PHL217H1 Lecture Notes - German Idealism, Existentialism, Analytic Philosophy
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Contrast with analytic philosophy (ap) continental philosophers and continental breakfasts. They sound satisfying but they are no real meals. It sounds fancy but it isn"t philosophically substantial or satisfying. The argumentative rigor demanded in the analytic tradition is not found in cp, in cp it has been replaced with art and literature. Continental breakfasts are what people in the uk/us believe europeans eat in the morning. The designation continental breakfast, or cp, is a term that emerged outside the continent, it was first termed in another tradition. There is some reality at the bottom of the claim that continental philosophers will privilege poetry and literature, whereas analytic philosophers dont. But the suggestion that continental philosophy lacks philosophical rigor is just a prejudice from the analytical philosophy tradition. Here it is important to see that ap was born in the 20th century. The name cp is used in writing in the mid 20th century.
