Encounters between Analytic and Continental Philosophy

by A. Vrahimis

Overview

This book examines the encounters between leading 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophers: Frege and Husserl, Carnap and Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Bataille and Ayer, the Royaumont colloquium, and Derrida with Searle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349450459
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	Language, Discourse, Society
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	257
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andreas Vrahimis is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, UK and teaches at the University of Cyprus.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Frege, Husserl and the future of philosophy 2. Questioning metaphysics in Weimar Germany: Carnap, Heidegger, Nonsense 3. Was there a sun before men existed?: Ayer, Sartre, Bataille, and Merleau-Ponty 4. 'La Philosophie Analytique' at Royaumont: Ryle's ambivalent phenomenology 5. Derrida and Searle: The abyss stares back? 6. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

In recent times there has been a plethora of writing on the analytic-continental ‘divide’, whether with a view to building bridges, calling forth a plague upon both houses, or transcending this sectarian seen towards a post-analytic and meta-continental horizon. Another trajectory, albeit one that should also accompany any of the above strategies, is one that would seek to problematize and critique the very idea of analytic or continental philosophy, and hence any putative contrast between philosophical types — a sort of sceptical project that attempts to cause us to rethink these clichés and stereotypes. Andreas Vrahimis’ Encounters Between Analytic and Continental Philosophy is one of the best books in this latter genre.” (Jack Reynolds, Parrhesia, Volume 20, Issue 1, 2014)

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