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Abstract:
Kant’s famous definition of analyticity states that a judgement is analytic if its subject-concept contains its predicate-concept. Ayer objects that (i) Kant makes use of the vague term ‘concept’, (ii) Kant presupposes that every judgement and every sentence has subject-predicate form, and (iii) in addition to the given ‘psychological’ criterion, Kant employs a ‘logical’ criterion not equivalent to the former. It will be shown that, taken literally, these objections are quite superficial. The third one, however, entails a serious problem.
Published Online: 2014-6-1
Published in Print: 2014-6-1
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