Q&A: Between a Claim and a Definition
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Between a Claim and a Definition
Question
Is the difference between them that a claim is a synthetic statement (I am asserting something new that is not contained in the term itself), whereas a definition is an analytic statement?
Answer
Roughly. A definition is more than an analytic statement. It does not analyze the content of the concept, but rather determines it. And perhaps it depends on whether this is a stipulative definition (which creates a new concept) or a directing definition (which tries to describe an existing concept).