Nicely put, as usual. I don't seem to have ever had a problem with the analytic framework thing, at least after my first year or so at varsity; I seem to think within broad conceptual limits more or less naturally. My flaws lie elsewhere ;>. I have to admit, marking undergrad essays has rubbed my nose forcibly in other intellectual short-cuts to which I am prone, namely sweepingly invoking concepts with which I am only superficially familiar. I'm generally more cunning about concealing the fact than my students are, though.