Analytic
(Gr. analytike) Aristotle’s name for the technique of logical analysis. The Prior Analytics contains his analysis of the syllogism, the Posterior Analytics his analysis of the conditions of scientific or demonstrable knowledge. — G.R.M.
In Kant. One of two divisions of general logic (the other being Dialectic) which discovers by analysis all the functions of reason as exercised in thought, thus disclosing the formal criteria of experience and truth. (See Kantianism.) — O.F.K.
See also Meaning, Kinds of.