Volume 81 (2026), 5
Original Articles
(Original title: On the Hermeneutical Presuppositions of the Formation of Humanistic Knowledge)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 5, 525 - 539.Abstract
The article is devoted to the question of the formation of humanistic knowledge, which cannot be replaced by an apology for the social role of the humanities, or by promoting the development of digital humanities. The key hermeneutic starting point in this regard is that humanistic knowledge, as Charles Taylor and Hans-Georg Gadamer state, is necessarily value-… Read more
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(Original title: The Carnist a Priori: Derrida’s Question of Eating Well and the Dilemma of Extermination or Assimilation in Animal Studies)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 5, 540 - 553.Abstract
This paper focuses on the relationship between Derrida’s metonymy of “eating well” and the question of the animal in animal studies through the concept of the carnist a priori. For Derrida, since the interiorization of the other cannot be avoided, the question of how to relate to the other should be rethought according to the metonymy of “eating well.” However, the… Read more
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(Original title: Miesto morálky v koncepcii zmyslu podľa Susan Wolfovej)
Filozofia, 81 (2026), 5, 554 - 569.Abstract
This article examines the relationship between morality and the meaning of life in Susan Wolf’s work within contemporary analytic ethics. Starting from her critique of “moral saints,” the analysis explores a model where moral and non-moral values coexist. Wolf treats meaning as an independent dimension of a flourishing life, arising from the convergence of subjective… Read more
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