Issues in regional philosophy

Austrian philosophy? and its austral image?

Richard Sylvan

pp. 147-166

in: Keith Lehrer, Johann C. Marek (eds), Austrian philosophy past and present, Deventer, Kluwer, 1997

Abstract

There are regional philosophies. Philosophy is not universal and drably uniform, transcultural and boringly international, comprising one and the same complex of problems and inquiry, methods and style everywhere; it does vary, and could vary much more, with cultural region. One such region of contemporary significance is Austria, which has a distinctive tradition of philosophy. Another region, so far of much less moment, is its austral image, Australia. Another, which by contrast contains diverse subregions, is Africa, with rediscovered interrelated traditions of African philosophy (so at least several recent texts aver). And so on, for other geographic regions.