We dig into the biggest rivalry in Tamler’s profession, analytic vs. continental philosophy. Are analytic philosophers truly the rigorous, precise, clear thinkers they take themselves to be? And is continental philosophy really just a bunch pretentious charlatans spouting French and German gibberish and writing obscure prose to mask the incoherence of their ideas? We look at a nice paper by Neil Levy that goes beyond the stereotypes and tries to describe and explain the differences between the two schools.
Plus, The University of Austin (sic) is back in the news and we have a report from someone who attended one of their Forbidden Courses. This should be so easy but the article has us deeply conflicted about what to make fun of.
[Important update: Trixie is on a 5 day streak of no accidents and is a perfect little sweet girl.]
Links:
An American Education: Notes from UATX by Noah Rawlings
Levy, N. (2003). Analytic and continental philosophy: Explaining the differences. Metaphilosophy, 34(3), 284-304.
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Episode 225: Forbidden Modules
Episode 224: Hurts So Good (With Paul Bloom)
Episode 223: The Hopeless Dream of Being (Bergman's "Persona")
Episode 222: Choosing Sartre for All Mankind
Episode 221: Granite Cocks vs Robot Overlords
Episode 220: On Your Marx
Episode 219: Multiplied by Mirrors
Episode 218: ...But You Can't Hide (Michael Haneke's "Caché")
Episode 217: Dropping Paradigms (Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions")
Episode 216: Oral Judgments
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Episode 214: You Shouldn't Feel Bad (Except You Should)
Episode 213: What Is It Like To Be a Robot Fish Man? (with Ted Chiang)
Episode 212: Follow Your Nose (with Yoel Inbar)
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Episode 210: The Priming of the American Mind (with Jesse Singal)
Episode 209: Basic Instincts (with Paul Bloom)
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