Current Projects

International Projects

Program: Between-Academies Agreement (MAD)

Current Challenges in Contemporary Phenomenological Research of Subjectivity
Project coordinator: Mgr. Róbert Karul, PhD.
Duration: 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2018
Resources of Phenomenology in the Central European Context
Project coordinator: Mgr. Jaroslava Vydrová, PhD.
Duration: 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2018

National Projects

Program: APVV

Philosophical Anthropology and the Contemporary Civilizational Situation
Project coordinator: Mgr. Róbert Karul, PhD.
Duration: 01.07.2016 to 30.06.2020

Program: SASPRO

Proper Names: Why Go Presuppositional?
Project coordinator: Dr. habil. Zsofia Zvolenszky
Duration: 12.01.2016 to 31.12.2018

Program: VEGA

Fictionalism in Philosophy and Science
Project coordinator: prof. Mgr. Marián Zouhar, PhD.
Duration: 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2019
Phenomenon of Culture in Philosophical Reflection
Project coordinator: prof. PhDr. František Novosád, CSc.
Duration: 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2019
Problems of reception and reflection of the history of philosophical and political thinking in Slovakia: a multifocal approach
Project coordinator: prof. PhDr. Tibor Pichler, CSc.
Duration: 01.01.2017 to 31.12.2018

Upcoming Events

Young philosophy 2018
18.10.2018 to 19.10.2018

Filozofia - Current Issue

Sýkora, P. Modern Return to Aristotle: Hylomorphic versus Historical Essences
Abstract: Anti-essentialism is a consensus in biology. Nevertheless, attempts to restore essentialism not only in philosophy of science, but also in philosophy of biology have begun to appear...
Tomašovičová, J. New Forms of Life? Philosophical Reflections on Synthetic Biology
Abstract: The contribution´s focus is primarily on ontological and anthropological issues which appear in a new research field, namely synthetic biology. Since one of the objectives of the...
Odorčák, J. Neuro Administrative Devices and Personal Autonomy
Abstract: The article deals with the relationship between a neuro administrative device and personal autonomy. As a rule, neuro administrative devices are supposed to endanger personal...
Rozemberg, A. Past Lives of John Locke: Moral Responsibility and the Memory Criterion of Personal Identity
Abstract: One of the John Locke´s most controversial claims is that we should not be held responsible for the deeds of which we genuinely have no recollection as performed. We are only...
Čana, T. Dummett on the Circularity in the Argumentation
Abstract: This paper deals with the distinction between two roles of a deductive argument in the communication: explanatory and suasive. The distinction was hinted out by...
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Organon F - Current Issue

Lee, J. Kripkean Essentialist Argument and Its Generalization
Abstract: In this paper I examine the argument by H. Beebee and N. Sabbarton-Leary that Brian Ellis’s scientific essentialism is based on the “abuse” of the necessary a posteriori. I...
Marton, P. Truths, Facts, and Liars
Abstract: A Moderate Anti-realist (MAR) approach to truth and meaning, built around the concept of knowability, will be introduced and argued for in this essay. Our starting point...
Posłajko, K. - Grabarczyk, P. Inferentialism without Normativity
Abstract: In this paper we argue that inferentialist approach to meaning does not, by itself, show that meaning is normative in a prescriptive sense, and that the constitutive rules argument...
Krchňák, D. Reflected View on the Personal Afterlife
Abstract: In this paper, I try to argue that, from the methodological position of reflected equilibrium, it seems to be reasonable to build a theory of personal identity that enables a person...
Negru, T. Self-organization, Autopoiesis, Free-energy Principle and Autonomy
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to extend the discussion on the free-energy principle (FEP), from the predictive coding theory, which is an explanatory theory of the brain, to the problem...
Zámečník, L. Mathematical Models as Abstractions
Abstract: The paper concerns a contemporary problem emerging in philosophy of science about the explanatory status of mathematical models as abstractions. The starting point lies in the...
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