PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Linguistic Turn, Continental Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy
28 Jul 2020
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Contemporary philosophy is gradually becoming a world philosophy, emerging from its. Although it is still basically "western", philosophy expands to the new world, first of all to the continent of north america, but also to latin america and australia. America presents itself in the philosophical world with a significant impetus (pragmatism, analytical philosophy), partly due to the migration of the jewish community from europe during the second. Contemporary thought is becoming increasingly aware of the "provinciality" of western philosophy. Non-european "ethnic" and "contextual" philosophies appear, such as african. The eu-centrism of philosophy must gradually give way to the inter-culturality of human thought. c). Contemporary philosophy is less academic and more committed, coming down from the. "ivory tower" to get involved in the various social, political and cultural struggles. There are many contemporary philosophers who took active positions in politics (russell, sartre, heidegger, Contemporary philosophy is above all a creative and innovative interpretation of the universal text of human thought.
