Volume 39 (1984), 3

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Philosophy in Struggle for Peace and Social Progress

(Original title: Filozofia v boji za mier a spoločenský pokrok)

Andrej Sirácky

Filozofia, 39 (1984), 3, 273-276.

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Papers - Problems of Historical Materialism

The Unity of Science and Morale as a Prerequisite of Humanization of the Scientific-Technological Progress

(Original title: Vzťah vedy a morálky v podmienkach vedeckotechnického rozvoja)

Barbora Hlavová

Filozofia, 39 (1984), 3, 277-287.

Abstract

The contemporary intense advancement of science and technology makes the problems of the relation of science and morale ever more topical and it puts the question of the inevitability of humanizing science, giving it the impress of humane and towards Man oriented work. The paper consists of two parts: Part One — Ontological Presuppositions of the Relation of Science… Read more

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The Activity of Social Consciousness

(Original title: Aktivita spoločenského vedomia)

Dominik Jánoška

Filozofia, 39 (1984), 3, 288-298.

Abstract

The paper deals with the revaluation of the concept „social consciousness“. In view to this appraisal the unjustification of the identification of the concept „social being“ and „conditions of the existence of the society“ is discussed. The relation between the concepts „consciousness, knowing and social consciousness“ is defined and the activity of social… Read more

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Some Aspects of the Continuity of Cultural Development

(Original title: K niektorým aspektom kontinuity kultúrneho vývinu)

Viera Gažová

Filozofia, 39 (1984), 3, 299-309.

Abstract

The problem of the continuity of cultural development is a very complicated and broad question. Culture as a way of the appropriation of the world by Man which makes the development of human quality in Man and society possible cannot be explained as a continuous creation of the new only, without any connection with the preceding development. The continuity appears as… Read more

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The Total Quality of the System „Organism — Environment“

(Original title: Celostnosť systému organizmus—prostredie)

Jana Vrabcová

Filozofia, 39 (1984), 3, 310-323.

Abstract

Among approaches to the solution of problems of wholeness in biology it is the systems approach that deserves the greatest attention since it provides the moderne science with basic methodologic principles. The importance of an adequate union of the systems approach and the system of categories of materialist dialectics is evident even in studying of such a complex… Read more

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Papers - Criticism of the Contemporary Bourgeois Philosophy

The Cliffs of the Philosophic Starting Point of Social Sciences in Structuralism

(Original title: Štrukturalistické úskalia filozofického východiska spoločenských vied)

Marta Zágoršeková

1984, 39 (1984), 3, 324-336.

Abstract

In the paper several main characteristics of the structuralist conception of the philosophic starting point of social sciences, especially sciences on art are outlined.

Structuralists set up the problem of the relation of philosophic presuppositions of a special scientific discipline and its heuristic possibilities. It is stressed in the paper that every… Read more

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Popper's Conception of Social Engineering

(Original title: Popperova koncepcia sociálneho inžinierstva)

Jana Gašparíková

Filozofia, 39 (1984), 3, 337-348.

Abstract

Two spheres of problems may be found within the range of Popper’s philosophical interest which are both influencing each other and differentiating. It is problems of the philosophy of science (above all questions of science) and problems of social engineering where Popper seeks to present his conception of social sciences and his political views. Poper makes use of… Read more

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