Royaumont Revisited

TY - JOUR

T1 - Royaumont Revisited

AU - Overgaard, Søren

PY - 2010/12

Y1 - 2010/12

N2 - Michael Dummett has claimed that the only way to establish communication between the analytic and Continental schools of philosophy is to go back to their point of divergence in Frege and the early Husserl. In this paper, I try to show that Dummett's claim is false. I examine in detail the discussions at the infamous 1958 Royaumont Colloquium on analytic philosophy. Many - including Dummett - believe that these discussions underscore the futility of attempting to bridge the gap between Continental and analytical philosophies in anything like their current shapes. I argue, however, that a close study of the Royaumont proceedings rather reveals how close some of the analytical speakers were to some of their Continental listeners.

AB - Michael Dummett has claimed that the only way to establish communication between the analytic and Continental schools of philosophy is to go back to their point of divergence in Frege and the early Husserl. In this paper, I try to show that Dummett's claim is false. I examine in detail the discussions at the infamous 1958 Royaumont Colloquium on analytic philosophy. Many - including Dummett - believe that these discussions underscore the futility of attempting to bridge the gap between Continental and analytical philosophies in anything like their current shapes. I argue, however, that a close study of the Royaumont proceedings rather reveals how close some of the analytical speakers were to some of their Continental listeners.

U2 - 10.1080/09608788.2010.524764

DO - 10.1080/09608788.2010.524764

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0960-8788

VL - 18

SP - 899

EP - 924

JO - British Journal for the History of Philosophy

JF - British Journal for the History of Philosophy

IS - 5

ER -