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Quine's critique of analyticity

Quine's critique of analyticity challenges the distinction between analytical truths—statements true by definition, like "All bachelors are unmarried"—and synthetic truths, which are true based on factual information. He argued that this distinction is vague and that our knowledge is a web of interconnected beliefs, where changing one belief can affect many others. He believed that no statement is immune from revision, undermining the idea that some truths are straightforwardly true regardless of experience. This implies that understanding meaning and truth is much more complex than simply relying on definitions.