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Dlaczego chrześcijańska wiara nie jest zabobonem
No full textRecenzja książki: Michał Heller, Tadeusz Pabjan, Stworzenie i początek wszechświata, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków 2013, s. 177
Czy metafizyka może być eksperymentalna?
No full textRecenzja książki: Tadeusz Pabjan, Eksperymentalna metafizyka. Johna S. Bella filozofia mechaniki kwantowej, Copernicus Center Press, Kraków 2011, ss. 368
Sodalis's Lyrics on Tadeusz Różewicz's Poetic Juveniles
No full textThe work analyzes a group of poems written by an eminent poet, Tadeusz Różewicz (b. 1921), and published in the monthly of Marian Sodality entitled "Under the Sign of Mary" in the years of 1938-39. The poems are important not so much due to their artistic value as to their importance for the manner of understanding and expressing religious problems in its later lyrics. In this work the author dealt, among other things, with imaging poems, their semantics, and the attitude of the subject towards the sacred sphere, pointing at the elements exposed in the poems, i.e. loneliness of the temple, man and God and the turning of the reader's attention rather towards the external, visual and artistic (painting, sculptor's and architectonic elements) aspect of the depicted reality. Juvenile poems of Różewicz announced the coming crisis of the hero's faith, confirmed in the poem Burden of 1940, as well as the later divergence between that poetry and the metaphysical sources. In these works one could perceive also some characteristics of poetic technic, characteristic of the later lyrics of the author of Niepokój (Anxiety)
Realizm naukowy a hipoteza ciemnej materii i ciemnej energii
No full textOne of the essential aspects of the dispute between scientific realism and anti-realism is the question of the ontological status of unobservable objects assumed by scientific theories and models. Scientific realism claims that these objects exist in the natural world, while anti-realism denies this. The missing mass problem is a good example of an issue that requires that this question be resolved. In cosmology, this problem is solved by assuming the presence of dark matter and dark energy. The difficulty, however, is that experience does not provide direct evidence for the existence of these two „substances.” In the first part of the article, the differences between scientific realism and anti-realism are discussed. In the second and third parts, the problem of the missing mass is presented (special attention is paid to the difficulties with the empirical confirmation of the existence of dark matter and dark energy). The fourth part of the article discusses the arguments of the supporters of half-realism, which is a kind of compromise between scientific realism and anti-realism
Some Remarks on the Theological Interpretation of the Theory of Evolution
Get PDFThis paper deals with the problem of alleged conflict between the theological
idea of the creation of man by God and the scientific theories that explain the origin
of the human body referring to the process of evolution. It is argued that there is
no contradiction between these two domains and that there is no real conflict
between the idea of creation and the theory of evolution. At first, the conception of
evolution is introduced. Afterwards, the evolutionary creationism is presented as
the theological doctrine which claims that God created man, using for this purpose
mechanisms of evolution. It is argued that the Biblical account of creation must not
be understood literally and that during the lecture of this account one should respect
the interpretative principle of St. Augustine concerning metaphorical sense of some
Biblical texts. Finally, a
“method” of explaining of the emergence of the human body
by a direct action of God (“God of the gaps”) is criticized
Metafizyka z perspektywy interdyscyplinarnej
No full textRecenzja książki: S. Wszołek, Elementy metafizyki, część I, Biblos — Tarnów, OBI — Kraków, 2008, s. 202
Some remarks on the conflict between faith and science
Get PDFThis paper deals with the conflict between faith and science. Since the issue is extensive,
only selected aspects of this question are discussed. At first, the origin of the problem is
outlined – it is argued, that the fundamental difference between the language and the
method of science on one hand and of theology understood as a rational reflection on
the truths of faith on the other is responsible for the conflict. Afterwards, two aspects
of the conflict are presented – the first one concerns inconsistencies which appear on
the plane of content – when some scientific statements or theorems seem to deny some
theological claims; the second one involves differences in mentality and in worldview
which appear on the plane of attitude. It is argued, that the content discrepancies can
be eliminated with the help of two methods: of separation and of catharsis. But the
differences in mentality which appear on the plane of attitude cannot be so easily
eliminated. So finally the characteristics of these two different attitudes – of faith and
of science – is discussed. It is argued, that a fundamental dissimilarity between the
character of scientific knowledge (especially its empiricism) and of religious faith is
a basic source of mutual estrangement and alienation
Ostatnia książka Józefa Życińskiego
No full textRecenzja książki: J. Życiński, Bóg i stworzenie. Zarys teorii ewolucji, Gaudium, Lublin 2011, ss. 118
Some Remarks on the Mind-Brain Identity Theory
No full textThe issue of the relation between the mind and the brain is known as one of the most discussed problem of the philosophy of mind. The recent development of neuroscience contributed significantly to animate the discussion on this subject. This article is one voice in this discussion. It contains a critical analysis of some arguments in favor of the theory which claims that the mind is identical to the brain. Moreso, it is argued, that the observed correlations between physical and mental events cannot be treated as a proof that there is no difference between the mind and the brain
Czy można sformalizować metafizykę?
No full textRecenzja książki: Janusz Kaczmarek, Indywidua, Idee, Pojęcia. Badania z zakresu ontologii sformalizowanej, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2008, ss. 282
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