Although intrinsicism and subjectivism might seem opposites in some ways (cf. diagrams, p. 1.3:49), they lead to similar practical conclusions. Both perceive reality only in vague intuitions, ultimately unsupportable by observations or logic. Both treat concepts as groupings of units determined, not by abstract integration of perceptual experience or by observable properties of things, but by fuzzy feelings. Therefore both subscribe to the analytic/synthetic dichotomy (see chart below). According to this dichotomy, whatever truth may be contained in our concepts is very limited—true "by definition," as a subjectivist of the "nominalist" persuasion might say. Propositions expressing this limited kind of truth are called "analytic" or "tautological." Propositions expressing any truth not encompassed in these conceptual groupings are called "synthetic"; they are also said to be "accidental," "random," or "contingent."

INTRINSICISM (e. g., Platonic "realism") SUBJECTIVISM (e. g., nominalism)

"analytic"
propositions deal only with the supernatural essences of things, known by mystical intuition deal only with the arbitrarily selected groupings by which people define their concepts

"synthetic"
propositions deal with random, accidental properties of things as they are realized in the imperfect material world deal with other characteristics that just "happen" to apply to the units of people's arbitrary concepts

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	INTRINSICISM (e. g., Platonic "realism")	SUBJECTIVISM (e. g., nominalism)
"analytic" propositions	deal only with the supernatural essences of things, known by mystical intuition	deal only with the arbitrarily selected groupings by which people define their concepts
"synthetic" propositions	deal with random, accidental properties of things as they are realized in the imperfect material world	deal with other characteristics that just "happen" to apply to the units of people's arbitrary concepts