Volume 62 (2007), 4

The paper sheds light on the way the motif of universalism has been articulated in some philosophical conceptions. While within the Kantian tradition universalism is related to formalism, material value ethics aims at establishing contextual („material“) a priori, which opens up a hierarchic order already on emotional level. As for this order, however, the… Read more

The paper summarizes the reflections on the specific development of Russian philosophy. It offers an outline of general features of Russian Christian philosophy. Up to now this philosophy has been simply ignored or eliminated by „religious philosophy“. The idea, that the mission (the truth) of Russian philosophy can be unveiled only by an insight into its fortunes… Read more

The paper tries to shed light on an almost unknown attitude of the American pragmatist Richard Rorty towards the problem of religion. Biographical researches enables the author to concentrate on Rorty’s philosophy of religion and to offer an analysis of its stages of development. The author’s conclusion is that even though the philosophy of Richard Rorty has… Read more

The paper tries to show, how fallibilism and necessity are related to each other in the philosophy of Ch. S. Peirce. Fallibilism as an epistemological doctrine is grounded in the idea, that there are no definitely valid propositions. Then, however, the approval of the existence of necessary conclusions in mathematics equals claiming that Peirce’s philosophy… Read more

The paper aims to show, how, according to A. Camus, it is possible for humans to cope with the absence of meaning in their lives. It covers the transformations the concept of human destiny underwent in Camus’ works, beginning with his essay Myth of Sisyphus up to his work The Rebel. Given this context the paper focuses on the problem of the… Read more

The paper points out to the paradoxical character of our contemporary life: while the comfort of our life is still growing, the conditions of life in general are getting still worse. In the author’s view the ecological crisis we are facing now has two possible outcomes: the humankind will have to undergo a fundamental transformation, or there will be no change at… Read more

The aim of the paper is to analyze different approaches to anaphora with restricted quantifiers. An important point is distinguishing the anaphoric process, which is in fact structured, from the outcomes of that process. Requirements which we put on anaphora (referential dependence and extensional identity of semantic values of antecedent and anaphoric expressions… Read more

Many students are unable to write good philosophical essays. This has several reasons. Mainly they are not able to choose a good topic to deal with or they do not know the rules of grammar and syntax. The writing as a practical form of their study is somewhat like a horror, but their writings mirror their thinking. A. P. Martinich gives hope to students and… Read more

The question, whether there is a sharp difference between an analytic and a synthetic proposition, is one of the famous philosophical topics of the 20th century. The question, however, urges one to ask following questions: "What is an analytic proposition?", or „What is a synthetic proposition?“. The aim of the paper is to contribute to the discussions of the… Read more