除此之外，分析哲學通常係圍繞住一啲講唔完嘅辯論，為咗呢啲辯題，一代代嘅哲學家貢獻咗佢哋所有嘅智慧，而歐陸哲學則傾向於將研究嘅重心放喺幾個關鍵嘅思想家身上，討論佢哋嘅哲學同埋相互之間嘅關系。哈佛大學教授斯坦利·卡維爾解釋分析哲學同歐陸哲學嘅差異嗰陣，佢噉樣講：
In addition to this, analytic philosophy usually revolves around endless debates to which generations of philosophers have contributed all their wisdom, while continental philosophy tends to focus its research on a few key thinkers and discuss their philosophies and their relationships with each other. Harvard professor Stanley · Cavill, explaining the differences between analytic and continental philosophy, put it this way: