I fully accept that there are limits to what any individual philosopher can hope to cover in their study and research. I also accept that philosophy may have many mansions and I'm not suggesting there should be one orthodox line. (Perish the thought!)

What strikes me as so regrettable in the present situation is the pronounced, institutionalized nature of the divide (the separate journals, conferences, schools, etc etc) and the fact that there is so little dialogue between the two sides (setting aside the occasional isolated individual who makes a brave attempt to do something about it).

This is not a case of "many mansions". This is a case of continents (no pun intended) separated by oceans whose inhabitant speak quite different languages and who spend most of their time ignoring (if not disdaining) each other while both claiming to be doing the same thing - philosophy.

Put bluntly, it is a schism - with all the drawbacks that involves.

DA