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Topic: continental philosophy vs analytic philosophy

hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc started this discussion 10 years ago #52,317

i read an article in the new york times trying to explain the difference but im not sure i 100% got it

is analytic philosophy based more in logic and being (relatively) easy to understand & continental philosophy more abstract and harder to interpret?

hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc (OP) double-posted this 10 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #681,758

inb4 i think it is

lost soul joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #681,760

Irony

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #681,764

@previous (lost soul)
Yeah, this. Continental philosophy is way more ironic.

button joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #681,773

just don't read the new York times

Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 12 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,935

@OP
It's all just word salad. Upgrade to STEM. Thanks.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 10 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,936

This isn't really used a lot in actual philosophy. You'll generally just refer to the school of thought that's relevant. So a philosopher isn't "continental", she's a Kantian, a moral realist, a communitarian, a many worlds theorist, an internalist etc. If you want to think about continental vs analytic, you can think of it as the anglosphere tradition (Russel, WVO Quine, Putnam, maybe Kripke?) vs the continental European tradition (Foucault, Derrida, Hegel maybe).

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU double-posted this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,937

@681,773 (button)
bad advice

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 10 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,941

Does analytic philosophy involve the sequent calculus, diagonalization, and orders of infinity?

Anonymous G double-posted this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,942

@previous (G)
Yes, very good.
Also existence of God.

more positive squeegee joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,943

that's an interesting question. i did my senior thesis on continental philosophy vs analytic philosophy, and pretty much the biggest difference is how much math they use.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 16 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,950

@681,941 (G)
No, it mostly deals with ideas about four cornered time and the ability to experience four simultaneous days in one rotation.

hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,987

@previous (I)
niceme.me

Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 6 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #681,990

@OP

> i read an article in the new york times trying to explain the difference but im not sure i 100% got it
>
> is analytic philosophy based more in logic and being (relatively) easy to understand & continental philosophy more abstract and harder to interpret?

In a nutshell, yes. Continental philosophy (that continent being Europe) covers things like existentialism and metaphysics. The analytic tradition (more American) is logic based.

Button replied with this 10 years ago, 59 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #682,003

@681,937 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
You have shit taste in news sources
Good advice

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 10 years ago, 35 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #682,013

@previous (Button)
Disagree.

Still bad advice.

Metæ joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 35 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #682,018

@681,936 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
European philosophy is totally gay dude.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #682,019

@previous (Metæ)
Europe is overrun with homosexuals, and has been that way for 40 years at least.

button replied with this 10 years ago, 37 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #682,022

@682,013 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Disagree
Solid advice
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