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<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Analytic truth''' refers to a sentence which is true solely in virtue of its meaning. <br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> (i) Bachelors are unmarried.<br /> <br /> The sentences like (i) is an analytic truth because the meaning of the predicate is part of the meaning of the subject. <br /> <br /> Sentence (ii) is a necessary but not an analytic truth:<br /> <br /> (ii) Every raven is black or not black<br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> The counterpart of analytic truths are synthetic truths: their truth depends on the state of affairs in the actual world. This distinction was first made by Kant. Sentence (i) is also a [[necessary truth]]: it is always true due to rules of logical deduction.<br /> <br /> The difference between analytic truth and necessary truth is that analyticity depends on the meanings of the expressions used, while necessity depends on certain logical operators such as ''un-'' in (i) and ''not'' in (ii). <br /> <br /> All sentences which are true, but not necessarily true, are [[contingent truth]]s: their truth has to be derived from the facts of the actual world.<br /> <br /> ===Link===<br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Analytic+truth&amp;lemmacode=1019 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Katz, Jerrold 1972. ''The philosophy of linguistics.'' Oxford University Press.<br /> *Quine, W. 1953. From a logical point of view (184 p.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]</div>

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