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Is there actually a 'divide'? I was under the strong impression that analytic philosophy completely dominates American universities. Continental philosophy is m
by cia_plant 19y ago
Is there actually a 'divide'? I was under the strong impression that analytic philosophy completely dominates American universities. Continental philosophy is mostly discussed in English Lit., Cultural Studies, etc.
For instance, Harvard has a 100% analytic faculty, MIT has a 100% analytic faculty, Princeton, Stanford, ...
Analytic philosophy seems boring and pedantic to me. For example, in one class we discussed Lewis' theory that "properties" are any subset of the set of all possible entities. So the property of being red is the mathematical set of all real and possible red things. This basically strikes me as "how many maths can dance on the head of a pin?"
- dataangel 19y agoDid they claim that that _is_, objectively, the property of being red, or did they claim that it is an isomorphic way of thinking about it? Isomorphisms can provide an alien way of thinking that forces the mind to ignore the contexts something usually occurs in and discard assumptions, so they can be extraordinarily useful.
- LPTS 19y agoWell, yeah, at the good schools there is analytic philosophy. But at local community college or state universities (where most people get degrees), it's a mix. And dancing maths on the head of a pin, that could never be a useful skill to develop?
- cia_plant 19y agoAh, I never realized that. Thanks for the clarification. I do think that analytic philosophy is a useful point of view. It just frustrated me that at my school, it was the only point of view offered.