Carnap’s 1932 mockery of Heidegger permanently divided analytic and Continental philosophy.

Evidence

Professional philosophers in both countries had long since been put off by the logical positivist Rudolf Carnap, a German émigré based in the US, who had written a 1932 paper mocking such Heideggerian phrases as ‘the nothing nothings’ (das Nichts nichtet). His attack drew a line between ‘Anglo-American’ and ‘Continental’ philosophy that still exists today. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 900

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces das Nichts nichtet, a defining phrase in the analytic-Continental split.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader interest in how disciplinary boundaries get institutionalized, echoing social capital and reputation work.