Volume 26 (1971), 5

Papers and Discussions

The Unity of the Marxist-Leninist Philosophy

(Original title: Jednota marxisticko-leninskej filozofie)

Ján Bodnár

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 5, 441-452.

Abstract

The paper is a contribution to the analysis of the results in the sphere of marxist philosophy in this country until now, to the investigation of the share of our philosophical front in the general crisis of ideas in the recent period. Two key-questions of marxist philosophy represent the starting point of this paper. On the one hand, it is the question of the… Read more

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The Party and Responsibility

(Original title: Strana a zodpovednosť)

Andrej Hlávek

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 5, 453-462.

Abstract

The author of the paper finds out that the notion of responsibility elaborated until now by our theoreticians of civil law is too narrow for comporting the phenomenon of responsibility, which appears distinctly especially when responsibility is related to such a collective subject as the communist party is. The notion of responsibility formulated by the juristic… Read more

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An Introduction to the Typology of Causal Thinking

(Original title: Úvod do typologie kauzálního myšlení)

Jaromír Bartoš

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 5, 463-481.

Abstract

The author deals with the contemporary causal thinking as it is used in common life, in science, in journalistics and in political and economic analyses. He points out that this thinking has many forms: from the very simple proceeding to very complicated proceedings that pass continually into structural-dynamic or structural-dialetictical forms. The simplest… Read more

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J. Piaget's Genetic Epistemology and Neo-Rationalism

(Original title: Piagetova genetická epistemológia a neoracionalizmus)

Milan Zigo

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 5, 482-497.

Abstract

Piaget’s genetic epistemology as a natural continuation of his genetic psychology and, in a certain sense, a self-reflection of its theoretical foundations and of methodological principles enriches the stream referred to as neo-rationalistic epistemology and philosophy of science with several new aspects. His special scientific investigation, as he gradually finds… Read more

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To the Question of the Ontological Point-of-View in Aesthetics

(Original title: K otázke ontologickéoho hľadiska v estetike)

Eugen Šimúnek

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 5, 498-505.

Abstract

The paper deals with the question whether it is right to narrow aesthetics only to the ontology of the objectively given artifact “in-itself“. It starts from the opinion that ontology and the ontological consciousness of the artifact do not comprise the whole qualitative and significant totality of the object of aesthetics that is realized and concretized in the… Read more

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Notes on the Criteria of Scientific Explanation

(Original title: Poznámky ku kritériám vedeckého vysvetľovania)

Július Švihran

Filozofia, 26 (1971), 5, 506-510.

Abstract

The author investigates how, in scientific explanation, the criteria of verity, probability, non-contradictoriness and fertility are applied. Thus he combines the semantic approach with the syntactical and practical aspects. He presents some examples from the history of sciences and points out that formal criteria are necessary, but not sufficient for securing… Read more

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