Volume 59 (2004), 5

The paper is a continuation of two previous papers ([16] ; [17]), in which I have discussed the issues of extent and measurement. It gives an account of classical views of Brian Ellis and Karel Berka on the process of measurement. First it examines Ellis‘ terms such as arrangement, order, range, fundamental, associative and indirect measurements. Then it analyses… Read more

The current discussion of the place of ethics in human life and of the prospectives of French ethical thinking has been given a new impulse by the tradition rooted in immanence. In this tradition the philosophy of B. Spinoza is taken as its explicit model. The paper focuses on the shift from dominating ontological problematic to ethics and on Misrahi's… Read more

The paper deals with the art of architecture in its philosophical dimension of expressing ideas, and with its ability to serve the whole realm of human and social needs, i.e. to help a person to find his/her orientation and identification in his/her existential situation. Starting with the relationship between a person and the world the paper outlines some… Read more

Batailleś version of transgression and prohibition is based on two presuppositions: the first one is coupling of death and ecstasy on the level of energetic principle, which makes the combination of personally grounded experience of transcendence with the dispositions of the subject possible. The second one concerns making use of two existential forces: the will… Read more

Scotus' theory of common nature is the basis of his solution of the problem of individuation. The common nature itself is indifferent regarding the modes of universality and singularity, there is no conflict in its being "this" and "non-this". The ground of universality is reason; the principle of individuation, which is the ground of singularity, was determined… Read more