Reasons and practices of reasoning

On the analytic/Continental distinction in political philosophy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6259947
AutoresDavid Owens (0000-0002-5080-2736), David Owen (0000-0002-4028-0591, University of Southampton)
Ano2016
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas172-188
Data de publicação2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Political Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1474-8851 • E-ISSN: 1741-2730
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1474885115587120
OpenAlexW2346962688
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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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