The older a word, the deeper it reaches. (Wittgenstein NB, 40) {§6.5} This supplement collects together various definitions and descriptions of analysis that have been offered in the history of philosophy (including all the classic ones), to indicate the range of different conceptions and the issues that arise. (There are also some remarks on related topics such as analyticity, definition, and methodology more generally.) In most cases, abbreviated references are given; full details can be found in the Annotated Bibliography on Analysis, in the section mentioned in curly brackets after the relevant definition or description. Where there is more than one passage quoted from a particular author, passages are numbered in chronological order of composition (as far as that can be determined). Show
1. Definitions of AnalysisCambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd ed., 1999, ed. Robert Audithe process of breaking up a concept, proposition, linguistic complex, or fact into its simple or ultimate constituents. {§1.1} Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1976, ed. J. B. Sykes1. Resolution into simpler elements by analysing (opp. synthesis); statement of result of this; … 2. (Math.) Use of algebra and calculus in problem-solving. {§1.1} Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1925, ed. James Mark Baldwin, Vol. IThe isolation of what is more elementary from what is more complex by whatever method. {§1.1} A Kant Dictionary, 1995, by Howard CaygillKant combines two senses of analysis in his work, one derived from Greek geometry, the other from modern physics and chemistry. Both remain close to the original Greek sense of analysis as a ‘loosening up’ or ‘releasing’, but each proceed in different ways. The former proceeds ‘lemmatically’ by assuming a proposition to be true and searching for another known truth from which the proposition may be deduced. The latter proceeds by resolving complex wholes into their elements. {§4.5} Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, 1996, by Simon BlackburnThe process of breaking a concept down into more simple parts, so that its logical structure is displayed. {§1.1} Philosophielexikon, 1997, ed. A. Hügli and P. LübckeAuflösung, Zerlegung in Bestandteile, im Gegensatz zu Synthese. {§1.1} Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1998, entry under ‘Analytical Philosophy’ by Thomas BaldwinPhilosophical analysis is a method of inquiry in which one seeks to assess complex systems of thought by ‘analysing’ them into simpler elements whose relationships are thereby brought into focus. {§1.1} Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1998, entry under ‘Conceptual Analysis’ by Robert HannaThe theory of conceptual analysis holds that concepts – general meanings of linguistic predicates – are the fundamental objects of philosophical inquiry, and that insights into conceptual contents are expressed in necessary ‘conceptual truths’ (analytic propositions). {§1.1} Annotated Bibliography, §1.1 2. Descriptions of AnalysisAlexander of Aphrodisias
Aristotle
Arnauld, Antoine and Nicole, Pierre
Ayer, A. J.
Bentham, Jeremy
Bergson, Henri
Black, Max
Bos, Henk J. M.
Bradley, F. H.
Brandom, Robert B.
Carnap, Rudolf
Cassirer, Ernst
Cohen, L. Jonathan
Collingwood, R. G.
Davidson, Donald
De Chardin, Teilhard
Derrida, Jacques
Descartes, René
Euclid
Frege, Gottlob
Geertz, Clifford
Hegel, Georg W.F.
Heidegger, Martin
Hobbes, Thomas
Hodges, Wilfrid
Holton, Gerald
Husserl, Edmund
Kant, Immanuel
Lakatos, Imre
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
Locke, John
Lodge, David
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moore, G. E.
Newton, Isaac
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Pappus
Plato
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Polya, George
Proclus
Quine, W.V.O.
Rorty, Richard
Rosen, Stanley
Russell, Bertrand
Ryle, Gilbert
Schiller, Friedrich
Sellars, Wilfrid
Soames, Scott
Stebbing, L. Susan
Strawson, Peter F.
Urmson, J. O.
Whitehead, Alfred North
Wilson, John Cook
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
A list of key works on analysis (monographs and collections) can be found in the Annotated Bibliography, §1.2. Who designs and oversees the transformation of resources into goods or services?11.1 Operations Management in Manufacturing
Thus, to compete with other organizations, a company must convert resources (materials, labor, money, information) into goods or services as efficiently as possible. The upper-level manager who directs this transformation process is called an operations manager.
What is the acronym used for the system of production that uses computers instead of paper to design components products and processes?What is the acronym used for the system of production that uses computers instead of paper to design components, products, and processes? The difference between CAD and CAM is that CAD uses computers to design products while CAM __.
What is the term used to refer to the process of taking resources inputs and successfully transforming them into products outputs?A transformation process is any activity or group of activities that takes one or more inputs, transforms and adds value to them, and provides outputs for customers or clients.
When layout is organized into departments that group related processes is called?Process layout. Organized into departments that group related processes. Continuous manufacturing organization.
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