The problem of evaluating contributions to philosophy An argumentative interruption

The problem of evaluating philosophical texts is not only an institutional problem for philosophers. It transcends our own discipline. In a globalized word, English seems to be the lingua franca of all the sciences, much more than Latin ever was. But if we do not appreciate the systematic differences between articulating the results' in the natural' sciences (which focus on facts and technical know-how) on the one hand and normative and philosophical disputes about reasonable developments of forms of articulation and understanding in the Geisteswissenschaften' on the other, there is a great danger of transnational regionalism - especially if we limit philosophical thinking and research to one language. Instead, we should treasure the diverse traditions and experiences as they are manifested in different languages. In consequence, the policy of evaluating international visibility of philosophic journals, as proposed by the European Science Foundation (ESF), must be changed.