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What is analytical philosophy

Analytic philosophy focus' on clarifying complex ideas by breaking them down into their most basic components to understand them better. For example, spirit, soul and body is a philosophical analysis of the human life.

To these philosophers It's like taking apart a puzzle to see how all the pieces fit together. Analytic philosophy is a school of thought that emerged within Western philosophy around the 20th century and was often associated with British philosophers like Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.