Reasons and practices of reasoning

On the analytic/Continental distinction in political philosophy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6259947
AutoresDavid Owens (0000-0002-5080-2736), David Owen (0000-0002-4028-0591, University of Southampton)
Año2016
Volumen15
Número2
Páginas172-188
Fecha de publicación2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1474-8851 • E-ISSN: 1741-2730
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1474885115587120
OpenAlexW2346962688
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas35

This essay argues that whereas ‘analytic’ political philosophy is focussed on generating reasons that are oriented to the issue of articulating norms of justice, legitimacy and so on, that guide political judgements about institutions and/or forms of conduct; ‘Continental’ political philosophy is oriented to critically assessing the practices of reasoning that characterise our social and political institutions and forms of conduct as well as our first-order normative reflection on them. It explores the distinction between the two orientations in terms of, what are called, their ‘structural problematics’: the guidance problem and the critique problem, before considering briefly ways in which they may be combined

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