Volume 22 (1967), 4

Papers and Discussions

Natural Science Roots of Philosophy

(Original title: Prírodovedné korene filozofie)

Milan Zigo

Filozofia, 22 (1967), 4, 337-347.

Abstract

In connection with fruitful endeavours to reintegrate, into Marxist philosophy, problems of human individual as an autonomous and onto-creative being, the conception of the natural science roots of this philosophy must also be re-valued. Modern materialism cannot abandon the philosophical analysis of findings of natural sciences • as one of the most important… Read more

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Two Forms of Causal Prediction

(Original title: Dve formy kauzálnej predpovede)

Jozef Coufal

Filozofia, 22 (1967), 4, 348-358.

Abstract

General notes on prediction. By prediction, the author understands an operation, by means e[ which, on the basis, of a known law. (of a part of the world and motion of that part) the unknown is being defined (the unknown part of the world or motion of that part). The main purpose of a prediction is to attain knowledge, define the properties of the predicted (i. e.… Read more

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Development of the Term „Gene“ as a Scientific Concept

(Original title: Vývoj termínu gén ako prípad vývoja vedeckého pojmu)

Jaroslava Machovcová

Filozofia, 22 (1967), 4, 359-370.

Abstract

From the study o£ concrete material, in particular, works by J. G. Mendel and Th. H. Morgan,, several conclusions follow which are rather general in nature. They concern the historicosemantic aspect of the development of genetics as science: a) development of science (including genetics) proceeds either in such a way that the initial solution of new problems takes… Read more

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To Rehabilitate Marx

(Original title: Rehabilitovat Marxe!)

Josef Cibulka

Filozofia, 22 (1967), 4, 371-378.

Abstract

As the title of the present paper, the author uses a thought by Maximilian Rubel — that just because Marx is in such a favour, it is necessary for him to be rehabilitated. While works by Carnap, Husserl, Keynes were creatively unfolded by a whole army over the whole decades, the original Marx’s dialectics was being changed into a dead scheme by both the theoretists… Read more

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The Origin of Phenomenology and its Tasks in the Past and Nowadays

(Original title: Vznik fenomenologie a jej úlohy v minulosti a dnes)

Michal Topoľský

Filozofia, 22 (1967), 4, 379-394.

Abstract

Strong philosophical currents can be observed all over the world nowadays. The West was full of thought activity or chaos earlier; in Czechoslovakia, this situation arose particularly in the past few years, after the fall of the personality cult. This was due, first of all, to the dogmatization of dialectic materialism in that period, and secondly, to the fact that… Read more

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Dialectics of Individuality and Socialness

(Original title: Dialektika individuálnosti a spoločenskosti)

Rudolf Šíma

Filozofia, 22 (1967), 4, 395-407.

Abstract

Man is not only that had been created in him by nature, but, above all, that he made out of himself in the course of history. Thus, history is a key to the „secret“ of man. Man is, above all, a historical process of his forming — more precisely, „elaborating“ and constant „completing“ on the basis and by means of practice. Objectifying and re-adopting the… Read more

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