According to Kant, the following would be considered an analytic judgment:
A) All bachelors are happy.
B) All bachelors are unmarried males.
C) All bodies are heavy.
D) All skies are blue.

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According to Kant, an analytic judgment is a proposition whose predicate concept is contained in its subject concept. In other words, the predicate can be deduced simply by analyzing the subject. In choice B, the predicate "unmarried males" is already contained within the subject "bachelors." Therefore, it is an analytic judgment. Choice A, C, and D are not analytic judgments because their predicates cannot be deduced simply by analyzing their subjects.

According to Kant, the Following Would Be Considered an Analytic