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Published on: July 31, 2007
[Analytical philosophy or the search for a technological thought]
1Institut Jean Nicod, Pavillon jardin, 29, rue d'Ulm, F-75005, Paris, France, fredericp.pascal@gmail.com.
Abstract:
This article focuses on the origins of analytical philosophy. It argues that the conditions under which it was thought out were similar to the conditions necessary for critical thinking - like the scientific inquiry that served as its model, analytical philosophy was based on the distinction between syntax and semantics. Resulting from logical analysis, this distinction was later essential to all systems of representation - works of art, human action, intellectual endeavours. This evolution reveals a major concern - the need for a technical tool for the critical mind.
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