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Friday, 4 October 2019

What are the definitions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy?

answers1: Analytic philosophy is focused on organized logic more than
anything and continental philosophy is more like your own feelings and
beliefs that doesn't have to be logical or taught.
answers2: Continental philosophy, in contemporary usage, refers to a
set of traditions of 19th and 20th century philosophy from mainland
Europe.[1] This sense of the term originated among English-speaking
philosophers in the second half of the 20th century, who found it
useful for referring to a range of thinkers and traditions outside the
analytic movement. Continental philosophy includes the following
movements: German idealism, phenomenology, existentialism (and its
antecedents, such as the thought of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche),
hermeneutics, structuralism, post-structuralism, French feminism, and
the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and some other branches of
western Marxism.[2] <br>
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Analytic philosophy (sometimes, analytical philosophy) is a generic
term for a style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking
countries in the 20th century. In the United States, United Kingdom,
Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, and New Zealand the overwhelming
majority of university philosophy departments identify themselves as
"analytic" departments.[1] <br>
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The term "analytic philosophy" can refer to <br>
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(a) A method of doing philosophy [2][3] characterised by an emphasis
on clarity and argument, often achieved via modern formal logic and
analysis of language, and a respect for the natural sciences.[4][5]
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(b) Certain developments in early twentieth century philosophy, such
as the work of Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege, and logical
positivism. In this sense, analytic philosophy makes specific
philosophical commitments, not all of which are shared by contemporary
analytic philosophy, in particular:[6] <br>
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The positivist view that there are no specifically philosophical
truths and that the object of philosophy is the logical clarification
of thoughts. (This may be contrasted with the traditional
foundationalism, deriving from Aristotle, that views philosophy as a
special sort of science, the highest one, which investigates the
fundamental reasons and principles of everything.[7] As a result, many
analytic philosophers have considered their inquiries as continuous
with, or subordinate to, those of the natural sciences.[8]) <br>
The view that the logical clarification of thoughts can only be
achieved by analysis of the logical form of philosophical
propositions.[9] (The logical form of a proposition is a way of
representing it (often using the formal grammar and symbolism of a
logical system) to display its similarity with all other propositions
of the same type. However, analytic philosophers disagree widely about
the correct logical form of ordinary language.[10]) <br>
The rejection of sweeping philosophical systems in favour of close
attention to detail,[11] common sense, and ordinary language.[12]
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