Volume 81 (2026), 1
Editorial
(Original title: 80 Years of the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences as an Integral Part of Filozofia’s History)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 1-3.File to download: PDF
Original Articles
(Original title: An Ethic of Empathy: Articulating the Normative Grounds of Dialogic Interpretation)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 4 - 21.Abstract
Contrary to concerns that grounding ethics in empathy fails to account for normative ideals like autonomy, respect, and universal equality, a viable path towards an empathetic ethic advancing those values is presented. In the first step, the normative entailments of dialogic interpretation are articulated and correlated with Kantian ideals to define the goalposts.… Read more
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(Original title: Queering Moments in Phenomenology)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 22 - 35.Abstract
This paper discusses the relation of contemporary phenomenology to queer theory. It argues that traditional phenomenology’s exclusion of social or libidinal structures constitutes both a “straight failure” and a “failure to become queer.” Drawing on Levinas, Derrida, and Halberstam, the paper reinterprets phenomenological passivity and opacity as sites of resistance… Read more
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(Original title: Tatarkova Obec božia: Utópia alebo realistická koncepcia spoločného dobra?)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 36 - 50.Abstract
The article examines claims that Dominik Tatarka’s concept of the “community of God” (obec božia), developed during the Prague and Slovak Spring of 1968, was utopian. Tatarka saw it as a form of communion (obcovanie) – a space for free and responsible interaction among citizens, independent of communist ideological control. This idea arose in response to two decades… Read more
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(Original title: Estetický rozmer filozofických diel (s dôrazom na opis klasického a inverzného modelu funkčnej konfigurácie vo filozofii))
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 51 - 65.Abstract
This paper describes the classic, contamination, and inverse models of functional configuration in philosophical works. Methodologically and terminologically, it draws on ideas from Czech structural aesthetics, which can systematically explain the aesthetic dimension of philosophical works without bringing them into the realm of art. Through the interpretation of… Read more
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Introduction to the Monothematic Block: Heidegger, Daoism, and Intercultural Thinking Today
(Original title: Introduction to the Monothematic Block: Heidegger, Daoism, and Intercultural Thinking Today)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 66 - 68.File to download: PDF
Original Articles: Heidegger, Daoism, and Intercultural Thinking Today
(Original title: Heidegger, Nothingness, and Presence: Between Parmenides and Laozi)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 69 - 84.Abstract
This contribution reconsiders standard accounts of Heidegger’s concept of being as presence by tracing other moments revealed in his thinking of nothingness, emptiness, and the clearing in the context of his European and East Asian sources. Heidegger’s interpretations of Parmenides, early Greek philosophy, and of being as presencing (Anwesenheit) appear to assert the… Read more
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(Original title: Auseinandersetzung: Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and Intercultural Engagement)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 85 - 99.Abstract
Heidegger’s relation to Asian philosophy should be guided by the notion of Auseinandersetzung. Often translated as con-frontation, this term plays a pivotal role in understanding Heidegger’s engagements with Asian philosophy. Auseinandersetzung (and related terms) can help us realise the changed perspectives on our own thinking that we derive from engagements with… Read more
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(Original title: Daoism, Heidegger, and AI: Reflections on Technology, Alienation, and the Case Hypnocracy)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 100 - 115.Abstract
This article offers some comparative reflections on technology and the alienating potential of AI. These reflections are inspired by theoretical affinities between Daoism and Heidegger’s philosophy. In particular, I focus on the work Hypnocracy that recently sparked an international debate about the notion of authorship and the problematic relationship between AI-… Read more
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Review Study
(Original title: The Genealogy of Bakunin’s Theory of Revolt)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 1, 116 - 126.Abstract
This review study critically engages with Felipe Corrêa’s Freedom or Death: The Theory and Practice of Mikhail Bakunin. Although Corrêa works with the entirety of Bakunin’s corpus, he fails to adequately examine the double-negative aspect of revolt in Bakunin’s philosophical anthropology. My aim with this paper is to remedy this, vis-à-vis an exegesis of Bakunin’s… Read more
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