Volume 78 (2023), 3
Original Articles
(Original title: Relativistické skúmanie sémantickej informácie)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 3, 147 - 164.Abstract
Semantic correspondence and intention can be used as distinctive criteria for the four kinds of semantic information: intentional information, unintentional information, disinformation, and misinformation (4I). In order to seriously tackle standard problems included in the discussion on the kinds of semantic information, e.g., the truthfulness or the misleadingness… Read more
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(Original title: Robustní poskytování důvodů vs. pouhé spouštění důvodů: Případ žádosti)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 3, 165 - 179.Abstract
David Enoch attempts to develop a general theory of authority, not by defining the concept of authority or identifying a normative reason for obeying its commands but by describing the mechanism of commanding. According to Enoch, commands are part of a broader phenomenon, the so-called robust reasongiving, which includes promises and requests in addition to commands… Read more
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(Original title: Philosophy of Historiography and the Potential of History Education)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 3, 180 - 193.Abstract
Philosophers of historiography are constantly trying to answer the question about the nature of historical practice. However, various philosophical conceptions are often sought out by theoreticians of history education who require answering the very same question to utilise history’s potential in achieving didactic goals. This paper seeks to explore three different… Read more
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(Original title: „Nesvobodná vůle je mytologie“: Nietzsche a Kant)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 3, 194 - 210.Abstract
The aim of the study is to explore the basic paradoxes of Nietzsche’s conception of freedom in Beyond Good and Evil from the perspective of Kant’s philosophy of freedom. The analysis of selected aphorisms shows that Nietzsche’s ambivalent statements regarding will and freedom are not expressions of inconsistency, but rather they outline a philosophy of freedom that… Read more
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(Original title: Když vlády jednají v rozporu s tím, k čemu se hlásí: Případ klimatické akrasie)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 3, 211 - 223.Abstract
How can one freely act contrary to one’s better judgement about what is right? Since antiquity, this question has attracted attention of many ethicists and theorists of action as the “problem of akrasia”. On a traditional and still influential view akrasia happens when some irrational tendencies, emotions and desires override the rational part of one’s soul and cause… Read more
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