objection to the analytic-synthetic distinction. Clear though the distinction between analytic and synthetic appears to be, it has sometimes come under attack. Two main lines of criticism should now be mentioned
"The analytic-synthetic distinction does not mark a real difference, since on closer examination it turns out that all propositions are analytic."
What could possibly be the reason for holding such a bizarre view? The reasoning goes as followers: Everything we know about X is embodied in the concept of X; the more we know, the richer the concept of X becomes; and we would have a complete concept of X only if we knew everything there is to be known about X. To use the example given by the philosopher Gottfried von Leibniz () : Our concept of Adam is limited, for we know only a small number of thing about him-that he was the man, that he ate the apple that Eve offered him, and so on.