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Sen o vedeckej filozofii alebo metafyzike
The Dream of the Scientific Philosophy or Metaphysics

Author(s): František Mihina
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Filozofów Krajów Słowiańskich
Keywords: scientific philosophy; metaphysics; logic; methodology; abduction; end of philosophy

Summary/Abstract: The author formulates the thesis according to which philosophy of Ch.S. Peirce is an attempt to conceptual description of the universe using scientific methods. In constructing philosophy and metaphysics this philosopher appeals to logic and scientific methodology. In resolving a philosophical problems Peirce attaches significance to abductive reasoning and in it he sees the future of scientific philosophy. The explanation of human activity Peirce perceives in conjunction thoughts with practice (pragmatism). The author of the article own deliberations on the philosophy of Peirce situates in the context of classical (I. Kant) and contemporary (M. Heidegger) philosophical concepts and thesis of the end of philosophy.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 35-53
  • Page Count: 19