Perry, the ‘Ego-Centric Predicament’, and the Rise of Analytic Philosophy in the United States

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ID21876528
AuthorsMatthias Neuber (0000-0002-0688-5730, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume10
Issue1
Pages185-204
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Philosophical Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2053-4477 • E-ISSN: 2053-4485
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/apa.2022.36
OpenAlexW4308487042
LanguageEN
References cited36

This paper examines Ralph Barton Perry's analysis of the ‘ego-centric predicament’. It will be shown that Perry convincingly argued against prevailing contemporary versions of idealism and that it makes perfectly good sense to consider him a precursor of subsequent trends in American analytic philosophy. Perry's appraisal and promotion of the contemporary logic of relations in the framework of early twentieth-century American neorealism provides further evidence of his being a proto-analytic philosopher. His personal acquaintance with Bertrand Russell proved instructive in this regard. On the whole, Perry's distinctive approach to philosophy was instrumental in establishing the analytic style of reasoning in the United States. This paper is devoted to substantiating this claim. It is thus hoped that a clearer picture of early twentieth-century American philosophy will begin to emerge

American philosophy · Analytic philosophy · Art · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Idealism · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology

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