Volume 65 (2010), 1

Jan Patočka outlined the basic principles of his phenomenology in the 1960ies, when a possibility appeared for him to publish them in Slovakia. He influenced Slovak philosophy by his contributions on the history of Czech philosophy, by his critical evaluation of the philosophy of Czech history (especially that of Masaryk), as well as by developing his double… Read more

Heidegger’s interpretation of Husserl’s Logical investigations as presented in his lectures History of the concept of time: Prolegomena (1925) was a remarkable contribution in the development of phenomenology: First, Heidegger starts with the interpretation of intentionality and his considerations become thus methodologically transparent (contrary to the language… Read more

The paper deals with some major themes in early Cassirer’s philosophy of mathema- tics. It appears, that the basis of his thinking about mathematical objects and mathematical concept formation is his Neo-Kantian idealistic (transcendental) theory of concepts which he developed in opposition to what is called the „traditional theory of concepts“ going back to… Read more

The paper is an interdisciplinary study, which describes the results of applying phenomenological analysis in Sartre’s analysis of being, as well as the main emphases in Merleau-Ponty’s explorations of body/consciousness problem. It also shows the possibilities of applying the phenomenological approach in psychotherapy, in particular in the logotherapy of Victor… Read more

In De Caelo A. 12. 281a28-b25 Aristotle presents an argument in support of the claim that ‘everything that always is, is absolutely indestructible’. Scholars are in agreement about at least one thing: this argument is notoriously difficult to understand. This paper attempts to do a number of things. First, it critically evaluates Lindsay Judson’s interpretation of… Read more

The paper deals with the Augustinian interpretation of human soul in classical Greek and Roman philosophy. It examines the views of the most important Christian Platonic, which Augustine developed as opposed to the pagan views in his De civitate Dei. A special attention is paid to the analysis of the Augustinian doctrine of the relation between body and soul,… Read more

G. E. Moore replies to skepticism by using propositions which from the common sense perspective are trivially true. However, it seems that his replies are not effective, because the skeptic’s doubts concern precisely the common sense truths. This problem became the subject of various interpretations. N. Malcolm and B. Stroud suggest that Moore is not trying to… Read more