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"All bachelors are happy" is

    { 1 } - an analytic statement.
    { 2 } - a synthetic statement.

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"All bachelors are happy" is

The truth of "All bachelors are happy" depends on what the world is like. So it's a synthetic statement.

We could consistently imagine "All bachelors are happy" being true and we could consistently imagine it being false. Our language conventions along don't determine whether it is true or false. So the statement is synthetic -- not analytic.

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2 is correct!

"All bachelors are happy" is

    { 1 } - an analytic statement.
    { 2 } - a synthetic statement.

The truth of "All bachelors are happy" depends on what the world is like. So it's a synthetic statement.

We could consistently imagine "All bachelors are happy" being true and we could consistently imagine it being false. Our language conventions along don't determine whether it is true or false. So the statement is synthetic -- not analytic.

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