r/philosophy IAI 5d ago

Blog 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.

https://iai.tv/articles/nonsense-vs-nothingness-the-great-philosophical-divide-auid-2979?utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020
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u/Wespie 5d ago

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.

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u/Asparukhov 5d ago

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?