Abstract The ever-increasing dominance of English within analytic philosophy is an aspect of linguistic globalisation. To assess it, I first address fundamental issues in the philosophy of language. Steering a middle course between linguistic universalism and linguistic relativism, I deny that some languages might be philosophically superior to others, notably by capturing the essential categories of reality. On this background I next consider both the pros and cons of the Anglicisation of (analytic) philosophy. I shall defend the value of English as a lingua franca, while denying both the feasibility and the desirability of English as the sole universal language of philosophy. Finally I turn to the linguistic inequality in contemporary analytic philosophy. While it does not per se amount to an injustice, there is a need to level the playing field. But the remedy does not lie in linguistic academic sectarianism. Instead, what might be called for are piecemeal measures to reduce explicit and implicit biases against analytic philosophers on the geographic fringes, biases that are only partly connected to the predominance of English.

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糟糕的英语

摘要英语在分析哲学中的主导地位不断提高是语言全球化的一个方面。为了评估它，我首先解决语言哲学中的基本问题。我在语言普遍主义和语言相对主义之间走了一条中间路线，我否认某些语言在哲学上可能优于其他语言，特别是通过捕捉现实的基本范畴。在此背景下，我接下来要考虑（分析性）哲学英国化的利弊。我将捍卫英语作为通用语言的价值，同时否认英语作为哲学的唯一通用语言的可行性和可取性。最后，我转向当代分析哲学中的语言不平等。尽管这本身并不等于不公正，但仍需要公平竞争。但是，补救措施并不在于语言学派的宗派主义。取而代之的是，可能需要采取零星的措施，以减少针对地理边缘地区的分析哲学家的显性和隐性偏见，这些偏见仅部分与英语的优势有关。