Volume 60 (2005), 1

The paper gives a brief account of the story of the concept of rationality in the history of Western philosophy. On this background the author suggests that rationality may be understood as normativity, which is rooted in intelligence. Such a conception puts stress on practical rationality of action and draws significantly, even though not exclusively, on the… Read more

An outline of a multi-aspect typology of philosophical terminology tries to give a synthetic view on the nature of philosophical terminology, which could serve as a ground of terminological research. On the basis of three typologies – a typology based on paradigms; a typology based on the layers; a typology based on the linguistic source – the paper tries to… Read more

Abortion is a controversial and divisive topic. The paper gives a short review of the main approaches throughout the history of European thinking to this complex problem. Moral concerns about abortion often turn on the questions of when human life can be said to has began and what is the moral status of human embryo and fetus. The paper gives also an outline of… Read more

Poet Elyas Yusof Ganjavi Nezami (about. 1141 - 1209). A Persian poet of Azerbaijan ori­ gin. His ethical - philosophical works concern his ideas of life and moral behaviour. He „deals with the origins of humans (according to Koran), justice, vanity of wordly events, fate, the way of life, the differences between humans and animals, the creation of the world,… Read more