Philosophical Thought of the Twentieth Century

Wheatley August 19, 2021 at 04:11 2100 views 5 comments

There was a lot of groundbreaking philosophy that came about it the twentieth century. I'm interested in seeing discussions surrounding the new philosophies of the 1900 hundreds.

Things that come to mind are:

Existentialism: (such as Sartre and Camus),
The linguistic turn: (Wittgenstein, Ryle, Austin),
Continental philosophy: (Deleuze, Lyotard, Heidegger)
New logic: (Russel, Frege, Ayer)
Others: (Popper)

I'm sure there a lot to discuss when it comes to 20th century philosophy. I'm hoping for a clean and constructive discussion about 20th century thought.

Toughs and comments are welcome.
Carry on!

Comments (5)

javi2541997 August 19, 2021 at 04:58 #581537 0 likes

Reply to Wheatley

I think Sir Karl Popper was a key philosopher in XXth century. According to him:

It is imagination and creativity, not induction, that generates real scientific theories, which is how Einstein could study the universe with no more than a piece of chalk.

Popper wanted to change how Philosophy of Science was understood back then. Popper realized that science advances instead by deductive falsification through a process of "conjectures and refutations."

I guess you would like these links:
Criticism of Karl Popper in Martin Gardner's Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?
Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994)

Wheatley August 19, 2021 at 04:59 #581538 0 likes

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Wheatley August 19, 2021 at 06:10 #581551 0 likes

Quoting javi2541997

Sir Karl Popper

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I happen to like Karl Popper's philosophy of science:
https://youtu.be/ztmvtKLuR7I

javi2541997 August 19, 2021 at 06:38 #581556 0 likes

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I happen to like Karl Popper's philosophy of science:
https://youtu.be/ztmvtKLuR7I

I am glad you liked Karl Popper. He was an extraordinary man. Here in this context, I also recommend to you another philosopher and teacher: Leonard Nelson. He was the teacher of Popper. He was described as a person with an outstanding personality. Nelson was one of the founders of the proceedings of the Freisian school.
Check him out: Leonard Nelson

180 Proof August 19, 2021 at 08:21 #581566 0 likes

Reply to Wheatley I would add to the list of significant 20th century 'innovations'

• fallibilism (e.g. C.S. Peirce-J. Dewey, K. Popper-P. Feyerabend, S. Haack, D. Deutsch)

• absurdism (e.g. P.W. Zapffe, A. Camus, C. Rosset, ... Absurdist Fiction)

• immanentism (e.g. G. Deleuze, Q. Meillassoux, R. Brassier, ... naturalism, digital ontology ... pandeism)

• eudaimonism (re: "the Aretaic turn" e.g. G.E.M. Anscombe, P. Foot, (I. Murdoch), A. MacIntyre, R. Hursthouse, M. Nussbaum, A. Sen)

• 'ecologism' (e.g. A. Næss, F. Guattari, P. Singer, D. Abram, E.F. Schumacher, H. Daly, M. Bookchin ... deep ecology, ecological economics, ecopolitics, eco-socialism)