Department of Social Philosophy

Characteristics

Research at the department focuses on the analysis of forms of integration and differentiation in contemporary societies, on the analysis of some problems of ethics, first of all of ethics of virtue as a momentum of moral choice, on ecophilosophy and phenomenology.

Head of the Department

prof. PhDr. František Novosád, CSc. Frantisek.Novosad@savba.sk

Researchers

Mgr. Romana Javorčeková, PhD. javorcekova.romana@gmail.com, filofilo@savba.sk
Mgr. Róbert Karul, PhD. Robert.Karul@savba.sk
Mgr. Michal Lipták, PhD. iammichal@gmail.com
doc. Mgr. Martin Muránsky, PhD. Martin.Muransky@savba.sk
doc. PhDr. Zuzana Palovičová, CSc. palovicz@chello.sk
doc. PhDr. Jozef Pauer, CSc. Jozef.Pauer@savba.sk
doc. Mgr. Mgr. Peter Šajda, PhD. Peter.Sajda@savba.sk
prof. PhDr. Tatiana Sedová, CSc. Tatiana.Sedova@savba.sk
Mgr. Jozef Sivák, CSc. Jozef.Sivak@savba.sk
doc. PhDr. Eva Smolková, CSc. Eva.Smolkova@savba.sk
PhDr. Dagmar Smreková, CSc. dagmars1@seznam.cz
Jon Stewart, PhD. jon.stewart@savba.sk
doc. Mgr. Anton Vydra, PhD. tonovydra@gmail.com
Mgr. Jaroslava Vydrová, PhD. jaroslavavydrova@gmail.com

PhD students

Mgr. Irakli Chedia chediairakli@gmail.com
Mgr. Martin Foltin mart.foltin@gmail.com
Mgr. Alžbeta Kuchtová alzbet.kuchtova@gmail.com

Upcoming Events

Young philosophy 2018
18.10.2018 to 19.10.2018
Phenomenology and We: The Traces of Husserl’s Phenomenology in Our Countries
24.10.2018

Filozofia - Current Issue

Leduc, C. Leibniz and the Idea of System
Abstract: The aim of the article is to explore the meanings of the concept of system in Leibniz´s philosophy. It shows, that practically there is no such meaning as attributed to his...
Duchesneau, F. Monad as the Principle of the Composition of an Organic Body
Abstract: Let us refer to sections 70 and 71 of Monadology: In them Leibniz explains his conception of the organic body as a totality made up of many organs, which are the constituent...
Rey, A.L. Moral Certainty in Leibniz´s Natural Philosophy
Abstract: Where does the uncertainty of our knowledge of natural world come from? Does our knowledge turn more reliable after our acceptance of the need of the mathematization of nature and...
Andreanský, E. Leibnizian Inspirations in Kant´s Concept of Logic
Abstract: The article deals with Kant´s concept of logic on the background of the historical developments of logic taking into account particularly Leibniz´s influence. A special attention is...
Makovský, J. The Idea of Dialogue in the Thought of G. W. Leibniz
Abstract: In the present text, we explore the idea of dialogue at the heart and roots of the Leibnizian philosophy and present show its connection with the doctrine of the continuum. We shall...
Labuda, L. The Basis of Will Kymlicka´s Liberal Conception of Minority Rights
Abstract: The article deals with W. Kymlicka´s argumentation in favor of minority rights. It examines in particular the argument for equality, which plays the key role in Kymlicka´s liberal...
Otisk, M. Anselm’s Dialogue De grammatico as an Introduction to Dialectics
Abstract: The paper deals with the dialectical dimension of the dialogue De grammatico written by Anselm of Canterbury during his stay in the Abbey of Le Bec. This dialogue between...
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Organon F - Current Issue

Kijania-Placek, K. Descriptive Singular Terms
Abstract: In “Descriptive indexicals and indexical descriptions” Nunberg claimed that only indexicals among singular terms may have descriptive uses, i.e. have nonsingular contributions to the...
Bärnthaler, R. The Fallacy of Naturalism as a Response to the Relativist
Abstract: This article is a response to Howard Sankey’s (2010) ‘Witchcraft, Relativism and the Problem of the Criterion.’ It seeks to refute two central arguments that are brought forward by...
Rastall, P. Knowing Subject and External Object in Language and Linguistic Analysis
Abstract: The claim of linguistics to be a ‘science’ is connected to its ‘objectivity’. The same is true of the philosophy of language. This implies a clear distinction between the language...
Michels, R. Cross-World Comparatives for Modal Realists
Abstract: Divers (2014) argues that a Lewisian theory of modality which includes both counterpart theory and modal realism cannot account for the truth of certain intuitively true modal...
Kolman, V. Intuition and the End of All -Isms
Abstract: In my paper, some of the most influential -isms in the philosophy of mathematics are discussed with respect to their attitude to intuition. By the end of the all -isms, at first,...
Spinelli, N. Essence and Lowe’s Regress
Abstract: Some philosophers believe that entities have essences. What are we to make of the view that essences are themselves entities? E.J. Lowe has put forward an infinite regress argument...
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Contact

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

Institute of philosophy
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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Journal Organon F

Institute of Philosophy
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.:(+4212) 5292 1215
Fax: (+4212) 5292 1215
E-mail: organonf@gmail.com
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovak Philosophical Association
Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Comenius University
Institute of Philosophy, Prague
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