Analytic Philosophy
<p>As a philosophical practice,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> it is characterized by an emphasis on argumentative clarity and precision, often making use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_logic" class="mw-redirect" title="Formal logic">formal logic</a>, conceptual analysis, and to a lesser degree, mathematics and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural sciences">natural sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LeiterWeb_4-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-LeiterWeb-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
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According to a characteristic paragraph by Russell:</p>
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<p>Modern analytical empiricism [...] differs from that of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume by its incorporation of mathematics and its development of a powerful logical technique. It is thus able, in regard to certain problems, to achieve definite answers, which have the quality of science rather than of philosophy. It has the advantage, in comparison with the philosophies of the system-builders, of being able to tackle its problems one at a time, instead of having to invent at one stroke a block theory of the whole universe. Its methods, in this respect, resemble those of science.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup></p>
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<p>Analytic philosophy is often understood in contrast to other philosophical traditions, most notably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_philosophy" title="Continental philosophy">continental philosophies</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism" title="Existentialism">existentialism</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology_%28philosophy%29" title="Phenomenology (philosophy)">phenomenology</a>, and also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomism" title="Thomism">Thomism</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_philosophy" title="Indian philosophy">Indian philosophy</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_philosophy#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup></p>