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Volume 73 (2018), 4

Articles

(Original title: Filozofia vedy v klasickom pragmatizme)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 257-268.
Abstract

The aim of the paper is to expose the main characteristics of the philosophy of science as developed in classical pragmatism. The author differentiates between philosophy of science in narrow (internalist, epistemological) and broader (externalist, sociocultural) senses. Classical pragmatist philosophy of science embodies the integration of social, historical,… Read more

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(Original title: Filozofia je mŕtva. Nech žije fyzika!)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 269-281.
Abstract

Among theoretical physicists there is a relatively long tradition of commenting on the historical and philosophical questions of their discipline in the form of books aimed at the wider public. Hawking and Mlodinow 2010 book offers the model-dependent realism as an interpretive framework for contemporary science. The article aims at a critical examination of the… Read more

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(Original title: Problém vzťahu rozumu / filozofie a viery / náboženstva v stredovekej filozofii (Averroes, Boethius z Dácie a Tomáš Akvinský) a paralely so súčasnými prístupmi)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 282-293.
Abstract

The paper deals with the relationship between reason/philosophy and faith/religion with some medieval authors (Averroes, Boethius of Dacia and Thomas Aquinas). Its first objective is to emphasize the key approaches such as the subordination of philosophy to religion or vice versa, which is based on the difference between the “absolute and relative” aspects. Its… Read more

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(Original title: Vzťah racionality k morálke)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 294-304.
Abstract

Does it make any sense today to look for the intersections between rationality and morals? Were the ancient and medieval philosophies, in which these intersections were present, wrong? And what led to the resolute divorce between these two phenomena? What is the justification for the latter? And is it reasonable? The aim of my article is to provide answers to… Read more

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(Original title: Future Generations and Concepts of Well-Being)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 305-317.
Abstract

Because climate change threatens human welfare across the globe, in both near and distant future, we need a philosophical concept of well-being that reflects such a large scope. This article discusses which concept of well-being that yields moral obligations across generations most efficiently. The concept of well-being argued for will also have something specific… Read more

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Critical Notice

(Original title: Jánusovská tvár ľudských práv: medzi ľudskou dôstojnosťou a právom mať práva. Na margo troch kníh o problematike ľudských práv)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 318-328.
Abstract

On the background of three related books, the article deals with the concept of humans rights as well as the key conceptual controversies concerning the latter. Three main aspects of human rights are underlined: philosophical, juridical and political ones. The relevance of the concepts of a person, human dignity and an autonomous subject appears clearly in the… Read more

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Discussions - Polemics

(Original title: Kdo má Černého Petra v případu Heideggerových Černých sešitů? Zpráva o hlavních aktérech aktuální kontroverze)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 329-337.
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Reviews

(Original title: Greif, A., Nuhlíček, M.: Epistemické intuície)
Filozofia, 73 (2018), 4, 341-344.
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