Година XXXIV, Книжка 4, 2025<<Архив>>
История на философията
ПРИНОСИТЕ НА КАНТ КЪМ ПОНЯТИЕТО „ЕСТЕСТВЕНО СЪСТОЯНИЕ“
The text examines Kant’s contributions to the concept ‘state of nature’ in terms of its content, as well as its application in the fields of international law and politics. The theoretical development of this concept in Kant’s later philosophy, as it is presen...
Immanuel Kant; State of nature; Universal history; Eternal peace; Cosmopolitan law; Property; Hospitality
ПОСРЕДСТВЕНОСТ И НЕПОСРЕДСТВЕНОСТ В СЪЖДЕНИЯТА НА ВКУСА
The article examines the problem of the immediacy of taste in the philosophy of the 18th century and in particular in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. In modern aesthetics, it is taken for granted that the judgment of taste is immediate due to its relation to...
judgement; taste; foretaste; immediacy; aesthetics; Kant; Hume
ВСЕОБХВАТНОТО И ТАЙНАТА: КАРЛ ЯСПЕРС И РЕНЕ МАГРИТ
The article examines the philosophical programs of Karl Jaspers and René Magritte, approached as two convergent series. Both belong to that sphere of European rationalism which emphasizes the non-autonomy of what is merely empirically ascertainable. Transcende...
Karl Jaspers; René Magritte; the Encompassing; the Mystery; Ciphers; Disturbing Objects
Философия и съвременност
В ИМЕТО НА УЯЗВИМИТЕ ГРУПИ
The present paper has two main aims: First, to stress an aspect of the capabilities approach, which places the vulnerability of certain groups of people at the center of its considerations; second, to use the developed theoretical scheme as a prism, through wh...
vulnerability as dependence; vulnerable groups; additional duties & additional rights
БЛАГОСЪСТОЯНИЕ И ДОБРОВОЛЧЕСТВО: ФИЛОСОФСКИ АСПЕКТИ НА ТЯХНАТА ВЗАИМОВРЪЗКА
This article explores the philosophical interrelation between wellbeing (individual and societal) and volunteering. It argues that volunteering is not merely an altruistic act but also an essential component of the “good life” in an ethical and eudaimonic sens...
well-being; volunteering; ethics; meaning; altruism
ARISTOTLE, BENJAMIN CONSTANT AND BULGARIAN DEMOCRACY: A PHILOSOPHICAL ASSESSMENT OF BULGARIA’S DEMOCRATIC TRAJECTORY, 1989 – 2021
This article examines the democratic development of Bulgaria during the period 1989 – 2021 through the lens of political philosophy, focusing on the ideas of Aristotle and Benjamin Constant. Applying Aristotle’s principles of virtuous political regimes and the...
Aristotle; Benjamin Constant; Bulgaria; Democracy; Politics; Political Philosophy