Postanalytic philosophy describes a detachment from the mainstream philosophical movement of analytic philosophy, which is the predominant school of thought in English-speaking countries. Postanalytic philosophy derives mainly from contemporary American thought, especially from the works of philosophers Richard Rorty, Donald Davidson, Hilary Putnam, and W.V. Quine. The term is closely associated with the much broader movement of contemporary American pragmatism, which, loosely defined, advocates a detachment from objective truth with an emphasis on convention, usefulness, and social progress. Analytic philosophy is the dominant philosophical movement of English-speaking countries, although one of its founders, Gottlob Frege, was German, and another, Ludwig Wittgenstein, was Austrian. ... The following is a list of countries where English is an official language, in order of population: India United States (de facto only; the USA has no official language) Nigeria Philippines United Kingdom Hong Kong South Africa Canada Kenya Uganda Ghana Sri Lanka Australia Cameroon Zimbabwe Malawi Zambia Sierra Leone... Richard McKay Rorty (born October 4, 1931 in New York City) is an American philosopher. ... There are two Donald Davidsons: Donald Davidson (poet) Donald Davidson (philosopher) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Hilary Whitehall Putnam (born July 31, 1926) is a key figure in the philosophy of mind during the 20th century. ... W. V. Quine Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25, 1908 - December 25, 2000) was one of the most influential American philosophers and logicians of the 20th century. ...

The term postanalytic philosophy itself has been used in a vaguely descriptive sense and not in the sense of a concrete philosophical movement. In effect, the term combines a tendency towards deconstructionism (especially as it relates to philosophical doctrine, such as ontology, phenomenology, morality, ethics, science, etc.) but separates from the schools of thought (such as postmodernism) often ascribed to some of the aforementioned philosophers. If postanalytic philosophy were to have any sense of an actual ideological movement, it would be found more in its detachment from mainstream, academized philosophy. This is not to be confused with analytic philosophy, however, since many postanalytic philosophers write along an analytic vein and on traditionally analytic topics. Mainstream, academic philosophy (often called orthodox philosophy) refers more to the tendency for University academia to specialize in analytic philosophy and fields within that particular school of thought. Whereas, postanalytic philosophy advocates a more pluralist education, drawing from many different schools of thought (ranging from literature to continental philosophy). In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek ὄν, genitive ὄντος: being (part. ... Look up Phenomenology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Phenomenology is a current in philosophy that takes intuitive experience of phenomena (what presents itself to us in conscious experience) as its starting point and tries to extract the essential features of experiences and the essence of what we experience. ... Morality, in the strictest sense of the word, deals with that which is innately regarded as right or wrong. ... Ethics is the branch of axiology – one of the four major branches of philosophy, alongside metaphysics, epistemology, and logic – which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to define that which is right from that which is wrong. ... // What is science? There are various understandings of the word science. According to empiricism, scientific theories are objective, empirically testable, and predictive — they predict empirical results that can be checked and possibly contradicted. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Continental philosophy is a general term for several related philosophical traditions that (notionally) originated in continental Europe, in contrast with Anglo-American analytic philosophy. ...

Some pragmatic reflections of postanalytic thought, other than in the works of the aforementioned philosophers (especially Rorty), can be found in the works of Richard Posner, who advocates a recusant pragmatism in American legal theory. Although not ostensibly postanalytic, it represents a social application to views closely associated with postanalytic philosophy. Other topics of a particular 'postanalytic' nature or interest include aesthetics, literature, critical theory (and legal criticism), and American political progress. Some postanalytic (though distinctly nonacademic) advocates, such as R.G. Johnson, have called postanalytic philosophy the philosophy of the 21st century. On this view, philosophy and society become closely integrated in approaching issues of social change and progress, which would diverge from an increasingly analytic tendency towards academic isolation. Judge Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939, New York City) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. ...

Suggested reading: "Philosophy and Social Hope," and "Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity," by Richard Rorty

"Ethics without Ontology," by Hilary Putnam

"Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy," by Richard Posner