Phenomenology and analytic philosophy have skirmished often, but
seldom in ways conducive to dialectical progress. Generally, the
skirmishes seem more "political" than philosophical, as when one
side ridicules the methods of the other or criticizes the viability
of the other's issues and assump tions. Analytic interest in third
person objectivity is often spurned by Continental philosophers as
being unduly abstract. Continental interest in first person
subjectivity is often criticized by analysts as being muddled and
imprecise. Logical analysis confronts the power of metaphor and
judges it "too ambiguous" for rigorous philosophical activity. The
language of metaphor confronts the power of logical analysis and
deems it "too restric tive" for describing the nature and
structures of authentic human exper ience. But are the two
approaches really incompatible? Perhaps because each side of the
"divide" has been working at problems largely uninteresting to the
"opposition" it has been easy to ignore or underestimate the
importance of this issue. But now each side is being led into a
common field of problems associated with the nature of mind, and
there is a new urgency to the need for examining carefully the
question of conceptual compatibility and the potential for
dialogue. Analytic thinkers are typically in the business of
concept clarification and objective certi fication. Continental
philosophers employ introspection in the interest of a project of
description and classification that aims to be true to the full
subtlety and complexity of the human condition."
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