Episode 281: Choose Your Fighter
Very Bad Wizards
00:00
Analytic Philosophy: Paradigms and Progress
The chapter explores the paradigmatic nature of analytic philosophy, highlighting the comfort of clear explanations while addressing the challenges in questioning foundational assumptions. It compares analytic and continental philosophy, discussing the potential for generating clear ideas in analytic philosophy versus the struggle with excess novelty in continental philosophy. The conversation navigates through the progress in analytic philosophy, debating its comparison to scientific advancement and exploring the evolution of methodologies through examples like the study of free will.
Transcript
Play full episode
