Volume 65 (2010), 5

There is nothing like power in itself. What we can experience is only the particular forms and effects of the power relations. Similarly, there is no single and universal definition of power. The concept of power embodies its various relations and aspects, such as power relations, the relationships between power and institutions, go- vernment, influence, authority… Read more

The paper offers a reconstruction of the development of Karl Marx’s thought in 1842 – 1844 proceeding from the philosophy of law and social philosophy to political economy and its critique. It puts forward a new interpretation of the categories “bürgerliche Gesellschaft“, “alienation“ and “alienated labor“. This interpretation shows that the development of Marx’s… Read more

The paper gives an overall account of the main features of the philosophy of William James which in the century following his decease has been constantly revaluated. The author focuses on his permanent presence in philosophy, psychology and humanities in the 20th century. The close correlation between James’s style of philosophizing and his personality traits is… Read more

The paper offers a discussion of the concept of common sense in T. Reid’s philosophy. Reid criticizes Hume’s skepticism, which is in conflict with common sense, as a “deadlock of philosophy”. Reid’s criticism thus might be seen as naive and “unphilosophical”, and therefore missing the point. The author argues, however, that common sense, as used by Reid, is a… Read more

The paper sheds light on V. Filkorn’s contribution to ontology, labeled by the author as polymorphism or polymorphic ontology. Filkorn’s contribution is exemplified by the discussion of his category of non-temporality referring to what the author calls timelessness or perichrony. In the context of Slovak philosophy of the 20th and 21st centuries Filkorn is… Read more

The barbarian of interpretation, in his barbarity, cannot be omitted from the line of ‘the new barbarians’. In the following, I will underline not only the threatening side of the barbarian of interpretation, but also the fact that the entirety of modern hermeneutics appeared in order to offer a certain protection from ‘the invasion’ of these strange barbarians… Read more