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Much Ado About Duckspeak
Much Ado About Duckspeak

Author(s): Michel Weber
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Analytic philosophy; Continental philosophy; Process thought; Metaphysics; Anthropology; Politics; Alfred North Whitehead; Bertrand Russell; William James; Pierre Hadot; George Orwell

Summary/Abstract: The so-called bifurcation between analytic and continental philosophies is discussed, from the perspective of Whiteheadian process thought, with the help of four questions: what is the scope and goal of philosophy? do philosophical debates require radical empiricism? could or should philosophy become an expertise? how does the analytical divide impacts the democratic ideal?

  • Issue Year: III/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 135-142
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English