Volume 42 (1987), 4

In his paper the author concentrates on Hrušovský’s efforts in the theory of science. He analyzes Hrušovský’s model of science which is connected with philosophical thinking in the first place. According to I. Hrušovský, it is the task of the theory of science to study the logical and empirical aspect of science. Theoretical basis rests upon developing axiomatic… Read more

In the first part of the paper the author brings out his own periodization of the genesis of Academician Hrušovský’s philosophy. He differentiates six dominant stages in Hrušovský’s development from scientism to Marxism and within his Marxist period. In the second part of the paper he outlines basic problems in Hrušovský’s genesis. He accentuates that the dominant… Read more

In the paper the author analyzes bearing themes of Hrušovský’s theoretical-philosophical activity from the end of the thirties and the beginning of the forties. This period of his activity was characterized by his programmatic effort to constitute scientific philosophy. Hrušovsky was inspired by theoretical-methodological scientism of neopositivist provenance as… Read more