Concept

Internal–external distinction

Overview

The internal–external distinction is a distinction used in philosophy to divide an ontology into two parts: trivial internal questions and meaningless external questions.

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Philosophers who discussed Internal–external distinction

• Rudolf Carnap

Related ideas

• Metaphysics
• Ontology
• Supervenience
• Rudolf Carnap
• Complex number
• Analytic–synthetic distinction
• Existential quantification

Opposing perspectives

• Analytic–synthetic distinction

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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