'''Analytic''' may refer to a category of logical propositions, defined by [[Logical positivism|logical positivists]]. Analytical propositions are based on a priori knowledge, self-evident and generally tautalogical; they are definitively true or false by definition. Their truth or falsehood is often, but not always, obvious. Analytic propositions also encompass mathematical reasoning. | '''Analytic''' may refer to a category of logical propositions, defined by [[Logical positivism|logical positivists]]. Analytical propositions are based on a priori knowledge, self-evident and generally tautalogical; they are definitively true or false by definition. Their truth or falsehood is often, but not always, obvious. Analytic propositions also encompass mathematical reasoning. |