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Abstract
Analytic Philosophy as a Critical Tool: Philosophy as a Response to Fascism
and other Dehumanizing Ills
Analytic philosophy has for a long time had the image of not being a field where
social criticism is practiced. Instead, it gives the impression of putting all the
emphasis on abstract concepts that have little or no application to current affairs.
In this paper, it is acknowledged that this image is at least to a certain extent
justified. However, it is argued that there is nothing about analytic philosophy
in itself or its methods that prevents those practicing it from using it for social
criticism.
Examples are given of historical figures in analytic philosophy who played an
important role in the formation of the tradition in its first decades and at the same
time practiced social criticism: Bertrand Russell, members of the Vienna Circle,
and Susan Stebbing. The claim is made that their methods for social criticism
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