What are the pros and cons of the analytical tradition of western philosophy

Disadvantages: too much reliance on definitional explanations. Advantage: has its own contemporary character.

Traditional Western philosophy has always been affected by influences from both science and religion in the process of its development, and accordingly divided the history of Western philosophical development into three periods: ancient, Catholic, and modern philosophy, revealing how science and religion, social solidarity, and individual freedom are intricately intertwined to interact with philosophy in the course of its development.