DISSEMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNITED STATES Tu Jiliang (7) The author traces the development of analytic philosophy in the United States from its introduction to U. S. from Europe to its integration with U.S. pragmatism and the formation of an American school of analytic philosophy in the last six decades. The author also offers a critique of this philosophy as well as views about its development in the near future.