Analytic Philosophy As Metaphilosophy

In his book Glock answers the question "what is analytic philosophy?" with two theses. The first is the Thesis of History, i.e. analytic philosophy is a historical or genetic category. The second is the Thesis of Resemblance: namely, that there is only a family resemblance between the authors and schools that make up the analytic tradition in philosophy. Although this paper accepts the first thesis, it rejects the second by insisting that there are highly significant disruptions and therefore less continuity than advocated by Glock, between the various contributions and developments of analytic philosophy.