Analytic Versus Continental
Arguments on the Methods and Value of Philosophy

Opening with a history of key encounters between philosophers of opposing camps since the late nineteenth century - from Frege and Husserl to Derrida and Searle - this book explores the main methodological differences between the two approaches. It analyses both approaches to philosophy, examining the limits and possibilities of each.

It provides a clear overview of a much-disputed history and, in highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of both traditions, also offers future directions for both continental and analytic philosophy.

Introduction
Part I: Formative Encounters: A Short History of the "Divide"
1. Frege and Husserl
2. Russell versus Bergson
3. Carnap versus Heidegger
4. Horkheimer and the Frankfurt School versus Logical Positivism
5. Popper versus Freud, Marx and Adorno (The "Positivist" Dispute)
6. Royaumont: Ryle and Hare versus French and German Philosophy 7. Searle versus Derrida and Beyond
Part II: Method
8. Introduction to Philosophical Method
9. The Uses and Abuses of Thought Experiments
10. Reflective Equilibrium: Common Sense or Conservatism?
11. The Fate of Transcendental Reasoning
12. Phenomenological Method: Returning to the "Things Themselves"
13. Hermeneutics, Genealogy and Deconstruction
14. Style and Clarity
15. Philosophy, Science and Art
Part III: Interpretation of Key Topics
16. Ontology and Metaphysics
17. Truth, Objectivity and Realism
18. Time: A Contretemps?
19. Mind, Body and Representationalism
20. Ethics and Politics: Theoretical and Anti-theoretical Approaches 21. Problem(s) of Other Minds: Solutions and Dissolutions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index