How Do Continental and Analytic Traditions Confront the Philosophical Tradition

Abstract

The relationship between present-day philosophy and philosophy of the past is a fundamental issue for understanding today’s philosophical division between “analytical” and “continental” philosophy. However, the opposition doesn’t lie in the mere rejection or acceptation of philosophy’s history. In fact, both philosophical traditions conceive the possibility of a dialog with the great philosophers of the past. This paper first characterizes the relationships with past philosophy in both traditions and arguments in favor of the relevancy of philosophy’s history for philosophy.

Keywords

• Filosofía continental
• filosofía analítica
• filosofía de la historia
• exactitud histórica
• historicismo.