3(21) Philosophy Overview
March-21-12
10:20 AM
Centuries of Philosophy
Customarily divided into two major categories:
Continental
Analytic
3 types of analysis:
Analysis of consciousness [phenomenology and existentialism]
Analysis of language [phenomenology and existentialism]
Analysis of scientific method [positivism and philosophy of science]
Logic was revolutionized in the 19th century
Most philosophers stopped developing theories and concentrated on meta-theories
Rawls and Sartre resisted this trend