The Language of Publication of 'Analytic' Philosophy
| Autor | Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra |
| Cargo | Oriel College, University of Oxford |
CRÍTICA, Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía. Vol. 45, No. 133 (abril 2013): 83–90
THE LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION
OF “ANALYTIC” PHILOSOPHY
GONZ ALO RO DRI GUE Z-P EREY RA
Oriel College
University of Oxford
gonzalo.rodriguez-pereyra@oriel.ox.ac.uk
SUM MAR Y: This note argu es that research in analytical philosophy broadly conceived
should be published exclusively in English. Reasons are given for this and the thesis
is defended against thirteen objections.
KEY W ORDS: analytic philosophy bro adly conceived, English, research, publications,
non-English speaking countries
RES UME N: En esta nota argumento que la investigación en filosofía analítica en
sentido amplio debería publicarse exclusivamente en inglés. Doy razones de por qué
debe ser así y defiendo la tesis en contra de trece objeciones.
PAL ABR AS CLAV E: filosofía analítica en sentido amplio, inglés, investigación, publi-
caciones, países no anglófonos
I
It is clear that more philosophy is published in English than any
other language at the moment, that this has been so for several
decades now, and that the trend is likely to continue. It is also true
that more and more philosophers around the world read philosophy
in English. Nevertheless it is a fact that many philosophers from non-
English speaking countries, including philosophers who read, speak,
and write English, persist in publishing original work in their native
languages. In particular, what motivates me to write this note is that
there are many philosophers producing high quality work in what I
shall call analytic philosophy broadly conceived who publish such
work in languages other than English.
The thesis I shall argue for in this brief note is that original work
of research in analytic philosophy broadly conceived should nowadays
be published exclusively in English. Publishing such work in English
is very valuable, but publishing it in languages other than English is
of little or no value.
This thesis is not yet as clear as it should be, since analytic philos-
ophy broadly conceived has not been defined. It is clear that the label
“analytic philosophy”, used to designate a philosophical movement,
is now obsolete and very little of contemporary philosophy would be
correctly classified as such. Some might think that a better label for
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