tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post3640722565360459738..comments2023-06-30T05:50:33.242-07:00Comments on philosiology: Continental v. Analytic Philosophy: An Exposékatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06917172986615727671noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-71981631850374512972014-05-06T14:54:42.011-07:002014-05-06T14:54:42.011-07:00So your argument is basically "no analytic ph...So your argument is basically "no analytic philosophers have murdered their spouses, therefore criticisms of continental philosophers are valid?" Are you sure you're an analytic philosopher?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-83496398979862968492011-09-30T12:42:18.226-07:002011-09-30T12:42:18.226-07:00Some would now argue the distinction no longer hol...Some would now argue the distinction no longer holds. Latter 20th Century Philosophy (in linguistics, science, metaphysics and -- dare I say?-- even logic) made the gradual shift towards Continental. Now some are saying the distinction is French vs. Non-French.Mediishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152423662680696111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-28202289057913221682011-05-02T22:12:03.518-07:002011-05-02T22:12:03.518-07:00What about the Pragmatists?What about the Pragmatists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-5858622922995977112011-04-22T21:22:19.379-07:002011-04-22T21:22:19.379-07:00Bertrand Russell was a pluperfect shit (as was Alt...Bertrand Russell was a pluperfect shit (as was Althusser). My favourite Russell story was when he was out cycling and realised he no longer loved his wife. SO HE RODE BACK HOME TO TELL HER. Surely the news wasn't that urgent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-58462461443458524262011-04-19T15:15:30.994-07:002011-04-19T15:15:30.994-07:00I studied at UT Law with Brian Leiter, and knew hi...I studied at UT Law with Brian Leiter, and knew him socially as a family friend. He considers himself a continental philosopher, The Authority on Jurisprudence, and the second-coming of Christ himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-54981192250368770362011-04-18T12:49:10.368-07:002011-04-18T12:49:10.368-07:00I find it amusing that those who are disputing min...I find it amusing that those who are disputing minor points of this post (e.g., "what you post about Sartre is false"; "Husserl isn't a continental philosopher"; "What would you call Brian Leiter") further validate the point of this blog, namely helping non-philosophers cope with and understand those anally-sensitive-to-detail creatures called philosophers. I mean who else gets so miffed when a non-philosopher notes some divergence in methods or traditions of philosophy? Nice job! Pat yourself on the back for noting minor and unimportant inaccuracies on a blog that is primarily intended for delivering entertaining and witty points on philosophers. Next time just save it for your next seminar paper on being oneself through another or on the saturated phenomenon or on whatever other non-sense is current.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-6143586018764279912011-04-18T04:58:32.510-07:002011-04-18T04:58:32.510-07:00Husserl isn't a continental philosopher. After...Husserl isn't a continental philosopher. After all, he was a scientist looking for a way to found maths and logic.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951377679219140129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-14126287365947570102011-04-18T01:37:55.390-07:002011-04-18T01:37:55.390-07:00What would you call Brian Leiter who co-wrote The ...What would you call Brian Leiter who co-wrote The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy and writes on Nietzsche? Would he call himself a "continental philosopher"? If not, would he call himself an "analytic philosopher? Now what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-87291571050288915222011-04-18T01:12:12.493-07:002011-04-18T01:12:12.493-07:00As a continental philosopher, I reject the suggest...As a continental philosopher, I reject the suggestion that we are illogical and primarily preoccupied with feelings and experience (though there is an element of truth in it), but quite like the distinction you make between reading texts and solving problems. You'll find that for all the very different language of the two traditions, we are ultimately doing much the same thing and coming up with surprisingly similar arguments. Incidentally, I write this from the heartland of analytic philosophy, where I am frequently 'burned' by my analytic colleagues (read: have my sentences subdivided into meaninglessness).<br /><br />Also, I'm not too convinced by the Althusser/wife-killing point, but would observe that Bertrand Russell was enough of a shit for his daughter to set fire to herself, and he didn't have the excuse of a long-standing mental illness. We philosophers have never been particularly nice people though, as this impressive blog makes clear. I like the idea of the guidebook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-16841386692448397262011-04-17T20:25:23.028-07:002011-04-17T20:25:23.028-07:00Hilarious. Unfeeling scientists vs illogical cour...Hilarious. Unfeeling scientists vs illogical court jesters. BATTLE ROYAL!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-20843314763854900162011-04-17T10:52:42.088-07:002011-04-17T10:52:42.088-07:00On the one hand, I'm the kind of philosopher w...On the one hand, I'm the kind of philosopher who thinks that the whole "analytic vs. Continental" things is way past its expiration date. On the other hand, the distinction continues to structure the institutions, and that's important to bear in mind for the proper care and feeding of your philosopher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-36875321452233191252011-04-16T07:33:57.470-07:002011-04-16T07:33:57.470-07:00Yeah. . . we're not all continentals or analy...Yeah. . . we're not all continentals or analytics. Some of us do history of philosophy, and do it well -- something neither of those sides does (and ironically history of philosophy is done much more over in Europe than is "continental" philosophy). <br /><br />There's also American philosophy, still going on. And, comparative or Eastern philosophy too. Oh, and an entire Thomist tradition that's been flourishing quite well, with a bit of crossover into analytic philosophy (i.e. the Analytic Thomists) -- MacIntyre might be a good contemporary representative for them.<br /><br />A bit of history of philosophy: Freud wasn't an idealist. Marx is kinda important in the continental lineage. Schopenhauer is an almost totally marginal figure. Perhaps substitute in Kierkegaard, who had a much greater influence (oh, but he's not an idealist, now, is he?) You also did forget to mention an important movement -- which interestingly enough had quite a bit in common early on with analytic philosophy -- phenomenology.<br /><br />Good start though. Keep on exploring the fuller range of contemporary philosophy. The project of providing a guidebook for non-philosophers is an admirable one.Gregory B. Sadlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197307174003462308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-57567017844186062612011-04-15T06:21:50.919-07:002011-04-15T06:21:50.919-07:00Analytic philosophers only accuse Continentals of ...Analytic philosophers only accuse Continentals of that stuff because it's true. Name me one analytic who strangled his wife. Just one. <br />On the other hand, there may be a few wives of Analytics who could see the good side of being strangled. <br />I am not one of them. But then I'm married to a fellow analytic. Can't understand why our dinner parties are so poorly attended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6014309183503962416.post-32633314035470115152011-04-14T15:20:58.308-07:002011-04-14T15:20:58.308-07:00Regrettably, what you post about Sartre is false. ...Regrettably, what you post about Sartre is false. Like Kant, he thinks that there's a sense in which a human is fully determined and a sense in which a human is free... This sort of solution still exists in analytic philosophy as well.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692567267747130821noreply@blogger.com