Volume 79 (2024), 3
Original Articles
(Original title: The Scientist, Qua Scientist, Is an Ethical Agent)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 231 - 243.Abstract
I argue that the currently confused talk about “values in science” should be understood in terms of schemes of values. The new demarcation problem is then formulated as asking “Which scheme(s) of values should scientists adopt?” I defend the view that my title provides the answer.
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(Original title: The “Juncture” of Being: A New Assessment of the Schellingian Distinction between Ground and Existence)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 244 - 261.Abstract
Schelling presents the existence of God’s internal duality between ground and existence as the only real starting point for the true explanation of the phenomena of evil and human freedom. We will explicate here the essential relation between the reality of evil and the constitution of a system of freedom. Since the metaphysical monism that Schelling attributes to… Read more
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(Original title: Řekni mi, kde to bolí, a já ti řeknu, jaký jsi člověk: funkce bolesti v klasické řecké filosofii a lékařství)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 262 - 276.Abstract
In this article, I explore the role of pain in ancient Greek medicine and philosophy, focusing on the period from the 5th century BC to the end of the 4th century BC. I analyze how Greek physicians, perceived pain and its significance in understanding the human body, diagnosis, and treatment. Additionally, I show that this framework for comprehending pain is also… Read more
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(Original title: Samuel Pike: Pozapomenutý dědic raně novověké mosaické fyziky)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 277 - 289.Abstract
The paper deals with the work Philosophia Sacra: Or The Principles of Natural Philosophy. Extracted from Divine Revelation, published in 1753 by the relatively unknown English clergyman Samuel Pike (circa 1717 – 1773). This work falls within the tradition of the so-called Mosaic physics, a specific Early Modern endeavor to build natural philosophy based on a… Read more
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(Original title: Myšlení svobody u Martina Heideggera)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 290 - 302.Abstract
In Being and Time it is necessary to distinguish between the concepts of release (Freisein) and freedom (Freiheit). The term "release" refers to the facticity of Dasein, that is, the provision of a field of orientation for Dasein in being-in-the-world, and "freedom" refers to its existentiality, that is, the authentic grasping of this field… Read more
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(Original title: Heidegger, Moral Values, and Non-Human Animals: Philosophical Intersections)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 303 - 318.Abstract
This paper explores the realm of Heidegger’s writings to examine how moral ideas intersect with non-human creatures from a phenomenological standpoint. The human-animal dilemma becomes more urgent over time, and our future becomes less predictable. The paper commences by examining the significance of attending to the particularities of Dasein, as understood… Read more
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(Original title: Human Flourishing, Human Nature, and Practices: MacIntyre’s Ethics Still Requires a More Thomistic Metaphysics)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 319 - 333.Abstract
My aim in this paper is to investigate what enables human flourishing from a Thomistic perspective by considering Aquinas’ natural inclinations. I will argue that human beings flourish in different ways, depending on their practices. However, not every practice contributes to human flourishing, but only those that are consistent with human nature, which agents grasp… Read more
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(Original title: Pain as a Subjective Experience: An Integrated Approach for a Dialogue between Philosophy and Biomedical Sciences)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 3, 334 - 349.Abstract
The aim of this article is to show how the inseparability of its objective and subjective dimensions renders pain such a complex phenomenon that it poses a challenge for both the biomedical sciences and philosophy. Neurophysiology has ascertained the variability of the relationship between damage and pain, showing that it is the result of interaction between the… Read more
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