(February 13, 2017 at 2:48 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Analytic philosophy is generally concerned about the logical structures and relationships within language and then views every other problem through that lens. In practical terms it can deal with problems about beings but not being-as-such. It can look into the contents of consciousness but not consciousness-as-such. I would summarize classical philosophy as talking about truth and analytic philosophy as talking about talking about truth. Then again, I am not an expert on the foundational philosophers like Frege. My focus is elsewhere. I am a conscious being in a phenomenal world. The two are inextricably linked. Everything else, like trying to alienate one from the other (or not), is interpretation.
Can you give an example of what you mean by your first sentence? I roughly get what you mean about the third person objectivity stuff. I would say though that personally I try to understand both beings and being-as-such, but I do think I understand what you mean about the basically indirect, interpretational approach. But I think I'm too far down that particular rabbit hole to ever come out and see consciousness in truly 'naive' terms again; yes neuroscience is indirect knowledge but nonetheless, I can't forget what it has taught me about how I think, and how 'flawed' thinking can be (eg bias... from a neuroscience perspective, an inherent part of how the brain works... for pattern completion etc... that sacrifices accuracy for speed) so going Descartes and trying to go back to first principles... what is knowledge, what is truth, what can I trust... is not as simple as that for me... I can't just turn it off because it directly conflicts with the sorts of conclusions I might come to without it. That said, I do want to do that with my course... go back to first principles as much as possible... after all it is philosophy and a different type of thinking to psychology... but just saying that it is hard because of this neuroscience perspective that is woven into the way I think. But anyway, thanks for the tip... I'll look up Frege to see what foundational philosophy is all about
