By Catarina Dutilh Novaes

I finally have a complete version of my paper 'Conceptual genealogy for analytic philosophy', which I sent yesterday to the editors of the volume where it will appear: Beyond the Analytic-Continental Divide: Pluralist Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century (edited by J. Bell, A. Cutrofello, and P.M. Livingston; in the series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy).

As some readers may recall, parts of the paper were posted as blog posts a few months ago:  Part I is herePart II.1 is herePart II.2 is herePart II.3 is herePart II.4 is here; Part III.1 is here; a tentative abstract of 2 years ago, detailing the motivation for the project, is here. The final version has two parts that I did not post as blog posts: III.2 Genealogy as explanatory, and III.3 The genetic fallacy. (The numbering in the final version is slightly different.)

I am deeply grateful for the wonderful feedback I received from readers along the way (also in the form of comments and discussions over at Facebook). I could never have written this paper if it wasn't for all this help, given that much of the material falls outside the scope of my immediate expertise. So, again, thanks all!

(And now, on to start working on a new paper, on the definition of the syllogism in Aristotle, Ockham and Buridan. In fact, it will be an application of the conceptual genealogy method, so it all ties together in the end.)

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2 responses to “Conceptual genealogy for analytic philosophy – Final draft”

  1. dmf Avatar

    thanks for making this all public, if folks haven’t read Rorty’s related essay it’s worth a look:
    http://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/courses_readings/rorty_historiography_four_genres.pdf

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  2. Catarina Dutilh Novaes Avatar

    One regret that I have with this paper is not having engaged more extensively with Rorty — who was after all one of my heroes as an undergrad! So now there’s only a brief mention of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, following the advice of Colin Koopman. But the paper was long enough already, and the deadline was pressing… But I’ll try to find the chance to follow up on the connections with Rorty at some point later on.

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