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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457683903321

Autore

Chase James <1969-, >

Titolo

Analytic versus continental : arguments on the methods and value of philosophy / / James Chase and Jack Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49193-9

1-315-71143-5

1-280-12007-X

9786613523983

1-84465-478-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReynoldsJack <1976->

Disciplina

146/.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Continental philosophy

Philosophy, Modern - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2011 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Analytic versus continental: arguments on the methods and value of philosophy; Part I. Formative Encounters: A Short History of the ""Divide""; 1. Frege and Husserl; 2. Russell versus Bergson; 3. Carnap versus Heidegger; 4. The Frankfurt School, the positivists and Popper; 5. Royaumont: Ryle and Hare versus French and German philosophy; 6. Derrida versus Searle and beyond; Part II. Method; 7. Introduction to philosophical method

8. Analytic philosophy and the intuition pump: the uses and abuses of thought experiments9. Reflective equilibrium: common sense or conservatism?; 10. The fate of transcendental reasoning; 11. Phenomenology: returning to the things themselves; 12. Genealogy, hermeneutics and deconstruction; 13. Style and clarity; 14. Philosophy, science and art; Part III. Interpretation of Key Topics; 15. Ontology and metaphysics; 16. Truth, objectivity and realism; 17. Time: a contretemps; 18. Mind, body and representationalism; 19. Ethics and



politics: theoretical and anti-theoretical approaches

20. Problem(s) of other minds: solutions and dissolutions in analytic and continental philosophyConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout much of the twentieth century, the relationship between analytic and continental philosophy has been one of disinterest, caution or hostility. Recent debates in philosophy have highlighted some of the similarities between the two approaches and even envisaged a post-continental and post-analytic philosophy. Opening with a history of key encounters between philosophers of opposing camps since the late nineteenth century - from Frege and Husserl to Derrida and Searle - the book goes on to explore in detail the main methodological differences between the two approaches. This covers a v