding that clear and precise definition and argumentation are vital to productive philosophical inquiry. 2. A philosophical school of the 20th century predominant in the United States and Great Britain whose central concerns are the nature of logic, concepts, and language. Leading practitioners have included Bertrand Russell, George Edward Moore, Rudolf Carnap, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. |
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