Year XXIX, Issue 1, 2020<<Archive>>
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Philosophy of Sciеncе
KANT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOMETRY
The aim of the paper is to show that the standard criticism directed to Kant that he allegedly accepted the uniqueness and objectivity of the three dimensional Euclidean geometry is irrelevant. Long before the birth of nonEuclidean geometries it occurred to Ka...
extensions with non-Euclidean geometries; strait line; geodesic line in Riemannian geometry
NATURAL KINDS AND EMERGENT PROPERTIES. A NATURALISTIC ATTEMPT TO CONSOLIDATE THE TWO CONCEPTS
The specialized understanding of natural kinds (NK) has a theoretical impact on the concept of emergent properties (EP) in particular, as well as on the understanding of the phenomenon of emergence as a whole. The problem is closely related to the tendencies t...
natural kinds; emergent properties; emergence; reaction cluster; naturalism
Politicаl Philosophy
CULTURAL IDENTITY AS SECURITY AND A PHILOSOPHY OF DEVELOPMENT FOR AFRICA: REFLECTIONS ON AMILCAR CABRAL
The paper looks at the problem of national and human security in many parts of Africa today, seen in the inability of most governments to guarantee the adequate protection, peace and well-being of the citizens due in part to foreign dominating ideas. Cabral in...
identity; culture; development; Africa; security
MODERN EUROPEAN SEPARATISM: THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND WEALTH
The article is aimed at the change of the separatist discourse from ethnic self-determination to secession based on public spending and wealth redistribution. Further, it aims to explain the role of the European Union, its legislation and politics, in these pr...
separatism; European Union; secession
Book Rеviеws
PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE SCIENCES IN DIALOGUE
The volume Philosophy and Life Sciences in Dialogue is a result of the IV International Summer School Bioethics in Context, organized by Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and FernUniversität in Hagen. The book is exemplary in many ways. It contains 11 hi...
bioethics; life sciences; nature; autonomy; CRISPR-Cas9; moral enhancement; digitalization; human cloning
A NEW MONOGRAPH OF VESSELIN PETROV ON WHITEHEAD
FREGE IN TWO DIMENSIONS
The review outlines the content of Kamen Lozev's book In the Eve, Or the Other Revolution: Gottlob Frege, 2019. The paper emphasizes that for the first time in the Bulgarian philosophical literature an attempt is made to present an extended portrayal of Frege...
Gottlob Frege; modern logic; Philosophy of language; Analytic philosophy