Volume 81 (2026), 3
Original Articles
(Original title: Freedom and Commitment: Does Kant Hold a Subjectivist Theory of Freedom?)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 277 - 293.Abstract
According to a Subjectivist theory of X, reference to belief in the existence of X enters essentially into a full account of what the existence of X consists in. A Subjectivist theory doesn’t claim that X is a ‘merely subjective’ phenomenon; it’s a theory of what the existence of X consists in as a matter of objective fact. A Commitment theory of X is a theory of X… Read more
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(Original title: The Role of Observation in Practical Knowledge)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 294 - 308.Abstract
G. E. M. Anscombe famously argues that our self-knowledge of intentional action (“practical knowledge”) is both non-observational and yet concerns happenings in objective reality. This combination seems to present a strong tension. Recently, Adrian Haddock offered a novel account of the role of observation in practical knowledge, claiming that such knowledge is a… Read more
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Introduction
(Original title: Úvod k monotematickému bloku: Filozofické skúmania na Slovensku a v Čechách, určené rokom 1989 ako spoločne utváraným a zdieľaným osudom)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 309 - 311.File to download: PDF
Original Articles: Philosophical Explorations in Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the Wake of 1989 as a Jointly Formed and Shared Destiny
(Original title: Poznámky k zameraniu výskumu dejín filozofie na Slovensku do (a po) roku 1989)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 312 - 326.Abstract
The leitmotif of the paper is the issue of the direction of the research on history of philosophy in Slovakia up to and after 1989. The paper critiques both methodological dogmatism as well as interpretative schematism, which presents the history of philosophy in Slovakia only through the prism of “the battle between materialism and idealism,” or later “the battle”… Read more
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(Original title: Marxisticko-leninská etika a etika sociálnych dôsledkov: komparatívna analýza)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 327 - 342.Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which the ethics of social consequences – as developed by Vasil Gluchman – can be considered as a continuation of certain secular tendencies present in Marxist-Leninist ethics and philosophy before 1989. The article focuses on comparing the philosophical and ethical elements of both concepts, particularly in the areas… Read more
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(Original title: „Súčasnosť nesúčasného“ a prelomový rok 1989)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 343 - 356.Abstract
The study examines the concept of the “contemporaneity of the noncontemporaneous” in the context of Slovak and Czechoslovak history, with a special focus on the revolutionary year 1989. Building on Reinhart Koselleck’s theory of temporal layers and Ernst Bloch’s notion of Ungleichzeitigkeit, the article argues that Czech and Slovak history cannot be understood within… Read more
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(Original title: Vnútorná kontinuita a premenlivé akcenty etickej reflexie Igora Kišša pred rokom 1989 a po ňom)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 357 - 373.Abstract
The study examines the ethical thought of the Lutheran theologian Igor Kišš (1932 – 2018), focusing on the relationship between continuity and transformation in his work before and after 1989. It analyses how key normative categories developed across changing contexts. The interpretative framework is shaped by Kišš’ engagement with Luther’s doctrine of the two… Read more
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(Original title: Milan Zigo, rok 1989 a filozofická tvorba medzi stálym a neistým)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 374 - 389.Abstract
This article aims to highlight the distinctive place of Milan Zigo’s work within the Slovak philosophical landscape. More precisely his legacy presented in the journal Filozofia before and after events of the year 1989. These journal contributions are the textual basis for the reflection of the motif of the constant and, at the same time, what could be perceived as… Read more
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Scientific Events
(Original title: Správa z konferencie Filozofické pokolenia: ich formovanie, vplyv a odkaz v slovenskom a českom prostredí 20. storočia a súčasnosti)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 390 - 393.File to download: PDF
Book Review
(Original title: Ondrej Marchevský – Vladislav Suvák – Sandra Zákutná (eds.): Život s filozofiou: zborník príspevkov k jubileu profesora Františka Mihinu)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 394 - 398.File to download: PDF
(Original title: Jaroslav Cepko – Andrej Kalaš – Vladislav Suvák: Philosophorum Megaricorum Fragmenta / Zlomky Megarikov)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 399 - 402.File to download: PDF
(Original title: John Ryder: On Common Interests: A Political Philosophy)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 3, 403 - 406.File to download: PDF