分析哲學運動的當代發展,不僅體現為哲學家對共同關注問題的研究進展,以及他們對分析哲學歷史和現狀的全面關注,也是他們對當代哲學中不同思想傳統之間關係的重新審視。分析哲學運動出現了三個轉變:一是從語言哲學研究到心靈哲學研究,這是分析哲學研究對象的重要轉變;二是從反形而上學到重新重視形而上學研究,這是分析哲學研究態度的重要轉變;三是從非歷史的研究到對自身歷史的研究,這是分析哲學研究方式的轉變。這三大轉變並非時間上的順序變化,而是邏輯上的關系變化,集中反映了分析哲學的總體面貌,由此體現分析哲學在當代哲學發展中的重要現實作用。分析哲學不僅正在走向更為科學的道路,而且越來越顯示出其作為西方傳統哲學在當代的延續。

Not only does the contemporary development of the analytic philosophy movement embody the progress of philosophical research into issues of common concern and the attention philosophers give to the movement’s history and current status,it also demonstrates their renewed scrutiny of the relations among different intellectual traditions in contemporary philosophy.Major turns in analytic philosophy include the following:The turn from research into linguistic philosophy to research into philosophy of mind,i.e.a change in research subject;the turn from opposition to metaphysics to a new appreciation of metaphysics,i.e.a change in research attitude;and the turn from a historical research to the study of the movement’s own history,i.e.a change in research mode.These three major changes are not sequential in the temporal sense;rather,they are changes in logical relations.They reflect in concentrated form the overall features of analytic philosophy,and thus embody the immediate role played by analytic philosophy in the development of contemporary philosophy.Analytic philosophy is not only embracing a more scientific road,but is also increasingly displaying its continuance of the Western philosophical tradition in today’s world.