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Comment author: dfranke 12 April 2011 06:42:18PM *  0 points [-]

My own experience with analytic philosophy is that it is not particularly effective in shutting down pointless speculation.

Oh, certainly not. Not in the least. Think of it this way. Pre-analytic philosophy is like a monkey throwing darts at a dartboard. Analytic philosophy is like a human throwing them. There's no guarantee that he'll hit the board, much less the bullseye, but at least he understands where he's supposed to aim.