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Vyřešil Hans Albert problémy Popperova kritického racionalismu?
Get PDFKritický racionalismus je v české akademické diskusi spojován především se jménem sira Karla R. Poppera. Cílem tohoto článku je komparativně rozšířit tento obraz prostřednictvím myšlenek Hanse Alberta, Popperova následovníka v německé jazykové oblasti. Konkrétně bude diskutována problematika rozlišení kontextu objevu a kontextu zdůvodnění. Na základě vybraných problémů, s nimiž se Popper nedokázal zcela vypořádat, bude ukázáno, jak tyto problémy do své koncepce involvuje a jak je řeší Albert. Zajímavý na tomto srovnání je především fakt, že Albert pojímá původně filosoficko-vědní problémy v širším filosofickém rámci. Díky tomu se mu podařilo uchopit kritický racionalismus – jak sám Popper uznal – s odstupem a v nových souvislostech. In the Czech academic environment, the critical rationalism is associated above all with the name of Sir Karl R. Popper. The aim of this paper is to comparatively extend this view via thoughts of Popper’s German follower Hans Albert. Specifically, the issue of the distinction between context of discovery and context of justification will be discussed here. Against the background of selected problems, which Popper did not adequately solve, I will demonstrate how Albert involves these problems in his own conception and how he solves them. The interesting fact about this comparison is that Albert approaches the originally philosophical-scientific problems in a wider philosophical context. Thanks to this wider context he grasps the critical rationalism from a distance and in new connections, as Popper accepted himself.
Spor o smysl lidských dějin a dějiny člověka jako boj o smysl
Get PDFStudie předkládá interpretaci souboru článků, které Jan Patočka uveřejnil na počátku své filosofické kariéry a v nichž programově vyložil vlastní stanovisko k problematice historického poznání a smyslu dějin. Na základě výkladu Patočkových statí studie konstatuje, že soubor ve svém celku připravuje předložení ucelené filosofické koncepce a že jeho prostřednictvím Patočka přispěl k soudobé diskusi, „sporu o smysl českých dějin“. Studie nejprve nabízí představení tohoto sporu a jeho dobového kontextu a argumentuje, že tato souvislost má podstatný význam pro porozumění Patočkovým textům. Na základě toho poté studie shrnuje Patočkovu interpretaci hlavních zainteresovaných argumentačních pozic a kritiku, kterou vůči nim snáší. V následujícím kroku studie předkládá interpretaci Patočkova vlastního pojetí dějin. Na závěr představuje východisko tohoto pojetí, Patočkovu koncepci člověka. The paper proposes an interpretation of a set of articles published by Jan Patočka at the beginning of his philosophical career, in which he programmatically sets forth his point of view of the problem of historical knowledge and the meaning of history. Based on the reading of the texts the paper arrives at the conclusion that this collection as a whole anticipates a comprehensive philosophical concept and that by means of these texts Patočka contributed to the discussion of the day, “the dispute over the meaning of Czech history”. The paper begins by presenting the dispute as well as its contemporary context and argues that this link bears essential significance to the understanding of Patočka’s texts. On this basis it then summarizes Patočka’s interpretation of the different parties of the argument and the critique to which he submits them. In the next step the paper presents Patočka’s interpretation of his own conception of history. It concludes by an exposition of the basis of this conception, Patočka’s concept of man
Klíma, Jan. 2015. Dějiny Guineje Bissau. [History of Guinea Bissau]. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 250 pages
Get PDFNustad, Knut G. 2015. Creating Africas: Struggles over Nature, Conservation and Land. Pietermaritzburg: University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal Press/London: Hurst & Co. xii + 192 pages
Get PDFTechnology and Knowledge Expansion in Africa: Implications for Youth’s Socialization, Psychological Fulfillment and Nation-Building Responsibilities
Get PDFApart from compacting the entire world into a global village, the phenomenal breakthrough in technology, with its universallyacknowledged impact of fast-tracking an unprecedented knowledge expansion, has, in turn, made the entire gamut of human societyand life primarily knowledge-driven to such an extent that the most fundamental to the minutest human activities are now propelled by technology-inspired knowledge. Given its quest for development, Africa is inevitably within the fray of this critical bend in humanhistory. However, the extent to which this seemingly beneficial development has influenced the thinking trajectory and perception ofAfrican youths vis-à-vis their preparedness for the task of development is open to debate. In this context the present paper argues that, in spite of its admittedly beneficial impact, the technology and knowledge expansion has far-reaching negative implications for the socialisation, psychological satisfaction and potential of African youths to contribute effectively to the nation-building process. Identifying family values, language and indigenous marriage system as the hardest-hit African cultural elements, the paper essentially posits that the technology and knowledge expansion represents a furtherance of cultural imperialism, having increased the African youth’s propensity for Western values such that their life-defining decisions are mainly shaped by Western culture as against their indigenous African culture. It concludes that the emergent reality is a deepening of the intensity of underdevelopment of Africa and a widening of the gulf between the Continent and other leading regions of the world, thus expanding the frontiers of African paradoxical contradiction, namely a mix-grill of knowledge expansion and underdevelopment
Pacted Transition to Democracy: The Case of Mozambique
Get PDFThe findings of “third wave” studies on democratic transitions in Southern Europe and Latin America from the 1970s suggested that a democratic outcome is most likely when contending parties are relatively equal and elites make a pact to navigate the transition process. However, later studies of post-communist transitions do not support this inference. This paper analyses the transition process in Mozambique, a former “Afro-communist” regime, during the early 1990s. The findings show that – contrary to the conclusions drawn from the “third wave” studies – in Mozambique the pact concluded in the context of the peace accord of 1992, which ended a sixteenyear civil war, had contradictory results in terms of democratisation. While the political situation has been relatively stable until recent years, the country has moved toward competitive authoritarian rule instead of full democracy. The main explanatory factor for this trend appears to be the cohesion of the ruling party, which in the case of Mozambique derives from its origins in armed liberation struggle. Renewed incidents of political violence over the last few years also cast doubt on the durability of political stability
Vlastimil Fiala. 2015. Politické stranictví v západní Africe (Senegal a Gambie). Political Partisanship in Western Africa (Senegal and Gambia). Hradec Králové: University of Hradec Králové, Philosophical Faculty. ISBN 978-80- 7405-380-1, 200 pages, Czech
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