Ročník 53 (1998), 9

The paper offers a reconstruction od Hrušovský's conception of being. The author points out, that Hrušovský aimed at a new, nonclassical understanding of ontology as naturally connected with epistemology, axiology and the theory of action. Some terminological and methodological problems brought about by Hrušovský's efforts are examined as well.

The paper focuses mainly on the early writings of I. Hrušovský, in which his concept of scientific knowledge embodied both philosophical and scientific knowledge of sciences and humanities. From this conception arose following misunderstandings: a) concerning his conception of philosophy, b) concerning the effects of external factors on the development of… Čítať ďalej

The paper discusses selected problems, which have been elaborated by Igor Hrušovský during the first, basic period of his intellectual development 1930-1948. It shows Hrušovský's work as determined by the historical background, plurality of existing philosophical streams and by temporary favourable conditions, which made the integration, discussion and the… Čítať ďalej

Hrušovský's interest in theoretical, methodological and philosophical questions of the sciencies was inspirated by the activities of the members of the Vienna Circle. The tasks of his philosophical analysis of science were focused on limiting the scope of philosophy of science to a group of related questions that arose in attempting to understand the… Čítať ďalej

Hrušovský's book Problémy noetiky (The Problems of Noetics, 1948) is one of the most remarkable works of Slovak philosophy of the first half of the 20th century. It offers the first and still the only systematic account of the analytical theory of knowledge. In his book Hrušovský draws on some achievements of Vienna Circle, on the works of B. Russell, A.… Čítať ďalej

In the fourties of this century Hrušovský articulated his dialectical-strucrural conception of the world, which understood it as a complex nett of mutual structural relationships, influences and tensions. Hrušovský resolutely rejected the notion of substance and matter as a sort of foundation (absolute substance), i. e. ‘the orthodox, materialistic monism and… Čítať ďalej

The author's stress is on topicality of I. Hrušovský's views on art in our times, when the discussions on cognitive competencies of art, as well as on its ethical influence are being reopened. She focuses especially on on the principial attitude of the philosopher in the arguments concerning the so called "gnoseologization" of art, in which he criticized this… Čítať ďalej