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Budućnost filozofije psihe u Hrvatskoj
The Future of the Philosophy of Psyche in Croatia

Author(s): Luka Janeš
Subject(s): Psychology, Epistemology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: psyche; philosophy of psychiatry; integrative bioethics of psyche; pluriperspectivism; life; responsibility;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the presence and actuality of the philosophical, and therefore critical, thinking of the phenomena of psyche and psychiatry in the geo-historical space of the Republic of Croatia. Its methodological focus is on: representative authors, writings and initiatives relevant to the mentioned discourse, the presence of systematic education within the faculty curriculum, and the publishing activity focused on the issues of psyche. The focus will be on the relationship between philosophy and psyche/psychiatry in the historical mereological constellation, on its importance for the philosophy of psyche, as well as the categorically inseparable relationship between philosophy and the perception of psyche. The author introduces the thesis that the philosophy of psyche is an ideal thinking polygon upon which rudimentary philosophical disciplinary directions are intertwined, ranging from hermeneutics, phenomenology, ontology, epistemology, and logic, to social and political philosophy, the philosophy of existence, and ethics. As an ideal scientific-philosophical descriptor, I suggest the discipline of integrative bioethics, which I look at as a teleological bridge for combining these disciplines. The emphasis will be on the subject of life phenomena, which I look at in an analogy with the pre-Socratic semantics of Ψυχή (psukhe), as the dialectical synthesis of mind (nous) and body (soma).

  • Issue Year: 38/2018
  • Issue No: 02/150
  • Page Range: 293-314
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Croatian