Continental v. Analytic Philosophy

[mal4mac]

... that's the topic up for discussion in Melvyn Bragg's "In Our Time" next Thurs at 9am on BBC Radio 4. Should, hopefully, be a bun fight. Listen and discuss...

[Michael T]

Should be good - If I can remember to listen in! I'm looking forward to it already. Thank you for the heads-up mal4mac. :smile5:
My guess is that they will come done on the Analytic side.

[mal4mac]

It wasn't such a good bun fight :( Maybe this argument has just run out of steam because it has generated so much hot air for such a long time. All I remember from it, a week after the event, is the panelists repeatedly saying 'continental philosophy' is not really a good name, as it doesn't describe a particular branch of philosophy. It would have been better, I think, to concentrate on one philosopher and have the chief pro and con supporters on the panel. For instance, Heidegger with Gottlieb against and Dreyfuss for...

[Perandorrrr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiISBhwxaY0

[Climacus]

As is often noted, analytic philosophers tend to sacrifice profundity for rigour. And continental thinkers do the reverse. ;)