Volume 44 (1989), 1

Following up Aristotle, Spinoza, Hegel and Marx, M. Heidegger reformulates the problem of Man as identity of spirit and body, laden with biologism, into the problem of differentiating Man as the thinking being (das denkende Wesen] from the non-thinking being. Contrary to Hegel and Marx, he cannot see the difference, in the fact that the thinking being is capable… Read more

The paper deals with the problem of human subjectivity which is understood by the author as a component of philosophical problems of Man. In the centre of attention there stands the confrontation of Existentialist and Marxist approach to the problem of subjectivity. The author strives to criticize existentialism in a constructive way, to grasp the rational core of… Read more

The paper sketches one of the plausible typologies of theories of consciousness. It proceeds from the assumption that the key characteristics of consciousness are directness towards the objects as well as communicativeness. Consciousness is related to the objects in the two distinct ways or the two forms of intentionality. In this perspective it is needful to… Read more

Feyerabenďs philosopical thinking is characterized by expressive anthroplogical gravitation, though not apparent at first sight. He finds the source of alienation in the aplication of abstract, „situationally not-bound“ notions in the sphere of human affairs and relations, in such a form of cognition which does not reflect its relativity to other forms and which… Read more

In the paper author concentrated on the analysis of the problem of Man in the philosophical conception of R. G. Collingwood, one of the founders of modern Anglo-Saxon analytical philosophy of history who developed it on two levels: 1/on specific philosophical level, 2/within the framework of philosophical-historical reflections. R. G. Collingwood, influenced by… Read more

It is the objective of the paper to grasp and to characterize changes in the concemiporary style of thought and to examine their impact upon the way of thinking in contemporary genetics. The author shows in her analysis that modern genetics, extricating itself from static, reductionist and often ahistorical views can contribute to shifts in the style of thought on… Read more

In the paper the rise of the interval approach as one of methodological streams of contemporary methodology of science is analyzed, its natural scientific preconditions and sociocultural principes are examined. This stream develops ways of examination of natural, social and spiritual phenomena while respecting the multidimensional and polyvalent character of… Read more

In the paper the authors develops the idea according to which the only alternative of the possible positive solving of contemporary global problems of mankind is the enforcement of human and universal dimension of development of culture and civilization. The epicentre of the contemporary cricis which in such acute form is represented by the global problems is… Read more