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The Continental-Analytic split
OP - November 11, 2011, 07:59 AM

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental-Analytic split in Western philosophy. Around the beginning of the last century, philosophy began to go down two separate paths, as thinkers from Continental Europe explored the legacy of figures including Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger, while those educated in the English-speaking world tended to look to more analytically-inclined philosophers like Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege. But the divide between these two schools of thought is not clear cut, and many philosophers even question whether the term 'Continental' is accurate or useful.

The Analytic school favours a logical, scientific approach, in contrast to the Continental emphasis on the importance of time and place. But what are the origins of this split and is it possible that contemporary philosophers can bridge the gap between the two?

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Re: The Continental-Analytic split
Reply #1 - November 11, 2011, 08:33 AM

I love IoT. Their philosophy archive's definitely worth a look.

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Re: The Continental-Analytic split
Reply #2 - November 11, 2011, 08:51 AM

I misread this as 'The Continental-Airlines', and was just about to launch into a prolonged rant about the dull food, brisk, ugly stewardesses and pathetic meanness with booze when I realised we were back on philosophical turf.

Hallowed turf I dare not tread.

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Re: The Continental-Analytic split
Reply #3 - November 11, 2011, 09:13 AM

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