Upon the academic philosopher caught in the fly-bottle

Jean Paul Van Bendegem

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94253-7_9

Upon the academic philosopher caught in the fly-bottle

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Philosophy as an academic discipline has grown into something highly specific. This raises the question whether alternatives are available within the academic world itself – what I call the Lutheran view – and outside of academia (with or without support from the inside) – what I call the Calvinist view. Since I defend the thesis that such alternatives partially exist and as yet non-existent possibilities could in principle be realised, the main question thus becomes what prevents us from acting appropriately. In honour of Paul Smeyers, the fitting metaphor has to be the Wittgensteinian fly-bottle.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Past, Present, and Future Possibilities for Philosophy and History of Education
Subtitle of host publication	Finding Space and Time for Research
Editors	Naomi HODGSON, Stefaan RAMAEKERS
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	9
Pages	117-130
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-94253-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-94252-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94253-7_9
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Philosophy
Wittgenstein
Fly-bottle

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Upon the academic philosopher caught in the fly-bottle. / Van Bendegem, Jean Paul.

Past, Present, and Future Possibilities for Philosophy and History of Education: Finding Space and Time for Research. ed. / Naomi HODGSON; Stefaan RAMAEKERS. New York : Springer, 2018. p. 117-130.

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