Volume 26 (1971), 4

Papers and Discussions

Marxist Philosophy and the Revolutionary Practice of the Communist Party

(Original title: Marxistická filozofia a revolučná prax komunistickej strany)

Rudolf Šíma

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 4, 329-340.

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A Consideration of Human Reason

(Original title: Úvaha o ľudskom rozume)

Teodor Münz

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 4, 341-354.

Abstract

The author in his paper denies the capability of reason to regulate human activity. According to him man is moved only by the irrational, first of all by instincts, and reason is at his employ. And as human instincts are dialectically contradictory, reason serves good and evil, depending on what interest orders it to recognize. Reason itself has no morale, it does… Read more

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Technology as a Philosophical Problem

(Original title: Technika ako filozofický problém)

Emil Duda

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 4, 355-364.

Abstract

The notion „technology“ is understood by many authors from the socialist countries in a simplified way, first of all its instrumental aspect is taken absolutely. The anthropological basis of technology is being ignored or not too much importance is assigned to it. Such a metaphysical and a-historical approach to technology takes into account only the result of human… Read more

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The Dimensions of the Social Substance in the Work of K. Marx

(Original title: Dimenzie spoločenskej podstaty človeka v diele K. Marxa)

Vasko Kusin

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 4, 365-376.

Abstract

The presented problems of Marx’s understanding of man from the period of the Manuscripts in the year 1848 and from the period of the so called critical turn represented chiefly by the German ideology express on the whole the chief theoretical philosophical standpoints, in which Marx’s effort to explain the social-historical process on the basis of real, practically… Read more

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The Philosophical Basis of Ján Horvath’s Dualistic Teaching

(Original title: Filozofický základ dualistického učenia Jána Horvátha)

A. Marcinkech

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 4, 377-385.

Abstract

The author selected and summarized in his paper the essence of philosophical dualism as it was lectured at the Trnava University by one of its professors in the second half of the 18th century, when the activity of this university in Trnava culminated. The authority of the Church and its doctrine, Aristotle’s teaching and that of other authorities in the period of… Read more

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