Volume 79 (2024), 6
Original Articles
(Original title: Social Atomism and its Problems – Metaphysical and Political)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 575 - 592.Abstract
Social atomism is a view that informs much contemporary social thinking. Drawing on arguments from Marxism and Buddhism, I will argue that it is false, and explore the consequences of this for a number of issues, notably those related to the ideology of capitalism.
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(Original title: The Mathematics of Natural Action in Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Scholasticism (Hurtado, Arriaga, Oviedo, Compton))
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 593 - 607.Abstract
This paper discusses the notion of the “sphere of action” (sphaera activitatis) as developed by a group of seventeenth-century Jesuit intellectuals: Hurtado, Arriaga, Oviedo, and Compton. The problem inherited from fourteenth-century natural philosophers was to describe natural action which is spatially limited and decreases with distance at a regular rate. To… Read more
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(Original title: The Relevance of Pythagoreanism in the Poetry of Zambrano)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 608 - 620.Abstract
In this paper, we are interested in pointing out the importance of Pythagoreanism as a possible philosophical path to sustain Western thought, according to María Zambrano’s criteria. In her El hombre y lo divino, Zambrano questions the decisions that philosophy has adopted in its origin and proposes an integrative reason that is capable of including the feeling and… Read more
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(Original title: O definícii autonómnych zbraňových systémov)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 621 - 636.Abstract
This article focuses on the ongoing debate on the definition of autonomous weapon systems. This debate is introduced using two approaches to the definition of autonomy: (1) autonomy as the human – machine relation, and (2) autonomy as the complexity of a machine’s decision-making capabilities. The aim of the text is to critically review the current state of the… Read more
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(Original title: (Zne)uznání a sociální nespravedlnost: Pierre Bourdieu k dialogu mezi Nancy Fraser a Axelem Honnethem)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 637 - 650.Abstract
The article focuses on interpreting the concept of recognition as a claim of social justice from the perspective of two contemporary representatives of critical theory, Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser. It elucidates the fundamental disputes of their dialogue. While Fraser sees remedies for injustices in the realm of recognition within an objectivist status model,… Read more
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(Original title: Emancipace prostřednictvím crip identity s ohledem na potenciál péče)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 651 - 664.Abstract
This study examines the concepts of crip identity and coalitional subjectivities, which are grounded in shared identification with conditions of disability. The primary objective is to present these concepts as powerful tools for contemporary feminist anti-neoliberal resistance and to contribute to the discourse on the relevance of identity politics. The study views… Read more
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Review Studies
(Original title: Posthuman Feminism’s Diagnostics and Horizons for International Law: Review Essay on Emily Jones’ Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 665 - 676.Abstract
This review essay critically examines Emily Jones’ Feminist Theory and International Law: Posthuman Perspectives, which develops “posthuman feminism” to diagnose the exclusionary humanism and anthropocentrism of international law. It unpacks key elements of Jones’ approach, her critique of international law’s foundations, and her attempt to move “beyond liberal… Read more
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(Original title: Prepotrebný posun v prístupe k slovenskej filozofii)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 677 - 683.Abstract
The text is a review study of the lexicon František Mihina (ed.): Personalities of Slovak Philosophy of the 20th Century, Bratislava 2023, which characterizes the main idea of each lexicon entry. It emphasizes the extraordinary need to look with a calm eye and a sober mind at the events of the self-reflection of Slovak culture in the form of a probe into the… Read more
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Book Reviews
(Original title: Anton Vydra: Hermés bez krídel: Kultúrne obrazy kontinentálnej hermeneutiky)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 684 - 687.File to download: PDF
(Original title: Daniel Conway: Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 688 - 693.File to download: PDF
(Original title: Axel Honneth: The Poverty of Our Freedom)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 6, 694 - 697.File to download: PDF