A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy
C. G. Prado (ed.)
Humanity Books (2003)
Abstract
For more than seven decades there has been a broad gap between how philosophy is conceived and practiced. Two ill-defined but well-recognized traditions have developed—the "analytic" and "Continental" schools of philosophy. The former traces its roots to philosophers like Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, and the logical positivists. The latter has been heavily influenced by Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, and Derrida, among others. The aim of this collection is to reconsider the often facile characterization of major thinkers as belonging to either one or the other philosophical tradition. The contributors—philosophers from both sides of the divide working in different countries and contexts—all question the problematic conception that the two traditions are incommensurable. Each of their articles compares individual philosophers who have had a major influence on the analytic and Continental traditions with a view to clarifying their similarities and dissimilarities of approach. What this collection of thoughtful articles clearly demonstrates is that regardless of approach and precedents, analytic and Continental philosophers are all doing philosophy, and there are many important points of contact between them. The contributors are: Richard Rorty, whose thoughtful overview highlights the salient points in both traditions; Barry Allen ; Babette E. Babich ; David Cerbone ; Sharyn Clough ; Jonathan Kaplan ; Richard Matthews ; Carlos G. Prado ; Bjorn Torgrim Ramberg ; Mike Sandbothe ; Barry Stocker ; and Ed Witherspoon.Call number
B808.5.H68 2003
ISBN(s)
1591021057 9781591021056
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Chapters
On the analytic-continental divide in philosophy : Nietzsche's lying truth, Heidegger's speaking language, and philosophy.Babette E. Babich
Davidson and Wittgenstein on knowledge, communication and social justice.Sharyn Clough & Jonathan Kaplan
Illuminating language : Interpretation and understanding in Gadamer and Davidson.Bjørn Torgrim Ramberg
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