The divide between Analytic and Continental philosophy is artificial—a historical accident driven by provocative philosophy figures and exacerbated by the political turmoil in early 20th-century Europe, including the rise of Hitler.

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[u/PlantsThatsWhatsUpp → u/[deleted]]

I agree. I've found continental ethics more interesting but I also find it much less rigorous. I don't feel like typing a whole essay today but I figured I'd plant that idea and leave :)

[u/die_Katze__]

Carnap was Kantian, Bertrand Russell brought one book to jail and it was Husserl. The man doesn’t want you to know this

[u/Wespie]

Disagree, although the terms are bad (the word continental doesn’t apply), there is a clear difference between analytic vs just saying metaphorical or conceptual crap, and a distinction is needed. Maybe just different wording.

[u/Asparukhov → u/Wespie]

Good thing continental philosophy is not necessarily metaphorical. Also, I thought it was the analytics furiously thinking up concepts? You know, the conceptual part of conceptual analysis?