Лингвистичният обрат и други погрешни разбирания относно аналитичната философия
The linguistic turn and other misconceptions about analytic philosophy

Summary/Abstract: Three usual misconceptions about analytic philosophy are criticized: its (alleged) rejection of metaphysics, lack of interest in historical issues, and allegiance to science. A fourth one is then examined more in details, namely the claim, often attributed to Dummett, that analytic philosophy can be characterized by the linguistic turn it fi rst took with Frege. Dummett’s position on this matter is examined and assessed, and the original meaning of the phrase ‘linguistic turn’ is located in Bergmann and Rorty. Examples of its many different uses are given. It is contended that the decisive step towards a ‘linguistic turn’ was taken in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, and that the phrase is better suited to qualify either one specifi c ‘phase’ in the history of analytic philosophy or a large ‘set of methods’ which have often been used by analytic philosophers than the ‘essential feature’ of the whole tradition. Analytic philosophy is much too variegated a movement to be characterized in such a simple way.

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