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Volume 68 (2013), 6

Young Philosophers

(Original title: Spory o charakter zdôvodnenia v súčasnej analytickej epistemológii)
Filozofia, 68 (2013), 6, 517-522.
Abstract

The controversy between internalists and externalists concerning the approach to justification is among central issues in contemporary analytic epistemology. In its first part, the paper briefly surveys the main points of controversy. In its second part, the author defends the view that internalist and externalist approaches are components of two different… Read more

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(Original title: Concrete Impossible Worlds)
Filozofia, 68 (2013), 6, 523-529.
Abstract

The paper deals with such a modification of genuine modal realism as to accommodate impossible worlds into its ontology. First of all, the theory of modal realism is presented. Next, several motivations for the acceptance of impossible worlds are adduced. Further, Lewis’s argument against impossible worlds is presented. It is argued that the argument can be… Read more

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(Original title: K problému prisudzovania mentálnych stavov)
Filozofia, 68 (2013), 6, 530-538.
Abstract

The objective of this paper is to compare the theory theory and the theory of modu- larity. It is argued that the theory theory approach does not offer sufficient description of the ability to attribute mental states. The focus is on evaluation of evidence coming from various cognitive deficits, especially Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The paper suggests that the… Read more

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