Difference between revisions of "Analytic proposition" - New World Encyclopedia

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An '''''analytic proposition''''' is one that is true because of relations of concepts or ideas, and not because it says something true about the world.
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An '''''analytic proposition''''' is one whose truth depends on relations of concepts or ideas, and not on what it says about the world.

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An analytic proposition is one whose truth depends on relations of concepts or ideas, and not on what it says about the world.