Volume 73 (2018), 7

The aim of the article is to explore the meanings of the concept of system in Leibniz´s philosophy. It shows, that practically there is no such meaning as attributed to his philosophy since Kant (i. e. a unified and complete, so called architectonical way of unveiling and explication of doctrines). In Leibniz a system refers either to a hypothesis (pre-established… Čítať ďalej

Let us refer to sections 70 and 71 of Monadology: In them Leibniz explains his conception of the organic body as a totality made up of many organs, which are the constituent parts of all organic bodies of the other living creatures. 1) This conception, although postulated, is not justified. Can it be justified by the corpus of Leibniz´s works itself? 2) Here we… Čítať ďalej

Where does the uncertainty of our knowledge of natural world come from? Does our knowledge turn more reliable after our acceptance of the need of the mathematization of nature and formalization of the experiment results? Is there between the above mentioned poles (i.e. uncertainty vs. unquestionable knowledge built after the model of the mathematization of the… Čítať ďalej

The article deals with Kant´s concept of logic on the background of the historical developments of logic taking into account particularly Leibniz´s influence. A special attention is paid to its formality emphasized by Kant and inspired by Leibniz. It is the form that is determining the possibility of logic´s development. Although Kant later broke with neo-… Čítať ďalej

In the present text, we explore the idea of dialogue at the heart and roots of the Leibnizian philosophy and present show its connection with the doctrine of the continuum. We shall argue that a dialogue, political, religious as well as doctrinal, constitutes the starting point of the Leibnizian conciliatory "humanist metaphysical" method of his demonstrationes… Čítať ďalej

The article deals with W. Kymlicka´s argumentation in favor of minority rights. It examines in particular the argument for equality, which plays the key role in Kymlicka´s liberal multiculturalism. The core of the argument is, first, the problem of the neutrality of the state face to face the minority cultural groups and second, the handicaps the minorities have… Čítať ďalej

The paper deals with the dialectical dimension of the dialogue De grammatico written by Anselm of Canterbury during his stay in the Abbey of Le Bec. This dialogue between the teacher and the student addresses the question: How grammaticus is both a substance and a quality? In his work De veritate Anselm described the dialogue De grammatico as an introduction to… Čítať ďalej