From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Mar 01 2003 - 16:28:43 GMT
DMB said:
> That's it. I just wanted to put this anti-metaphysical stance into some
kind
> of a context. I hope to address some of the issues raised in this thread
> later, but wanted to get that on the table. Another thing I learned from
my
> little enclopedia, was that Wittgenstein wrote his first major work while
on
> active duty and as a prisoner of war. Do you suppose this had anything to
do
> with the rise of analytic philosophy? I mean, it seems just as anti-German
> as it does anti-metaphysical? One wonders if the split between the
> continental philosophers and the anglo-american philosophers was really
> motivated by nationalism or patriotism. Just a thought.
Sam said:
Except that Wittgenstein fought for the German side, not the anglo-american.
(Specifically, the Austrians. Because he was, of course, an Austrian......)
DMB says:
Good point. I stand corrected. Since Wittgenstein was born in Viennna, but
studied with Russell at Cambridge, inspired the Vienna circle but also read
poetry to them, maybe he's not the best example. But what about the idea
that the continental/anglo-american split was motivated by nationalism and
patriotism? I mean, today the harshest critics of Marx, for example, do so
for political reasons, not philosophical reasons. Or when was the last time
you heard of a conservative post-structuralist? There but be a few examples
of such a strange creature, but if the critics are right the various
post-modern schools are filled with left-wingers. I should probably change
the thread name is this question prompts further posts. I guess it should be
a thread called "the politics of philosophy" or something. But it was just a
thought...
Thanks.
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