Year XXIX, Issue 3, 2020<<Archive>>
History of Philosophy
PRAGMATIC INTERPRETATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN WITTGENSTEIN’S LATER PHILOSOPHY
The article shows that Ludwig Wittgenstein used mostly pragmatic analysis to study the problem of knowledge in the late r period. Without giving clear definitions of epistemological concepts, he argued that our interpretations of knowledge depend on the contex...
knowledge; truth; certainty; justification; Wittgenstein
SUBSTANCE VS. MANIFESTATION: SOME PAGES OF “PERSON’S” HISTORY
There are two ways in which a concept of “person” can be considered: substantial and demonstrative-relative ones. The former is based on the apprehension of the person as a being, on the search for the ultimate reasons of its existence. The latter refuses to c...
consciousness; manifestation; person; substance
Book Rеviеws
OUTGROWING GOD: PROBLEMATIC REFLECTIONS
These are reflections born by the reading of Richard Dawkin’s new book under the title Outgrowing God. A Beginner’s Guide. The text is not intended to be a review of this book, but an attempt at formulating problems and providing assessments of their putative...
Dawkin’s atheism; natural selection; intelligent design; science and religious faith
REVIEW OF GUNNAR SKIRBEKK’S “CRISIS AND CO-RESPONSIBILITY. SHORT POLITICAL WRITINGS”
The monograph Krise og medansvar. Politiske Småskrifter (Crisis and Co-responsibility. Short Political Writings) is one of the last monographs of the internationally recognized philosopher Gunnar Skirbekk who begins his academic career as a research assistant...
transcendental pragmatics; philosophy of the sciences (vitskapsfilosofi); philosophy of modernity; language politics; Norwegian philosophy; eco-ethics
NEW BOOK ON EMPIRICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
The review of the monograph Empirical Psychological Research: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Approach evaluates the author's presentation of the two alternative modern approaches to conducting empirical psychological research – quantitative, based on scientific...
alternative approach; psychological research; quantitative; qualitative; positivism; constructivism; alternative