Doing Philosophy in Style

A New Look at the Analytic/Continental Divide

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ID4079274
AuthorsN N Trakakis, Nick Trakakis (0000-0003-2463-7068, Australian Catholic University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume7
Issue12
Pages919-942
Publication date2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1747-9991.2012.00526.x
OpenAlexW1573914838
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Questions of style are often deemed of marginal importance in philosophy, as well as in metaphilosophical debates concerning the analytic/Continental divide. I take issue with this common tendency by showing how style - suitably conceived not merely as a way of writing, but as a form of expression intimately linked to a form of life - occupies a central role in philosophy. After providing an analysis of the concept of style, I take a fresh look at the analytic/Continental division by examining the various stylistic differences between philosophers on each side. Despite these differences, I argue, both sides of the divide suffer from a common stylistic deficiency, and if this deficiency were rectified the gulf separating the two traditions may not appear as insurmountable as it presently does. To show this, I draw principally from the philosophy of religion, a field that has recently experienced a renewal in both the analytic and Continental traditions

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