Electronic Library of Scientific Literature
Electronic Library of Scientific Literature
Volume 58 / No. 04 / 2003
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ERICH MISTRÍK, Katedra etickej a občianskej výchovy PdF UK, Bratislava
FILOZOFIA 58, 2003, No 4, p. 221
The paper discusses the category "sublime" as it was used by J.-F. Lyotard. The author argues that Lyotard had made substantial change in the category's content regardless to the history of aesthetics (even though developing the notion on the basis of that history). Lyotard's notion falls in line with notions "differentiation", "ope_ness", "indefinite", "paradoxical", "contradictory", etc. If it is to describe postmo_dern culture, the sublime must be accompanied by other notions, and particularly by notions as "mimesis", "form", "originality", "aesthetic norm", and "catharsis". In accordance with the current developments in Euro-Atlantic culture the author argues that "sublime" is less valid for description now than it was before. Current culture is changing - it prefers norms and canons much wider than during last two decades. The time we were opened to tolerance and differences, is probably over, therefore, the author argues, the postmodern time has come to its end.
PETER VOLEK, Katedra filozofie FF Katolíckej univerzity, Ružomberok, SR
FILOZOFIA 58, 2003, No 4, p. 233
Lullus' conception of man is expressed in his definition of man as "animal/ens homificans". It is based on the augustinian understnding of being and is articulated in his dctrine of correlatives, determinig triadically every substance, consisting of the ability of activity, the active and the activity. Thus evry substance is understood as a substantial relation. From the definition of man as "animal/ens homificans" it results that the man creates himself throuhg activity, vhich brings him closer to the abstract essence of his species, namely in his striving at moral perfection. Thus he humanizes the whole universe, aiming at the the human unity and the unity with the universe. This interpersonal aspect is embodied in a modified definition of man as "animl homificans interpersonale propter animam rationalem suam".
DAGMAR SMREKOVÁ, Filozofický ústav SAV, Bratislava
FILOZOFIA 58, 2003, No 4, p. 248
The meaning of the rehabilitation of the concept of happiness is decoded by means of the analysis of representative French ethical conceptions: the ethics of happiness of Robert Misrahi and the philosophy of hopelessness and bliss of André Comte-Sponville. It is important to take into account, that beside the conceptions follo_wing the eudaimonic tradition, there are also approaches, which revive the forgotten concept of happiness as an autonomous goodness by thematizing its opposite - the total evil. This approach is exemplified by the philosophy of total evil of Marcel Conche. What all these conceptions have in common is not only their closely related intellectual sources, but also their shared methodological presuppositions.
MARIÁN ZOUHAR, Katedra logiky a metodológie vied FiF UK, Bratislava
FILOZOFIA 58, 2003, No 4, p. 259
The paper aims at the identification of the most important events that are vital for the development of the analytical philosophy. The role of modern logic is well-known in this connection, but it is argued that there is another occurrence relevant in this respect, i. e. the rise of modern physics. Unlike the philosophical physics, its predecessor, the modern physics utilizes mathematical apparatus, and thus both of them can achieve better results and be a measure of scientific rationality. The role of modern logic for philosophy is taken as analogous to the role of mathematics for physics.
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