ABSTRACT
This chapter draws attention to the new label 'analytical anthropology' itself. Analytical anthropology comprises in a way both analytical philosophy of mind and action and analytical moral Psychology, but only in so far as these domains have something to say about the nature of the human person. As indicated, analytical anthropology must be distinguished not only from philosophical anthropologies in the continental style of philosophizing — such as Heidegger's analysis of Dasein — but also from scientific anthropologies. If philosophy finds itself between the extremes of science and literature, then analytical philosophy seems to be closer to the side of science while continental philosophy seems to be closer to the side of literature. Compared with continental philosophy, the value of an analytical anthropology lies in the clarity of its style and in the precisely articulated and rationally argued view that it provides. The chapter also provides an outline of this book.
