Volume 53 (1998), 6

The philosophical problematic and philosophical influence is inherent in writings of many professors of Slovak Lutheran Theological Faculty of Bratislava - especially in those of I. Kišš and P. Gažík. I. Kišš is influenced by platonism (through Luther): the terrestrial Good is a reflection of God's idea of Goodness, which has been continually approached by humans… Read more

The paper offers a criticism from the ontological point of view of Kripke's essentialism concerning natural kind-terms and the so called theoretical indetification. It begins with a brief account of Kripke's view of essence and theoretical identification. A comparison of Kripke's essentialism with that of B. Enc should show the advantages of the philosophically… Read more

The paper examines various approaches to technology within the philosophy of technology. The author (she) emphasizes that technology can be analysed only with regard to the existence of mankind which, all through its biological and cultural evolution, has been preferring purpose-oriented procedures and the corresponding instruments. Nevertheless, the mechanized… Read more