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<channel><atom:link href="https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Философия</title><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy</link><description>Списание „Философия“ е научно издание, насочено към това да насърчава изследвания и дискусии във всички области на философията: метафизика, гносеология, логика, етика, естетика, социална и политическа философия, история на философията и философия на науката, религията, историята, езика, образованието и др.
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ISSN: 0861–6302 (Print), 1314–8559 (Online)</description><language>bg</language><item><title><![CDATA[СМИСЪЛЪТ НА ДУМИТЕ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/smislt-na-dumite/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/smislt-na-dumite/view</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-01</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Владимир Градев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>7</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>8</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[НЕЩОТО САМО ПО СЕБЕ СИ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/neshhoto-samo-po-sebe-si/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/neshhoto-samo-po-sebe-si/view</link><description><![CDATA[A fundamental distinction in Kantian philosophy is that between “appearance” and the “thing-in-itself.” Kant builds both his epistemology and his influential critique of metaphysics on this distinction. What is even more, traces of this distinction can be found also in the framework through which Kant develops his practical philosophy.  This paper argues that with his conception of the “thing-in-itself” Kant firmly stands within – and even reinforces some aspect of – a certain philosophical tradition; a tradition that most likely begins with Parmenides and is exemplarily continued by Plato. This tradition is characterized by its disregard for, first,  the notion of (shared)  lifeworld practice and,  second,  the natural intuitions that arise from it (the so-called “common sense”).  Further evidence to support this stance could be found in the semantic turn in philosophical discourse initiated by Frege.  The analysis of our linguistic relation to the world and the intentions that make it comprehensible reveals the untenability of Kant’s thesis that the genuine objects of our knowledge are “appearances,” while “things-in-themselves” remain fundamentally inaccessible to us.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-02</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Тодор Полименов</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>9</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>21</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ПРЕОДОЛЯВАНЕ ИЛЮЗИИТЕ НА БЛАГОЧЕСТИЕТО ЧРЕЗ РАЦИОНАЛНА И ФЕНОМЕНОЛОГИЧЕСКА РЕЛИГИОЗНОСТ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/preodolyavane-ilyuziite-na-blagocestieto-crez-racionalna-i-fenomenologiceska-religioznost/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/preodolyavane-ilyuziite-na-blagocestieto-crez-racionalna-i-fenomenologiceska-religioznost/view</link><description><![CDATA[In Religion within the Limits of Reason Itself,  Kant describes and criticizes two illusions of piety: the illusion of superstition and the illusion of selfdeception.  According to him,  both illusions hinder the pious life prescribed by historical religions,  which in them is essentially impossible in its true form.  Authentic religiosity for him coincides with authentic morality exercised by free will in the light of practical reason.  One can also speak of illusoriness in religious experience from the perspective of Husserl’s phenomenology.  There,  illusoriness would arise if religious dogmatics and ritualism were to appear as religious experience.  The founder of phenomenology claims that authentic religious experience is possible, and,  moreover,  possessing all the attributes required by the concept of “experience”. Apart from the distinction between apparent and intrinsic religiosity,  both authors converge in accepting within the latter the thesis of ‘god-likeness’.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-03</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Александър Гънгов</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>22</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>30</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[NECESSITY AFTER TIME: CONTRADICTION, RETROACTIVE DETERMINATION,  AND THE NON-TOTALIZING LOGIC OF MODALITY]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/necessity-after-time-contradiction-retroactive-determination-and-the-nontotalizing-logic-of-modality/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/necessity-after-time-contradiction-retroactive-determination-and-the-nontotalizing-logic-of-modality/view</link><description><![CDATA[The dominant metaphysical orientation toward necessity – whether Aristotelian,  Leibnizian,  or formalized in modern modal logic – presuppose atemporality,  closure,  and non-contradiction.  Necessity is conceived as a primordial modal status – what must be the case independently of temporal becoming,  historical contingency,  or subjective mediation.  This paper challenges that assumption by advancing a temporal and non-totalizing conception of necessity,  according to which necessity is not given in advance but is retroactively constituted through processes marked by contradiction.  Drawing on Kant,  Hegel,  Lacan,  and Badiou, the paper argues that necessity emerges after time – as the outcome of temporal articulation rather than its precondition.  Kant’s schematism already discloses the dependence of necessity on temporal synthesis, even as it strives to preserve modal closure.  Hegel radicalizes this insight by reconceiving necessity as the result of contradictory becoming,  not its negation.  Lacan introduces a non-totalizing logic in which necessity appears as a retroactive inscription within the symbolic order. Finally,  Badiou reformulates necessity in terms of evental fidelity,  where what “must have been” is established only through a contingent break within a situation. Across these trajectories, necessity is understood as a belated effect of temporal and subjective processes rather than a foundational modal given.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-04</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Boyan Dafov</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>31</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>46</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[CLIMATE TRAPS: WHAT GOOD ARE VIRTUES WHEN THERE ARE NO “WORKING” SOLUTIONS?]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/climate-traps-what-good-are-virtues-when-there-are-no-working-solutions/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/climate-traps-what-good-are-virtues-when-there-are-no-working-solutions/view</link><description><![CDATA[This article focuses on three “traps” that must be addressed in the conversation concerning the creation,  justification,  and implementation of policies aimed at managing the adverse consequences of climate change.  The first trap is terminological,  involving the frequent conflation within climate research of the concepts “environment” – which is material,  sensory,  and local – and “climate” – which is abstract,  statistical,  and global.  The second trap is transactional, characterized by the subordination of moral actions to the requirements of utilitarian logic: ethically right is only that which produces a measurable effect on emissions. The third is the teleonomic trap,  highlighting one of the most evident contradictions of the contemporary world: climate sustainability comes into conflict with the pursuit of development and prosperity, both at the individual and societal levels.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-05</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Stoyan Stavru</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>47</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>59</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEMORIA CARBONARA (ARCHIVAL MEMORY AS A PHILOSOPHICAL RESOURCE: THE MINI MARITSA IZTOK CASE)]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/memoria-carbonara-archival-memory-as-a-philosophical-resource-the-mini-maritsa-iztok-case/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/memoria-carbonara-archival-memory-as-a-philosophical-resource-the-mini-maritsa-iztok-case/view</link><description><![CDATA[This study uses the archival heritage of Mini Maritsa Iztok (Maritsa East Mines)  as a starting point for philosophical reflections on memory,  identity, and social transformation in the context of today’s “green” policies.  Through the archives – understood as carriers of lived experience,  existential engagement,  and cultural significance – we seek to explore those layers of Bulgaria’s industrial past that may underpin the transition from the “deep uncertainty” associated with “green” challenges towards possibilities for coping and inclusion in the sphere of the private,  the everyday,  and personal perspectives.  In this sense,  the archives are not merely a documentary foundation,  but mediators of philosophical and social potentials through which the problematic place of industrial heritage in our present time can be meaningfully addressed.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-06</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Valentin Asparuhov</dc:creator><dc:creator>Rusalena Pendzhekova-Hristeva</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>60</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>71</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ADVERTISING]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/philosophy-of-social-networks-advertising/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/philosophy-of-social-networks-advertising/view</link><description><![CDATA[This article examines social network advertising from a philosophical perspective,  focusing on the ethical implications of passive data collection, interactivity,  and hyper-personalization.  The object of analysis is contemporary advertising practices embedded within social networking platforms,  understood as socio-technical systems that mediate everyday communication, identity formation, and economic exchange.  The study employs a qualitative, conceptual methodology grounded in philosophical analysis,  drawing on normative ethics,  philosophy of technology, and critical media theory to interpret existing empirical and theoretical research on digital advertising. 
The primary goal of the article is to assess whether hyper-personalized advertising practices undermine human autonomy and contribute to the commodification of the self. By analyzing the infrastructural conditions of data-driven advertising, the role of interactivity in shaping agency,  and the normative status of personalization,  the article moves from descriptive accounts of advertising mechanisms toward critical philosophical evaluation. It argues that social network advertising does not merely influence consumer behavior but increasingly participates in the construction of subjectivity itself,  reshaping how individuals form preferences,  exercise agency, and understand their own identities.  In doing so,  the article challenges traditional distinctions between persuasion and manipulation and situates social network advertising within broader debates on autonomy,  power,  and moral responsibility in digital environments.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-07</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Nikola Vangelov</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>72</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>83</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ПСИХОАНАЛИТИЧНОТО НАСЛЕДСТВО НА ИВАН КИНКЕЛ (1883 – 1945)]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/psixoanaliticnoto-nasledstvo-na-ivan-kinkel-1883-1945/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/psixoanaliticnoto-nasledstvo-na-ivan-kinkel-1883-1945/view</link><description><![CDATA[The article presents the psychoanalytic oeuvre of Ivan Germanovich Kinkel (1883 – 1945)  – the most significant figure in Bulgarian psychoanalysis during the 1920s – 1940s,  who received personal recognition from Sigmund Freud. The key themes in his works are highlighted: the genesis and phenomenology of religion (animism,  projection mechanisms,  paternal and maternal complexes); the connection between psychoanalysis and sociology (complementing Marxism); the philosophy and methodology of psychoanalysis (materialistic monism,  libido as foundation); the psychoanalysis of mysticism and occultism (regression and projection); revolutionary movements (social psychopathy,  mania); as well as crime,  prostitution,  and suicide (biological and socio-economic roots).  The aim is to systematize Kinkel’s major works and ideas,  emphasizing his original synthesis of Freudianism,  materialism,  and interdisciplinarity,  which anticipates contemporary approaches and regains relevance after 1989.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-08</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Стоил Мавродиев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>84</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>96</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ЗА ХОРИЗОНТИТЕ, ЦЕННОСТИТЕ, ОБРАЗИТЕ И ИНСТИТУЦИИТЕ В МОНОГРАФИЯТА „ДЪРЖАВНО ПЛАНИРАНЕ,  КУЛТУРА И ИДЕОЛОГИЯ“]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/za-xorizontite-cennostite-obrazite-i-instituciite-v-monografiyata-drzavno-planirane-kultura-i-ideologiya/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/za-xorizontite-cennostite-obrazite-i-instituciite-v-monografiyata-drzavno-planirane-kultura-i-ideologiya/view</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2026-01-09</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Силвия Борисова</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>97</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>103</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2026-01-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2026</dc:date><prism:volume>35</prism:volume><prism:number>1</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ПРИНОСИТЕ НА КАНТ КЪМ ПОНЯТИЕТО „ЕСТЕСТВЕНО СЪСТОЯНИЕ“]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/prinosite-na-kant-km-ponyatieto-estestveno-sstoyanie/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/prinosite-na-kant-km-ponyatieto-estestveno-sstoyanie/view</link><description><![CDATA[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 presented in his law doctrine and that of the eternal peace, is analyzed in terms of its applicability to the particular normative problems surrounding the colonization of America. As I argue in the paper, Kant’s contributions in these contexts are rooted in the explanation of the mechanism of man’s gradual liberation from the state of nature, resembling Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ argument, and in his concepts of property and hospitality, which have the potential of interpreting the problem of just distribution of the American land in the process of colonization.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-01</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Христо Гьошев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>385</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>409</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ПОСРЕДСТВЕНОСТ И НЕПОСРЕДСТВЕНОСТ В СЪЖДЕНИЯТА НА ВКУСА]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/posredstvenost-i-neposredstvenost-v-szdeniyata-na-vkusa/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/posredstvenost-i-neposredstvenost-v-szdeniyata-na-vkusa/view</link><description><![CDATA[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 the feelings of pleasure and displeasure. The main thesis in the text is that the premise of the immediacy of aesthetic taste is false. For this purpose, the article analyses in detail Kant’s theory of taste compared to the ideas of other philosophers such as Hume, Hutcheson, Earl Shaftesbury, etc. The article demonstrates through arguments and examples that even the sensory taste is conditioned by preliminary attitudes and expectations. The text also examines the prerequisites that determine the judgment of taste in arts. Finally, the article suggests an open possibility of a critique of foretaste.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-02</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Ясен Захариев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>410</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>425</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ВСЕОБХВАТНОТО И ТАЙНАТА: КАРЛ ЯСПЕРС И РЕНЕ МАГРИТ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/vseobxvatnoto-i-tainata-karl-yaspers-i-rene-magrit/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/vseobxvatnoto-i-tainata-karl-yaspers-i-rene-magrit/view</link><description><![CDATA[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. Transcendence—conceived not as detached from the being in which we dwell – endows concrete objectivity with true being and a sense that surpasses mere functionality, making it knowable in its very essence, rendering authentic human existence possible. In this way, both thinkers take their place within a powerful philosophical tradition whose origins lie in Hellenic culture and which continues to unfold to this day.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-03</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Антоанета Дончева</dc:creator><dc:creator>Георги Каприев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>426</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>436</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[МОДАЛНА ВАРИАТИВНОСТ И ТЕОРИЯ НА АНАЛОЗИТЕ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/modalna-variativnost-i-teoriya-na-analozite/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/modalna-variativnost-i-teoriya-na-analozite/view</link><description><![CDATA[The text outlines the structure and the main strategies for solving the problem of modal variation. The reasons for the inadequacy of the options of rejecting the premises of modal tolerance and the necessity of tolerance or accepting the hyper-tolerance conclusion are indicated. I argue that, despite its notorious counter-intuitivity, counterpart theory can be considered to be the most promising approach to the problem.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-04</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Благовест С. Моллов</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>437</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>452</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[В ИМЕТО НА УЯЗВИМИТЕ ГРУПИ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/v-imeto-na-uyazvimite-grupi/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/v-imeto-na-uyazvimite-grupi/view</link><description><![CDATA[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 which to analyze several typical cases of (non)respect for vulnerability for Bulgaria and the Bulgarian legal system.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-05</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Стилиян Йотов</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>453</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>469</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[БЛАГОСЪСТОЯНИЕ И ДОБРОВОЛЧЕСТВО: ФИЛОСОФСКИ АСПЕКТИ НА ТЯХНАТА ВЗАИМОВРЪЗКА]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/blagosstoyanie-i-dobrovolcestvo-filosofski-aspekti-na-tyaxnata-vzaimovrzka/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/blagosstoyanie-i-dobrovolcestvo-filosofski-aspekti-na-tyaxnata-vzaimovrzka/view</link><description><![CDATA[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 sense. The paper traces classical and contemporary conceptions of well-being – from Aristotelian eudaimonism and Epicurean hedonism to modern hybrid theories that combine subjective and objective dimensions of human flourishing. It examines diverse philosophical interpretations of volunteering: as virtue, duty, utilitarian utility, existential freedom, and responsibility toward the Other. On this basis, it analyzes how engagement in voluntary service contributes to life’s sense of meaning, the formation of ethical identity, and the realization of key human capabilities.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-06</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Ралица Велева</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>470</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>479</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARISTOTLE, BENJAMIN CONSTANT AND BULGARIAN DEMOCRACY: A PHILOSOPHICAL ASSESSMENT OF BULGARIA’S DEMOCRATIC TRAJECTORY, 1989 – 2021]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/aristotle-benjamin-constant-and-bulgarian-democracy-a-philosophical-assessment-of-bulgarias-democratic-trajectory-1989-2021/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/aristotle-benjamin-constant-and-bulgarian-democracy-a-philosophical-assessment-of-bulgarias-democratic-trajectory-1989-2021/view</link><description><![CDATA[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 importance of a strong middle class, the analysis identifies three major challenges within this historical timeframe: the lack of an enlightened understanding of political rights, the absence of a robust middle class, and an oligarchic model of governance that tends to serve narrow interests rather than the common good. Drawing on Constant’s call for moral and civic education to increase political participation, the article argues that non-governmental organizations providing informal education play a crucial role in cultivating competent, virtuous citizens capable of addressing these issues. It concludes that the widespread development of civic competencies, driven by NGO-led informal education, is essential for strengthening Bulgarian democracy by expanding the middle class, promoting media literacy, and fostering an informed understanding of positive liberty and political rights.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-04-07</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Yuliy Yuliev</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>480</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>495</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-04-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>4</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE DEMONOLOGY OF MICHAEL PSELLUS: SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT AND NEOPLATONIC INFLUENCES]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/the-demonology-of-michael-psellus-socio-cultural-context-and-neoplatonic-influences/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/the-demonology-of-michael-psellus-socio-cultural-context-and-neoplatonic-influences/view</link><description><![CDATA[The present study aims to explore one of the relatively underresearched aspects of Michael Psellus’ philosophical legacy, namely, his demonological treatises. Although extremely brief, these texts establish a new paradigm that shapes the Byzantine intellectual elite’s approach to ancient heritage, contemporary folklore, and the vernacular literature of preceding centuries. Our first task in achieving this goal will be to outline the main characteristics of the sociocultural context in which Psellus formed his philosophical worldview. As comparative analysis shows, by the eleventh century, a consolidated demonological system was already taking shape based on official Christian dogma and selectively chosen images from ancient literature. The second task will determine the method by which Psellus constructs his demonology. As we shall see, he withholds his sources and intentionally bases his highly selective notes on the subject primarily on a few late antique authors within the Neoplatonic tradition.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-01</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Gerasim Petrinski</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>267</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>281</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[КАНТ И СЪВРЕМЕННАТА МЕТАФИЗИКА]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/kant-i-svremennata-metafizika/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/kant-i-svremennata-metafizika/view</link><description><![CDATA[The paper examines the evolution of metaphysical thought from Immanuel Kant to contemporary philosophy, focusing on a pivotal shift in 1951. It explores Kant’s critique of traditional metaphysics and his influence on modern thinkers like Ludwig Wittgenstein and W.V.O. Quine. The paper highlights Wittgenstein’s late reflections on the relationship between logic and reality, and Quine’s challenge to the analytic-synthetic distinction, which reshaped metaphysical discourse. It also discusses the revival of speculative metaphysics, influenced by both Kantian critique and the rise of naturalistic and abductive approaches, and questions whether Kant’s objections to metaphysics remain relevant today.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-02</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Александър Кънев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>282</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>291</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONCERNING THE NOUMENON, OR KANT’S THIRTEENTH AND FATAL CONCEPT OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYTIC]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/concerning-the-noumenon-or-kants-thirteenth-and-fatal-concept-of-the-transcendental-analytic/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/concerning-the-noumenon-or-kants-thirteenth-and-fatal-concept-of-the-transcendental-analytic/view</link><description><![CDATA[The paper provides a detailed reconstruction of Kant’s deduction of the concept noumenon at the end of CPR’s Transcendental analytic with the final aim to undermine the view of its unknowability. According to our initial premise, the contradictions, faced by Kant’s transcendental idealism, have their origin on the systematic level. The noumenon should, therefore, be understood as a purely methodological entity with reality solely within the system of transcendental idealism or as a “conceptual gate,” that functions as system’s entrance and exit and preserves its connection with its philosophical “other” – the realism.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-03</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Lydia Kondova</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>292</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>307</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ФИЗИКАЛИЗМЪТ ВЪВ ФИЛОСОФИЯТА НА СЪЗНАНИЕТО]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/fizikalizmt-vv-filosofiyata-na-sznanieto/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/fizikalizmt-vv-filosofiyata-na-sznanieto/view</link><description><![CDATA[The text aims to formulate the position in the philosophy of consciousness known as physicalism in a way that does not repeat the shortcomings of existing formulations and yet retains the essential features of the physical as the basis of the mental. It explains why the word “materialism” is outdated and should be replaced by “physicalism” despite the existence of usages that treat them as interchangeable. The assumption is defended that physicalism is not only a metaphysical position, as is usually claimed, but is a hybrid – metaphysical and at the same time scientific – hypothesis. It is shown where to seek support for physicalism beyond the famous philosophical arguments from causal closure, from prior explanatory successes, and from mind-brain correlations, namely in the realm of the empirical. The best way to connect the mental and the physical is defended as “grounding,” which shows the mental as a broadly physical fact, based on narrowly physical facts, in contrast to supervenience and realization. The advantages of physicalism as a strategy for studying consciousness are briefly described.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-04</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Анета Карагеоргиева</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>308</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>326</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[IRRITABILITY (NEED) AND AN-IRRITABILITY (FATIGUE): A DISORDER OF RHYTHMS – THE ONTOLOGICAL BURNOUT]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/irritability-need-and-an-irritability-fatigue-a-disorder-of-rhythms-the-ontological-burnout/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/irritability-need-and-an-irritability-fatigue-a-disorder-of-rhythms-the-ontological-burnout/view</link><description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the concepts of effort, resistance, action-reaction, sense of life, death, and habit as explored by philosophers such as Xavier Bichat, Maine de Biran, and Félix Ravaisson. It highlights the idea that habit is formed as a result of the alternation between external forces and internal resistance. The paper also touches on the role of sensation and tonality in habituation, as well as the individuality of each living being’s vital force. Additionally, it mentions the connection between different “frequency profiles” and the perception of time. Overall the paper at first explores the complex relationship between life, habit, and the human experience, as a preamble in order to then discuss the concept of burnout in contemporary society, particularly in relation to the pressure to achieve and perform.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-05</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Marina Christodoulou</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>327</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>338</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ДОГОВАРЯНЕТО КАТО НАЧАЛО НА ФИЛОСОФСТВАНЕ]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/dogovaryaneto-kato-nacalo-na-filosofstvane/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/dogovaryaneto-kato-nacalo-na-filosofstvane/view</link><description><![CDATA[The text discusses the issueof agreement (contracting) for philosophical activity (teaching, class, session, etc.) in institutional (school, university, etc.) and meta-academic forms of philosophizing (philosophy with children in kindergartens and primary and secondary schools, individual philosophical counseling, philosophical clubs for adults, etc.). The opportunities, advantages and disadvantages of, on the one hand, the so-called institutional and, on the other hand, meta-academic philosophizing from the point of view of negotiation (contracting) are discussed. The idea of the “standard” for philosophizing is introduced, as overcoming the limitations arising from the concept of “requirement” in relation to philosophy and philosophizing as common intersubjective and thinking-together being.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-06</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Веселин Дафов</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>339</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>356</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[PHILOSOPHIZING WITH CHILDREN AND PHILOSOPHIZING CHILDREN’S EVERYDAY LIFE]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/philosophizing-with-children-and-philosophizing-childrens-everyday-life/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/philosophizing-with-children-and-philosophizing-childrens-everyday-life/view</link><description><![CDATA[The text explores the form and content of doing philosophy with children, which, while being an educational activity, differs from classical teaching as it is guided by ideas and standards of a different spirit. Children are acknowledged as capable of autonomous thinking. Philosophising with them, is a distinct engagement from teaching and studying any specialised knowledge, skill, or attitude, whereas it does not differ essentially from any other philosophical practice. As a staring point in philosophising with children, any moment of children’s everyday life could become subject to philosophical reflection.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-07</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Tsena Zhelyazkova-Stoeva</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>357</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>366</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[ПРОЦЕСУАЛЕН ПОДХОД В ОБРАЗОВАНИЕТО]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/procesualen-podxod-v-obrazovanieto/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/procesualen-podxod-v-obrazovanieto/view</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-03-08</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Пламен Макариев</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>367</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>372</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-03-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>3</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/introduction/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/introduction/view</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Ivan Christov</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>7</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>8</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-02-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>2s</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF ARMENIAN ANTI-DUALISM OF THE 5 TH – 6TH CENTURIES AND ITS PHILOSOPHIC AND THEOLOGICAL PREMISES]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/towards-the-question-of-armenian-anti-dualism-of-the-5-th-6th-centuries-and-its-philosophic-and-theological-premises/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/towards-the-question-of-armenian-anti-dualism-of-the-5-th-6th-centuries-and-its-philosophic-and-theological-premises/view</link><description><![CDATA[The goal of this paper is to explore the diversity of Armenian antidualistic texts by authors such as Yeznik of Kołb, Yełishe, and David the Invincible. We will also examine their connections to Ancient Greek antidualistic thought, their possible philosophical foundations in Plato, Middle Platonism, and the Neopythagoreans. We are going to analyze the works of these authors – including Yeznik of Kołb’s Refutation of Heresies, Yełishe’s Interpretation of the Created, David Anakht’s Definitions of Philosophy – and investigate the origins and parallels of their argumentation.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-02S-01</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Hayk Hakobyan</dc:creator><dc:creator>Dmitry Goncharko</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>9</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>18</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-02-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>2s</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[CATHOLICOS JOHN OF ŌDZUN’S POLEMIC AGAINST PAULICIANS AND THE ARMENIANSYRIAN COUNCIL OF MANZIKERT, 726]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/catholicos-john-of-odzuns-polemic-against-paulicians-and-the-armeniansyrian-council-of-manzikert-726/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/catholicos-john-of-odzuns-polemic-against-paulicians-and-the-armeniansyrian-council-of-manzikert-726/view</link><description><![CDATA[The paper discusses the activity of the Armenian catholicos Yovhannēs Ōdznets̔i (717 – 728). It sets his polemical treatise against Paulicians, and its Christology, in the context of the council convened by the catholicos in Manzikert with the participation of both Armenian and Syriac clerics. This council restored communion between two miaphysite Churches, Armenian and West-Syrian. Its historical and theological significance also resides in the fact that it represented an initiative not of an overarching secular authority, but of separate ecclesiastical institutions. The circumstances under which the council was convoked, and its proceedings, are analysed with reference to Armenian and Syriac historians of the eleventh to the thirteenth century.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-02S-02</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>19</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>31</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-02-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>2s</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[DUALISTIC PRINCIPLES AND FORMULATIONS IN THE TEACHING OF THE PAULICIANS AND BOGOMILS THROUGH THE EYES OF PRESBYTER COSMAS AND EUTHYMIUS ZIGABENUS]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/dualistic-principles-and-formulations-in-the-teaching-of-the-paulicians-and-bogomils-through-the-eyes-of-presbyter-cosmas-and-euthymius-zigabenus/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/dualistic-principles-and-formulations-in-the-teaching-of-the-paulicians-and-bogomils-through-the-eyes-of-presbyter-cosmas-and-euthymius-zigabenus/view</link><description><![CDATA[This paper aims to present, from a comparative perspective, the dualism underlying the teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils. A theological study of this subject is inextricably linked to several important and still insufficiently explored aspects of the worldview of Paulicianism and Bogomilism. With regard to Paulician dualistic doctrine, the theological-apologetic analysis will be based on the 24th title of Euthymius Zigabenus‘ “Dogmatic Panoply”. Concerning the Bogomil doctrine, the analysis will be conducted through the perspective of Presbyter Cosmas in his “Discourse Against the Bogomils” and the 27th title of Euthymius Zigabenus‘ work. The publication will also briefly examine the ancient dualistic heresies of the East, which directly or indirectly influenced the teachings of the Paulicians and Bogomils. By comparing these two heretical movements, both of which were widespread in Bulgarian lands, the study outlines their fundamental dualistic principles and propositions while also identifying clear distinctions between them, particularly in terms of the nature of their dualism – whether extreme or moderate.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-02S-03</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Dimo Penkov</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>32</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>43</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-02-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>2s</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE BOGOMIL RITUAL BEFORE THE CROSS AND ITS DOCTRINAL FOUNDATIONS]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/the-bogomil-ritual-before-the-cross-and-its-doctrinal-foundations/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/the-bogomil-ritual-before-the-cross-and-its-doctrinal-foundations/view</link><description><![CDATA[Panoplia Dogmatica by Euthymios Zigabenos is undoubtedly the most important source for Bogomilism in Constantinople in the 12th century. The Title 27 offers a systematic exposition of this heresy, and gives a unique first-hand testimony from Basil the Physician, in the investigation of whom Zigabenos was engaged. One such first-hand testimony concerns the ritual that the Bogomils performed before the cross. The paper analyses it and establishes an inconsistency of Zigabenos’ interpretation with the words of the heresiarch, as well as internal contradictions in it. On this basis, a hypothesis is put forward about the real meaning of the Bogomil ritual before the cross. It symbolizes the choice of the true path – the path of the Bogomil, who chooses the cross of light over the demonic cross of death. At the heart of the Bogomil ritual is the bifurcation of this most important Christian symbol, which is directly related to their dualism.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-02S-04</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Ivan Christov</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>44</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>53</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-02-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>2s</prism:number></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOGOMIL’S DEPICTIONS AND GRAVE SYMBOLISM IN BULGARIA (PRELIMINARY COMMENTS)]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/bogomils-depictions-and-grave-symbolism-in-bulgaria-preliminary-comments/view</guid><link>https://journals.azbuki.bg/philosophy/bogomils-depictions-and-grave-symbolism-in-bulgaria-preliminary-comments/view</link><description><![CDATA[The following article takes into account a hitherto ignored art genre of the Bulgarian Middle Ages, namely the drawings and grave symbols of Bogomil content from Bulgaria. The article is only a preliminary report on the ongoing research on the topic. Due to the preserved material findings, only secured monuments are considered as well as the archival sources of the researchers who described and recorded them when they were discovered.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:identifier>doi:10.53656/phil2025-02S-05</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Emil Ivanov</dc:creator><prism:journalTitle>Философия</prism:journalTitle><prism:startingPage>54</prism:startingPage><prism:endingPage>60</prism:endingPage><prism:publicationDate>2025-02-10</prism:publicationDate><dc:date>2025</dc:date><prism:volume>34</prism:volume><prism:number>2s</prism:number></item></channel></rss>