You’re being too literal, aren’t you? The logical positivists, although based in Vienna, were analytic philosophers. Similarly, Popper was from Vienna, but was analytic. The distinction is in the method and style, not the literal location. Was Descartes continental? Leibniz?
It's harder to think of a continental philosopher that wasn’t lo…
You’re being too literal, aren’t you? The logical positivists, although based in Vienna, were analytic philosophers. Similarly, Popper was from Vienna, but was analytic. The distinction is in the method and style, not the literal location. Was Descartes continental? Leibniz?
It's harder to think of a continental philosopher that wasn’t located there, though they have plenty of acolytes in America. Maybe Rorty? He also claimed the pragmatists as influences, I’m not sure whether that disqualifies him or super-qualifies him.
You’re being too literal, aren’t you? The logical positivists, although based in Vienna, were analytic philosophers. Similarly, Popper was from Vienna, but was analytic. The distinction is in the method and style, not the literal location. Was Descartes continental? Leibniz?
It's harder to think of a continental philosopher that wasn’t located there, though they have plenty of acolytes in America. Maybe Rorty? He also claimed the pragmatists as influences, I’m not sure whether that disqualifies him or super-qualifies him.