Volume 42 (1987), 4

In his paper the author concentrates on Hrušovský’s efforts in the theory of science. He analyzes Hrušovský’s model of science which is connected with philosophical thinking in the first place. According to I. Hrušovský, it is the task of the theory of science to study the logical and empirical aspect of science. Theoretical basis rests upon developing axiomatic… Read more

In the first part of the paper the author brings out his own periodization of the genesis of Academician Hrušovský’s philosophy. He differentiates six dominant stages in Hrušovský’s development from scientism to Marxism and within his Marxist period. In the second part of the paper he outlines basic problems in Hrušovský’s genesis. He accentuates that the dominant… Read more

In the paper the author analyzes bearing themes of Hrušovský’s theoretical-philosophical activity from the end of the thirties and the beginning of the forties. This period of his activity was characterized by his programmatic effort to constitute scientific philosophy. Hrušovsky was inspired by theoretical-methodological scientism of neopositivist provenance as… Read more

The philosophical genesis of J. P. Sartre, represented by his work Critique of Dialectical Reason, is characterized by his effort to moderate extreme individualism and subjectivism of the original existentialist standpoint and consider the individuality in its socialhistorical dimension — as the subjects of practice und the maker of history. It represented an… Read more

The theme of the paper is the analysis of one the basic philosophical questions, the question of intepretation of ontological aspect of the subject, insofar it developed in the context of contemporary ethical utilitarianism. The author starts from the fact that all utilitarian versions, in spite of their specific differences, develop on theoretical-methodological… Read more

In the paper the author attempts to show by means of the analysis of the conceptions of A. Comte, J. S. Mill, H. T. Buckle what modifications the problems of philosophy of history with the positivists of the first generation underwent. His conclusion is that they strived to develop a history of philosophy which would meet the criteria of natural sciences when they… Read more