What is Analytic Philosophy and why is it different from Continental Philosophy
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In the simplest sense, Analytic Philosophy is what they were doing in England and the United States (mostly) in the first half of the 20th century, and Continental Philosophy is what they were doing in Europe at the same time.
Wikipedia describes Analytic Philosophy as “characterized by an emphasis on language … and for its clarity and rigor in arguments, making use of formal logic and mathematics”. Some big names in Analytic Philosophy were Bertrand Russell, W.V.O. Quine, Karl Popper, Gottlob Frege (who was not English or American) and Ludwig Wittgenstein (who was also not English or American).
Regarding Continental Philosophy, Wikipedia notes “Simon Glendinning has suggested that the term was originally more pejorative than descriptive, functioning as a label for types of western philosophy rejected or disliked by analytic philosophers.” Some big names are Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jacque Derrida, Michel Foucault.
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