“Is analytic philosophy superior to the continental philosophies – such as exist

—“Is analytic philosophy superior to the continental philosophies – such as existentialism, phenomenology, Thomism?”– A Friend

Um. I think deflationary analysis (science) is superior to conflationary analysis (continental philosophy).

Continental philosophy bridges religion and science.

Analytic philosophy isolates religion from the sciences and joins the sciences.

(or more historically, analytic philosophy arose out of the enlightenment and law, and continental philosophy rose out of the enlightenment and religion. )

Continental philosophy conflates just as monotheistic religions conflated. Analytic philosophy deflates.

Analytic philosophy relies on literature for the experience

and then we analyze the literature using different fields.

So put in those terms, the ‘scientific tradition’ asks that we know more different tools of measurement, while the continental school tries to use our experiences as the standard of measurement.

As far as I know, the continental method has been a waste of time. As far as I know the analytic method has been overly distracted by the use of logic (sets and language) for answers (That were not found by the way).

WHereas science is in the process of discovering OPERATIONS rather than sets.

The basis of all ‘truth’ is the possibility of what operations allow change in state given any set of conditions.

Hence all true names are operational descriptions.