Institute Structure

Management

Director of the Institute:

prof. PhDr. Tibor Pichler, CSc.
Tel.: (+4212) 5296 1527
Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-mail: Tibor.Pichler@savba.sk

Vicedirector, Scientific Secretary:

PhDr. Karol Kollár, CSc.
Tel.: (+4212) 5296 1527
Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-mail: Karol.Kollar@savba.sk

Administration

Director Secretary:

Margita Kráľová
Tel.: (+4212) 5292 1215
Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-mail: filosekr@savba.sk

Secretariat staff:

Mária Hardenová
E-mail:

Departments

Department of Analytic Philosophy

Head of the Department:

Mgr. Martin Vacek, PhD.
E-mail: martinvacekphilosophy@gmail.com

Department of Social Philosophy

Head of the Department:

prof. PhDr. František Novosád, CSc.
E-mail: Frantisek.Novosad@savba.sk

Department of History of Slovak Philosophical and Political Thinking

Head of the Department:

prof. PhDr. Tibor Pichler, CSc.
E-mail: Tibor.Pichler@savba.sk

FILOZOFIA Editorial Office

Editor-in-Chief:

PhDr. Dagmar Smreková, CSc.
Tel.: (+4212) 5296 4886
Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-mail: dagmars1@seznam.cz

Office secretary:

Mgr. Romana Javorčeková, PhD.
E-mail: javorcekova.romana@gmail.com, filofilo@savba.sk

FILOZOFIA home page:

http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/filozofia

ORGANON F home page:

http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/organon

Library

Library staff:

Mgr. Jana Hutárová
E-mail: filokniz@savba.sk

Upcoming Events

XXVIIe Université d’été de l’Association Jan Hus: Homme nouveau, homme ancien
01.07.2018 to 06.07.2018
Australasian Association of Philosophy 2018 Conference
08.07.2018 to 12.07.2018

Filozofia - Current Issue

  Methods of Metaphysics and Natural Sciences: On their Similarities and Differences
Abstract: Contemporary metametaphysics studies foundations and methodology of metaphysics. There are two basic positions when it comes to comparing methods of metaphysics and natural sciences...
  Philosophy of History between Prescribing and Describing
Abstract: In the course of their discussion of historical explanation, historical narrative etc. philosophers of history repeatedly touched upon the metaphilosophical questions concerning the...
  On the Nature of Philosophy: A Historical-Pragmatist Point of View
Abstract: The aim of the paper is to examine the nature of philosophy from the historical-pragmatist point of view. In the first part, the paper deals with the meaning holism and family...
  Eddy Zemach’s Meta-Aesthetic Solution of the Dispute between Classification and Evaluation Concept of Art
Abstract: In analytic aesthetics the discussion on the classification and evaluation of the term "art" was and still is alive. The article briefly introduces this tradition (analytic aesthetic...
  The Importance of the Principle of Subsidiarity for MacIntyre's Vision of Politics
Abstract: This paper explores how a viable politics of the common good depends on the principle of subsidiarity. First, it offers a description and assessment of Alasdair MacIntyre's Catholic...
  Backtracking Counterfactuals
Abstract: The article discusses the enigmatic backtracking counterfactuals. It offers an explanation according to which in the case of the latter the negative time direction is due to their...
  The Temporality of (New) Media
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to give some consideration to a 2016 book entitled The temporality of new media (ed. by Tomáš Dvořák). The book is a contribution to a more appropriate and...
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Organon F - Current Issue

  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...
  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...
  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...
  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...
  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...
  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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Slovak Academy of Sciences
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813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-mail: filosekr@savba.sk
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: (+4212) 5296 4886
Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-Mail: filofilo@savba.sk
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Institute of Philosophy
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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