Gottlob Frege was a German geometry professor at the University of Jena, logician, and philosopher who is understood as the father of analytic philosophy. [37]

John Dewey (1910: 74, 82) introduced the term ‘critical thinking’ as the name of an educational goal, which he identified with a scientific attitude of mind. More commonly, he called the goal ‘reflective …

The intellectual roots of critical thinking are as ancient as its etymology, traceable, ultimately, to the teaching practice and vision of Socrates 2,500 years ago who discovered by a method of probing …

Gottlob Frege is often called the father of analytic philosophy, but the real reason to study him is not his historical significance, but, rather, that in his work one encounters a philosophical intelligence of the …

Oct 20, 2025 · As noted above, the seeds of modern analytic philosophy were sown when two of the most important figures in its history, Russell and Moore, broke with idealism at the turn of the 20th …

Oct 30, 2023 · His logical system became the foundation upon which Western analytical thought was built, influencing everything from mathematics and science to law and philosophy.

In this short overview, I will describe the origins of analytic philosophy followed by its early development leading up to the 1960s after which diverse interests emerge and analytic philosophy branches out …

Nov 2, 2024 · Analytic philosophy and symbolic logic have been shaped by numerous influential thinkers. Below is a selection of key figures in both fields, along with their biographies and major …

This is because Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore, the principal proponents of analytical philosophy in England, were both for a time directly influenced by F.H.Bradley’s version of idealism. The …

Jun 20, 2013 · Analytic philosophy is now generally seen as the dominant philosophical tradition in the English-speaking world, and has been so from at least the middle of the twentieth century. Over the …