LOGIČKO-ONTOLOŠKI ASPEKTI PANDEMIJE
LOGICO-ONTOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PANDEMIC

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author examines the logical and ontological aspects of pandemic. Relatedly, the the definition of a pandemic is scrutinized. The very word pandemic (πάνδημος) comes from the Classical Greek language and refers to something pertains to all (πάν) people (δῆμος). However, this cannot be of great use for the definition of pandemic, because with each one known so far, it was about a wide distribution in the people, and not about the entire people. We will try to show that a precise definition (or precise description) of the pandemic does not exist, which means that the very notion is not clear, and therefore the declaration of a pandemic is a matter of preference of those who declare it. “Wide distribution” is a wide notion that could be a part of acceptable scientific definition. Such a lack is, however, compensated by the frequent use of emotional determinants that only obscure the problem, instead of illuminating it. Expressions such as: “invisible enemy”, “social distancing”, “new normal”, “responsibility”, “solidarity”, “state of war”, “virus attack” and others, have an emotional function, the goal of which is to replace the scientific, rational understanding of things.

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