Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
Although for a long time, Dutch academic philosophy was characterized by a pluralism of – imported – philosophical frameworks and paradigms, in more recent decades, a type of ‘normal philosophy’, in the Kuhnian sense, has become dominant which aims to solve ethical and political problems and dilemmas through rational-normative argumentation. Contrary to what is often claimed, the new 'normal philosophy' amounts not to thinking ‘beyond the analytic-continental divide’ in a fruitful synthesis, but to the subsumption of continental philosophical themes and concepts under the analytic tradition. T... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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University of Groningen Press
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Schlagwörter: | Normal philosophy / Critical philosophy / Identity politics / Right- and lift-wing populism / The journal Krisis / (History of) philosophy in the Netherlands |
Sprache: | Niederländisch Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27154984 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://krisis.eu/article/view/36964 |
Although for a long time, Dutch academic philosophy was characterized by a pluralism of – imported – philosophical frameworks and paradigms, in more recent decades, a type of ‘normal philosophy’, in the Kuhnian sense, has become dominant which aims to solve ethical and political problems and dilemmas through rational-normative argumentation. Contrary to what is often claimed, the new 'normal philosophy' amounts not to thinking ‘beyond the analytic-continental divide’ in a fruitful synthesis, but to the subsumption of continental philosophical themes and concepts under the analytic tradition. The potentially critical tenor of continental philosophy threatens to be ‘solved’ by this subsumption. ‘Normal philosophy’, with its emphasis on rational-normative argumentation, risks leading to a state philosophy that fits in with existing policy questions, ignoring systemic and structural power inequalities. I argue that the journal Krisis, in keeping with its original principles, should hang on to critical philosophical reflection, which today is needed more than ever, specifically –pacecurrent right-wing and left-wing populist attacks on identity politics – on systemic, multiple forms of deprivation and oppression. ; De academische filosofie in Nederland kenmerkte zich lange tijd door een pluralisme van – geïmporteerde – stromingen. De laatste decennia heeft zich echter een ‘normal philosophy’ uitontwikkeld, in Kuhniaanse zin, die gericht is op het systematisch oplossen van een ethisch, politiek of sociaal probleem of dilemma via rationeel-normatieve argumentatie. Anders dan geclaimd gaat het hier niet om een denken ‘beyond the analytic-continental divide’ in de vorm van een vruchtbare synthese, maar om een subsumptie van continentaalfilosofische thema's en concepten onder de analytische traditie. De in potentie kritische strekking van de continentale filosofie dreigt door deze subsumptie te worden ‘opgelost’. De nieuwe ‘normal philosophy’ met haar nadruk op rationeel-normatieve argumentatie, riskeert uit te monden in ...