Volume 79 (2024), 10
Original Articles
(Original title: Reliability Trumps Truth)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1069 - 1082.Abstract
This paper argues that reliability is a better desideratum for scientific claims than is truth as soon as we focus on ‘helping to change the world (for the better)’ as a central aim of science.
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(Original title: Causalism versus Propensionism in the Philosophy of Biology: A Case of Philosophical Underdetermination?)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1083 - 1096.Abstract
This paper has two objectives: (1) to define philosophical underdetermination in contrast with the usual empirical underdetermination that has been invoked by so many philosophers of science, expanding on recent work in ethics regarding moral underdetermination; (2) to prove that the debate between the causalist and propensionist interpretations of causation in the… Read more
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(Original title: Fontenelle’s Éloges des académiciens: Creating the Scientific Persona)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1097 - 1110.Abstract
In his Éloges des académiciens, French philosopher Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657 – 1757) used various strategies to build the credibility of scientists. In recent publications on the history of science, the concept of persona has been fruitfully explored. In this article, I focus on the construction of the scientific persona in Fontenelle’s Éloges,… Read more
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(Original title: Návrat k původní jednotě jako dějinná perspektiva u H. von Kleista)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1111 - 1125.Abstract
Around 1800, German philosophy and literature frequently discussed the topic of history. This study examines, from a philosophical perspective, the structure of history as presented by Heinrich von Kleist in his short story “On the Puppet Theatre” (1810). Since Kleist’s story is situated between literature and philosophy, it is essential to supplement his position… Read more
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