Questions tagged [analytic-synthetic-divide]

Is the existence (existence or subsistance) of a thing an analytic proposition? If I talk about a thing x, any thing, and say "x exists", would it be an analytic proposition? I think it would be because you can't really talk about a thing without it…

In another post here, I asked whether the analytic/synthetic distinction could be grounded in/reframed as an erotetic distinction. So assuming that grounding/reframing in the background as 'given' (if only for the sake of argument), I now would like…

Are all true synthetic judgments satisfied? I'm guessing not. But, equally, I wondered if it touches on any discussion. I am not sure what word to use instead of 'satisfied', so I'll illustrate instead. First off, it doesn't seem to the the case…

I often see mathematicians make statements like "A priori, it is not clear whether 231283179 is a prime number or not." This is supposed to mean something like "just by looking at it, without thinking about it, we can't easily see whether 231283179…