PHILOS 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10-16: Logical Biconditional, Principle Of Bivalence, Family Resemblance
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To analyze a concept f is to give an account of what is it to fall under that concept of what that concept means. The basic thought: for a conceptual analysis to be informative, it must be incorrect; and to be correct, it must be uninformative. If it is in fact a conceptual truth that two descriptions are equivalent, then anyone who understands the relevant concepts should recognize that these descriptions are equivalent. In which case, pointing out that these descriptions are equivalent will be uninformative. Alternatively, if the equivalence is informative, then it must not be obvious to everyone who understands the two descriptions. But then it must not be a conceptual truth that these descriptions are equivalent. In which case, the claim that they are equivalent cannot count as a correct conceptual analysis. If the concepts f and g are not identical, the analysis is false. (1, 2)
