Volume 50 (1995), 7

In the paper Bohr's principle of correspondence along with its various interpretations are analysed. Attantion is paid to Kuhn's and Feyerabend's conceptions of the incommensurability of scientific theories, to Quine's notion of the indeterminacy of translation, to Munéver's conception of understanding a radically new knowledge as well as to Kmita's understanding… Čítať ďalej

Popper's argumentation against inductionism was inspired by Hume's conception. On one hand, the inductionism is psychologically understandable, on the other hand, it is logically incorrect. Being grounded in multiple observations, it is a myth of uncritical methodology. On Popper's view, not even an empirical science builds on the induction principle. Conceiving… Čítať ďalej

The aim of the paper is to show the way of resolving the problem of apriori in so called evolutionary epistemology, especially in its „scientific“ version. The author focuses his attention upon the distinction between Kant's concept of apriori and that of evolutionary epistemology, and comes to the conclusion that despite its putting in a claim to having solved… Čítať ďalej

The paper focuses on the changing relation between subjectivity and objectivity as articulated in contemporary feminist epistemological conceptions. Most feminist theoretists share the criticism of traditional dichotomic thinking, within which subjectivity and objectivity were conceived of as mutually excluded opposites. The feminist criticism focuses further on… Čítať ďalej