Rethinking disagreement: Philosophical incommensurability and meta-philosophy

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Colledge, Richard. (2014). Rethinking disagreement: Philosophical incommensurability and meta-philosophy. Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy. 18(2), pp. 33 - 53. https://doi.org/10.5840/symposium201418217
AuthorsColledge, Richard
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Set in the context of the current interest among Analytic philosophers in the “epistemology of disagreement,” this paper explores the meta-philosophical problem of philosophical incommensurability. Motivated by Nietzsche’s provocative remark about philosophy as prejudices and desires of the heart “sifted and made abstract,” the paper first outlines the contours of the problem and then traces it through a series of examples. Drawing largely on the tradition of phenomenology and philosophical hermeneutics, a broadly Continental response to this formidable problem is suggested. Disagreement cannot be understood simply in terms of epistemological strategy, but needs to be regarded in a fundamentally hermeneutical light.

Year2014
JournalSymposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy
Journal citation18 (2), pp. 33 - 53
PublisherCanadian Society for Continental Philosophy
ISSN1917-9685
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.5840/symposium201418217
Open accessOpen access
Page range33 - 53
Research GroupSchool of Philosophy
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Place of publicationCanada
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