Editing Explication (section)

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'''Explication''' ({{langx|de|Explikation}}) is the process of drawing out the meaning of something which is not clearly defined, so as to make explicit what is currently left implicit. The term ''explication'' is used in both [[analytic philosophy]] and [[literary criticism]]. [[Rudolf Carnap]] was the first to coin the term in an analytic philosophical approach in his book ''Logical Foundations of Probability'', while the term is supplanted with [[Gustave Lanson]]’s idea of ''Explication de Texte'' when referring to the analysis and criticism of different forms of literature.