Философското познание в информационната епоха

Author(s): Anna Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Since contemporary society of Western civilization is grounded on the pragmatic attitude toward knowledge, the demand for usefulness does not surpass philosophy as well. Social changes in the so called “information age” reignite the old historical question about the value of philosophy, this time in a different cultural context. The article challenges the common vision of philosophical work as purely intellectual and explores two main aspects of the practical implications of philosophical knowledge in modern day. The first aspect is the epistemic value of criticism in the information-overloaded environment of contemporary life. The second is the role of philosophy as a guardian of free thinking and the spiritual autonomy of public consciousness, provided by the constant moral awareness and farseeing of the practicing philosophers.

Дехуманизация и антихуманизъм в съвременната култура

Author(s): Momchil Shivachev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2014

Human – this is the most complicated and unique creation of the immense universe! In one way or another, Homo sapiens has always been a main topic of the various scientific branches, even not only of the humanitarian ones. In attempts to study itself, humanity has always, in each separate era, shaped its original and specific cultural horizon. During the Renaissance ages, writers, poets, artists, musicians and creators as a whole, viewed and perceived the perfect human as a ”wreath of nature”. But unfortunately today this “pedestal” has been brutally destroyed. We can blame this kind of negative state mostly on the American type of culture which is very widely spread and copied by the rest of the nations. In this sense, the cultural messages of the USA have long been provoking humanity’s value consciousness and also suggesting a large number of dehumanization and anti-humanism examples. In this way, the above specified negative issues could be summarized in at least five cultural trends:

Границите на Кантовия категориален синтез

Author(s): Dimitar Tsatsov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2012

The article offers a discussion of the (im)possibility to apply the categories of transcendental analytics to objects beyond the possible experience as things in themselves, God and freedom.

The Sage of Concord: Weaving Transcendental Thoughts

Author(s): Saša Simović / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Ralph Waldo Emerson, the proverbial sage of Concord, claimed that he was not “an original thinker” but only “clothed thoughts” that were “in the air.” Trying to explain the complex relation between humans and the outside world, he singled out man’s relation to his own self as the crux of the problem. His dualistic vision of the world, juxtaposing nature and the human soul and matter and spirit, is related to what he perceived as the human need to realize a connection to the “real” self. In the Emersonian vision of the world, nature is “omnipotent” insofar as through natural phenomena the human individual can give birth to brilliant ideas. The aim of this article is to highlight Emerson’s Transcendentalist vision of nature and the human relation to it.

Доротее Зьоле: Марта и/или Мария – живот в действие и/или живот в съзерцание

Author(s): Nina Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

The text traces the ideas of the modern Protestant theologian Dorothee Sölle (𝑀𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑘 𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑) on the relationship between active and contemplative life (represented by the biblical characters Martha and Mary respectively) in relation to her conceptions of a socially oriented Christianity. A parallel is drawn with the famous ideas of Hannah Arendt (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛). Commonalities are sought in the appreciation of the active, operative aspect of life (in unity with its contemplative aspect).

Архетиповете на Юнг и ейдосите на Платон – атомите на душата

Author(s): Milen Marinov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2022

This article attempts to reveal the relationship between Jung’s Archetypes and Plato’s Eidos. The thesis is advocated that, in the system of the individual psyche, the archetypal variety forms a two-unit hierarchy, representing the metamorphosis of primordial images into ideas and conditioning the 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒-𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 relationship.

THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU – BETWEEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND SELF-PORTRAIT

Author(s): Ana-Elena Costandache / Language(s): French Issue: 17/2019

An emblematic figure of the 18th century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has given to the French (and universal) literature books that reveal the man and the writer. Our attention is based on ,,Confessions”, a plural writing, which represents the author himself, as a philosopher confronted with realities of his time, a man of letters, who made a great passion for books, religious man, in constant search of his faith. As a consequence, we propose a fine analysis of the ,,Confessions”, in order to discover the heterogeneous writing, which mixes elements of autobiography with the self-portrait.

Феминизмът в спорта: предизвикателства пред философията на пола

Author(s): Boryana Angelova-Igova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

This paper aim is to compare the different policies regarding women in sports and their criticism from the so-called "sporting feminism". In sports, as a miniature world, we can clearly see the inconsistencies between political goals and the philosophical theories behind them. The study traces chronologically the emergence of different feminist views that emerged in response to existing policies policies purporting to be pro-women.. There are polices for the inclusion of women in the so-called "male" professions, and in sports as well. But this inclusion is reduced to carrying out hard and low-paid activities, often excluding women from being able to make independent decisions in their own professional environment. Through the methods of the philosophy of sport, which is an interdisciplinary direction, the article looks for problems, benefits and opportunities regarding the better realization of female athletes.

Whence Does Good Come? Notes on Plato’s Moral Psychology

Author(s): Gianluigi SEGALERBA / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

In my study, I investigate some questions related to Plato’s discussion of the origins of Evil in the individual’s soul and of the possible solutions to the presence of Evil in it. The lack of the correct equilibrium between the parts of the soul exposes the individual to the moral degeneration; conversely, exclusively the correct equilibrium between the parts of the soul leads the individual to the correct composition between the parts of the soul. In particular, exclusively the development of the rational part of the soul, and its consequent leadership over the other parts, brings the indivi-dual to the right formation of the soul. The development of the rational part of the soul will not come about by itself: it needs an appropriate education, which can be reached only after a long and difficult process. The development of the rational part of the soul can be reached only through the disciplines preparing the philosophical education and through the philosophical education itself. The development of the rational part of the soul brings the individual nearer to the dimension of Being, thus opening for the individual a new dimension of experience, of knowledge and of life. At the same time, the philosophical education diminishes the attention of the individual’s soul for the dimension of Becoming. The cultivation and strengthening of the rational part bring about a progressive diminution of the force of the other parts of the soul, in particular, of the appetitive part of the soul. I concentrate my analysis on passages of Plato’s Republic.

The Nothing, the Void and the Silence in the Art of Yves Klein. A Phenomenological Interpretation

Author(s): Mihaela Pop / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2023

This paper intends to offer an example of the way philosophy and artistic creativity could be connected. Using philosophical concepts and their profound meanings one can get a deeper and larger image of what art could reveal. We are going to use the already mentioned concepts as they were studied by two of the most relevant philosophers, Hegel and Heidegger. Those concepts prove their utility in the understanding of how the human thought functions and how it is capable to make the human being aware of his condition and also to make possible the human creativity, in art especially. We will discover that this process of creativity is based on the freedom of the human consciousness capable to surpass the nature restrictions imposed by human natural condition. This freedom of consciousness develops during life and experience and generates all the individual diversity. The human being as consciousness gets thus a wider capacity of expression assured by the wide range of determinations the thought gets during life. The artist is one of those capable to express this in various symbolic forms using however simple materials. The artistic works reflect thus exactly the superior consciousness and self-consciousness to which the artist elevates himself proving thus the ontological character of the human thought. We chose the works made by Yves Klein, a French artist of the mid of the 20th century.

Световният възход на паметта

Author(s): Pierre Nora / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2004

История на паметта/социология на паметта

Author(s): Marie-Claire Lavabre / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2004

Колективната памет - една философска загадка

Author(s): Jean-Marc Tetaz / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2004

Памет за несвободата

Author(s): Christo Petkov Todorov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2004

„Места на памет“ - поглед от Изток. Публичното пространство на историята и кризата на свидетелствата

Author(s): Liliana Deyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2004

Тракия: преднационално, национално и комунистическо конструиране на места на памет

Author(s): Aleksander Kiossev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2004

Повтарящи се структури в историята

Author(s): Reinhart Koselleck / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2003

За възможността историята да се схваща като генеалогия

Author(s): Jean-Marc Tetaz / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2003

Допълващи се и противоречащи си темпоралности в гръцката идентичност

Author(s): Georges Prévélakis / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2003

Чудовище на невинност: безкрайната покваримост на литературата

Author(s): Ginette Michaud / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2002