哲學喺傳承嘅過程入面，可以被當係一啲有待解決嘅問題（例如英美分析哲學家係噉樣睇），又可以當係一連串有待解讀的文本（例如歐陸哲學家係噉樣睇） 。喺唔同嘅傳承模式下，思維訓練方法、批評同埋對話嘅標準、寫作流派、作者嘅角色，都會跟住唔同。
In the process of inheritance, philosophy can be seen as a series of unsolved problems (e.g., as the Anglo-American analytic philosophers see it) or as a series of texts to be interpreted (e.g., the European philosophers see it this way). In different modes of inheritance, the methods of thinking training, the standards of criticism and dialogue, the genre of writing, and the role of the author will also be different.