While continuing my research on contemporary philosophy from a purely semantic point of view, I came up with these:
In 2004 Alain Badiou said:
“In my view, only those who have had the courage to work through Lacan‘s anti-philosophy without faltering deserve to be called ‘contemporary philosophers‘.” From Vérité: forçage et innomable, translated as Truth: Forcing and the Unnameable in Theoretical Writings. London: Continuum, 2004. ISBN 0826461468.
Assorted “anti-philosophy” site:wikipedia.org “anti-philosophy” matches:
- Wittgenstein’s philosophy (or rather anti-philosophy) of mathematics. …
- Buddhist philosophy – Many philosophers of Zen would maintain that Zen is anti-philosophy.
- Gorgias (dialogue) – Callicles goes on an anti-philosophy rant, saying there is no harm in young people engaging in useless banter, but that it is unattractive in older men. …
- De Stijl – Dadaist influences, such as I. K. Bonset‘s poetry and Aldo Camini‘s ‘anti-philosophy‘ generated controversy as well. Only after Van Doesburg’s death it was …
- Philosophical skepticism – At least in its manifestation of Nagarjuna‘s texts that form the core of Madhyamaka, the anti-essentialist aspect of Buddhism makes it an anti-philosophy.
What is interesting about any strain of anti- is that it seems to reveal more of its subject than its positive antithesis. Thus one tends to find more about the essence of psychiatry when one studies anti-psychiatry, etc…
See also: Anti- and philosophy and two posts by blogger Daniel Siksay: Deleuze, Badiou, Nietzsche: the anti-philosophical event part one and two.
Hi Jan,
I have not heard much about anti-philosophy. I will research it. I think you are right that studying the anti-something tells you quite a bit about the something, perhaps more than just studying the something.
Anyway, I invite you to join my Philosophy Forums.
Thanks Scott, I will have a look.
J.