Volume 19 (1964), 5

Papers and Discussions

The Freedom of Criticism and the Development of Marxian Theory

(Original title: Sloboda kritiky a rozvoj marxistickej teórie)

Michal Suchý

Otázky marxistickej filozofie, 19 (1964), 5, 409-415.

Abstract

The main reason of the deformation of Marxism, described as personality cult, occurred both in the theoretical and practical field, cannot be sought simply in the errors and personal properties of the leading personalities. An explanation of this kind of the deformation of Marxism would be an only very superficial one. The reason must be looked for first of all in… Read more

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On the Dialectics of the Subject and Object

(Original title: K dialektike subjektu a objektu)

Rudolf Šíma

Otázky marxistickej filozofie, 19 (1964), 5, 415-430.

Abstract

By the entering of man into society material reality reaches a stage of development in which one of its organic components, man, becomes as a subject relatively detached from objective reality, and he opposes himself against it as against a prerequisite and subject of his conscious activity, i. e., against object. In the first part of his work the author points out… Read more

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The Doctrine of Copernicus at the University of Trnava

(Original title: Koperníkovo učenie na trnavskej univerzite)

Teodor Münz

Otázky marxistickej filozofie, 19 (1964), 5, 430-441.

Abstract

In his study the author expounds the history o£ the penetration of the theory of Copernicus on heliocentrism in the University of Trnava. This university, functioning in Slovakia from 1635 to 1777, was run by Jesuits, and thus it is understandable that at the beginning the teaching of Copernicus encountered opposition; the most important person among its opponents… Read more

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Notes About the Construction of the Conception of Causality

(Original title: Poznámky k výstavbe pojmu kauzality)

Jozef Coufal

Otázky marxistickej filozofie, 19 (1964), 5, 441-453.

Abstract

The first part of the paper presents a general characterization of the instrumental nature of scientific conceptions, their methodological significance, reciprocal determination and systematics. The methodological range of the conception is determined by the degree of generality of the given, qualitatively ascertained lawfulness which it represents, and by the… Read more

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The Cybernetical Conception of the World, Man and Thought

(Original title: Kybernetické pojetí světa, člověka a myšlení)

Jiří Zeman

Otázky marxistickej filozofie, 19 (1964), 5, 453-462.

Abstract

1. Cybernetics and dialectics in nature.
The tendency to the growth of entropy and to the growth of negative entropy is one of the basical antinomies in nature. In natural procedures a disunion into an effective and a non-effective component takes place. Development requires disequlibirium, antagonism, redundance. An ideal system is not possible without… Read more

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