82:2 April 1999
Continental Philosophy: For and Against 

Advisory Editor: J. Claude Evans, St. Louis

Thirty years ago there was widespread hostility between representatives of 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophy. Today, in contrast, there is some significant positive interest in the work of thinkers such as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty in contemporary philosophy of mind and in cognitive science. Yet even in these areas many philosophers still reject any positive contribution by 'continental' thinkers, and many continental philosophers reject the attempts to assimilate continental thinkers such as Heidegger to the concerns of analytic philosophy.

Against this background, The Monist calls for papers on the topic of "Continental Philosophy: For and Against". The aim is to generate dialogue when this is appropriate, but also to encourage fruitful confrontation. "Continental philosophy" can be defined broadly or more narrowly, but in each case what is being attacked and what is being defended should be clearly specified.

Table of Contents:

Terry Pinkard 

Analytics, Contimentals, and Modern Skepticism

Pascal Engel 

Analytic Philosophy and Cognitive Norms

James Bohman 

The Politics of Modern Reason: Politics, Anti-Poliotics and the Norms in Continental Philosophy

Ralph Humphries 

Analytic and Contimnental: The Division in Philosophy

Karen Green 

A Plague on Both Your Houses

Mark Wrathall 

The Conditions of Truth in Heidegger and Davidson

Denis McManus 

The Rediscovery of Heidegger's Worldly Subject by Analytic Philosophy of Science

Joseph Ulric Neisser 

On the Use and Abuse of Dasein in Cognitive Science