Raud, Rein. "Traditions and Tendencies: A Reply to Carine Defoort." Philosophy East & West 56, no. 4 (October 2006): 661-664.

Abstract

The writer replies to Carine Defoort's response to his discussion of her views in this issue. He notes that Defoort's response has clarified most issues that provoked him in her initial article on this topic (2001;51:393-413), particularly in emphasizing that her "family model" of philosophy is meant to be descriptive and not prescriptive. Nevertheless, he finds the response a bit too pessimistic even as a description of the present situation, and he is also inclined to disagree with Defoort's certainty that "a world philosophy has not arisen and is not on the rise."