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Analytic Philosophy as Philosophical Activism

  • David Bordonaba-Plou , Víctor Fernández-Castro and José R. Torices
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The Political Turn in Analytic Philosophy
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Abstract

This chapter characterizes the idea of the political turn in analytic philosophy. It first examines possible connections between analytic philosophy and politics, situating analytic feminism as the precursor of the turn.We then consider some of the attempts that have been made in analytic philosophy to make explicit the political turn. Specifically, we explore whether the ideal/non-ideal theory distinction serves to elucidate what is distinctive about the political turn, concluding that this distinction is of little help in undertaking such a task. Finally, we propose to characterize the political turn as philosophical activism. That is, the political turn is committed to understanding and identifying particular forms of social injustice and intervening to eradicate them.

Abstract

This chapter characterizes the idea of the political turn in analytic philosophy. It first examines possible connections between analytic philosophy and politics, situating analytic feminism as the precursor of the turn.We then consider some of the attempts that have been made in analytic philosophy to make explicit the political turn. Specifically, we explore whether the ideal/non-ideal theory distinction serves to elucidate what is distinctive about the political turn, concluding that this distinction is of little help in undertaking such a task. Finally, we propose to characterize the political turn as philosophical activism. That is, the political turn is committed to understanding and identifying particular forms of social injustice and intervening to eradicate them.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgements V
  3. Table of Contents VII
  4. Editor’s Introduction IX
  5. Part I: Analytic Philosophy and Social Involvement
  6. Analytic Philosophy as Philosophical Activism 1
  7. Conceptual Engineering and Neurath’s Boat: A Return to the Political Roots of Logical Empiricism 31
  8. Part II: Mind, Knowledge, and the Social World
  9. Political Epistemology 53
  10. Intellectual Vices in Conditions of Oppression: The Turn to the Political in Virtue Epistemology 77
  11. Epistemic De-Platforming 105
  12. Philosophy of Mind after Implicit Biases 135
  13. Ameliorative Inquiry in Epistemology 151
  14. Part III: Meaning, Politics, and Identity
  15. Tackling Verbal Derogation: Linguistic Meaning, Social Meaning and Constructive Contestation 173
  16. The Power to Shape Contexts: The Transmission of Descriptive and Evaluative Contents 199
  17. Hermeneutical Injustice and Conceptual Landscaping: The Benefits and Responsibilities of Expanding Conceptual Landscaping beyond Failure Reparation 211
  18. The Meaning of ‘Woman’ and the Political Turn in Philosophy of Language 229
  19. Part IV: Epistemology and Polarization
  20. Affective Polarization and Testimonial and Discursive Injustice 257
  21. Philosophical Considerations of Political Polarization 279
  22. Notes on Contributors 299
  23. Index 303
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110612318-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgements V
  3. Table of Contents VII
  4. Editor’s Introduction IX
  5. Part I: Analytic Philosophy and Social Involvement
  6. Analytic Philosophy as Philosophical Activism 1
  7. Conceptual Engineering and Neurath’s Boat: A Return to the Political Roots of Logical Empiricism 31
  8. Part II: Mind, Knowledge, and the Social World
  9. Political Epistemology 53
  10. Intellectual Vices in Conditions of Oppression: The Turn to the Political in Virtue Epistemology 77
  11. Epistemic De-Platforming 105
  12. Philosophy of Mind after Implicit Biases 135
  13. Ameliorative Inquiry in Epistemology 151
  14. Part III: Meaning, Politics, and Identity
  15. Tackling Verbal Derogation: Linguistic Meaning, Social Meaning and Constructive Contestation 173
  16. The Power to Shape Contexts: The Transmission of Descriptive and Evaluative Contents 199
  17. Hermeneutical Injustice and Conceptual Landscaping: The Benefits and Responsibilities of Expanding Conceptual Landscaping beyond Failure Reparation 211
  18. The Meaning of ‘Woman’ and the Political Turn in Philosophy of Language 229
  19. Part IV: Epistemology and Polarization
  20. Affective Polarization and Testimonial and Discursive Injustice 257
  21. Philosophical Considerations of Political Polarization 279
  22. Notes on Contributors 299
  23. Index 303
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