Year XXII, Issue 2, 2013<<Archive>>
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CONSCIOUSNESS AND TIME
The aim of this study is to formulate a thesis which allows the meaningful unification of the understandings of the realities of the non-living and the living, of consciousness in general, including the differences between scientific and humanitarian conscious...
consciousness, timing, subjectification, discoveries, spirituality
HEGEL AND LEVINAS ABOUT THE ALTER EGO
The identity of the objective and subjective in the Ego is a result of the responsibility in relation to the Other. The Other is not the beginning, the principle, arche, but it is beyond every principle and therefore it is an-archy.
Alter Ego, Dasein, identity
„I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC“
Contemporary debates about the mind’s constituting elements are particularly lively regarding the thesis of the so called eliminative materialism that the mental states words (beliefs, desires, fears, hopes, etc.) do not refer to real phenomena but are part of...
mental states, eliminativism, emotions, body
MIND AS AN EXPLANANS
In this paper I sketch out the two fundamental problems before naïve linguistic realism in regards to the usage of the word „mind“ and then I turn to an analysis on the meaningful usage of that word along the lines of the tradition embodied in the works of Lud...
mind, explanans, explanandum, behavior, language
TOWARDS THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE NATURE OF MIND
This paper is a written version of a talk given at the conference on consciousness of the Sofia University’s Department of Philosophy. It suggests that the philosophical concept of mind should be given up as a distinctive feature of human beings and as an expl...
mind (consciousness), humans, role, soul, thinking substance, neuroscience
KNOWLEDGE, COGNITION, COMPETENCY
The results of a study, based on the subject-ontological approach, into the field of knowledge, skills and competence are presented in this paper, where the foundations of their „coming-into-being“ and „realizing“ are discussed. It is demonstrated how these re...
ontology, knowledge, skill, competence
INTERNTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PERCEPTION OF ARCHITECTURE
The paper presents the issue of consciousness in the context of the philosophy of architecture. The author interprets the definition of architecture of Vitruvius.
consciousness, architecture, human body
Sociаl Philosophy
ANTI-CHARISMATIC MIND
According to Max Weber, routinization of charismatic authority leads to losing charisma’s role and importance in society. My thesis is different: charismatic authority loses of its positive but it does not of its negative presence in people’s lives and in soci...
charisma, leadership, madness, mind, human relations, confidence
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON: IDEAS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL CONTROL
The aim of the paper is to analyze Huntington’s ideas about national security and its dependence on the balance in the relationship between civil and military institutions. The main issue is that the correct model of the relationship between citizens and milit...
Keywords; national security, civil-military relations, civil control
VIEWS OF FREEDOM BY JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND ROBERT NOZICK
The article presents the views of Rousseau and Nozick about freedom. An attempt was made to identify similarities and differences in the perceptions of the two philosophers.
freedom, State, rights, property, equality, redistribution
SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF BULGARIAN PEASANTS ERA OF PATRIARCHY AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN SHAPING THE WORLDVIEW OF BULGARIAN SOCIETY AS IVAN HADZHIYSKI IN „CUSTOMS AND SPIRIT OF OUR PEASANTS“
„Customs and Spirit of Our Peasants“ as an attempt to self-awareness – the influence of social and environmental conditions on which peasant work has accomplished on the formation of their values and ideals – The development of tenure possessive attitude in B...
life, spirituality, nation, national values, patriarchal society, labor