Not all analytic philosophers, however, have been as hostile.
Dennett's criticism reflects a more general attitude among analytic philosophers of mind.
Nonetheless, his influence among analytic philosophers has been enormous because of three factors.
Some analytic philosophers have said the distinction "may seem rather pedantic".
Couturat's reading of this paper was the launching point for much 20th-century thinking about Leibniz, especially among analytic philosophers.
This view has been criticized by many analytic philosophers and scientists.
However, analytic philosophers disagree widely about the correct logical form of ordinary language.
But his greatest impact, also unusual for an analytic philosopher, was on art.
Some analytic philosophers have in fact claimed, since at least the 1980s, that Derrida's work is "not philosophy."
It has become all but axiomatic among analytic philosophers that there is no meaning apart from language.