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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Analytic Philosophy''' β The style of philosophy that uses formal logic and linguistic analysis to solve problems. * '''Bertrand Russell''' β A founder of analytic philosophy; author of 'Principia Mathematica'. * '''Ludwig Wittgenstein''' β Author of the 'Tractatus' and 'Philosophical Investigations'; the most influential analytic thinker. * '''Logical Positivism''' β The radical belief that a statement is only meaningful if it is either a mathematical truth or can be scientifically proven. * '''Vienna Circle''' β The group of thinkers who promoted logical positivism in the 1920s. * '''Language Games''' β Wittgenstein's later idea that the meaning of a word is not a "thing," but how it is "used" in a specific social context. * '''The Verification Principle''' β The rule that "If you can't test it, it's meaningless." * '''Ordinary Language Philosophy''' β The movement (led by J.L. Austin) that studies how we use words in daily life to solve puzzles. * '''Philosophy of Mind''' β The analytic study of whether the "Mind" is just the "Brain" (Physicalism). * '''G.E. Moore''' β A founder who argued for "Common Sense" against the complex theories of the past. * '''W.V.O. Quine''' β An American philosopher who challenged the strict distinction between "Logic" and "Experience" (The Two Dogmas). * '''Saul Kripke''' β A modern analytic philosopher who revolutionized how we think about "Naming" and "Possibility." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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