continental philosophy
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continental philosophy (usually uncountable, plural continental philosophies)
(philosophy) Any of various philosophical traditions strongly influenced by certain 19th and 20th century philosophers from mainland Europe, such as Hegel.
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David Couzens Hoy states that Emmanuel Levinas 's writings on the face of the Other and Derrida 's meditations on the relevance of death to ethics are signs of the "ethical turn" in Continental philosophy that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.
In Continental philosophy (particularly phenomenology and existentialism), there is much greater tolerance of ambiguity, as it is generally seen as an integral part of the human condition.
Continental philosophy continued in a trajectory from post Kantianism.
' Continental philosophy of religion This section requires expansion.
Saint Augustine Meditates on the Trinity when the Child Jesus Appears before him by Vergós Group Augustine's philosophical method, especially demonstrated in his Confessions, had continuing influence on Continental philosophy throughout the 20th century.