Towards an Immanent Reflexion of the Analytic-Continental Divide

Abstract

This paper analyzes the persistence of the analytical-continental divide in contemporary philosophy through the lens of conflicting identities and disciplinary ethos. Using specific philosophical discussions and institutionalised practices, it demonstrates that the perpetuation of this divide does not consist merely in a contingent configuration of historical events or purely philosophical differences but is conditioned by a historically distinct divergence in understanding the fundamental aims of philosophical inquiry and the conditions of its autonomy, inextricably linked to substantive philosophical claims. It concludes that it is productive to consider this conflict in terms of Hegel's concept of "partiality".