P1: We have no explicit understanding of analyticity.
1a: This would require an explicit understanding of synonymy.
1b: We have no explicit
understanding of synonymy
P2: We have no implicit understanding of analyticity.
2a: Q does not know whether “All green things are extended” is
analytic.
2b:
Semantic rules cannot help.
C: The analytic/synthetic distinction is untenable.
P1: Reductionism requires being able to translate all meaningful
claims into claims about immediate experience.
P2: No such translation can be successful.
2a: Such a translation is
possible only if empirical evidence can force us to give up individual claims.
2b: We can hold onto any claim in the face of apparent
counter-evidence by making adjustments elsewhere in our system of beliefs.
C: Reductionism is untenable.