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Author-Name: Zdeňka Špiclová
Title: Synesthesia and Virtual Art
Abstract: The aim of this study is to proof the hypothesis that virtual art may be considered to be a provider of a specific form of synesthetic experience and that weak synesthesia serve as a basis for artistic practice. These assumptions are based on the thought that synesthetic experience evoked by a piece of art (especially by multisenzoric installations, but not only by those) and experience of a synesthetes are connected by one basic element, which is creating new connections between the senses, evoking and stimulation of one of these senses by acting on another - therefore their cooperation. Based on the analysis of the practical examples of current virtual artwork it will be shown that virtual art can provide synesthetic experience even for non-synesthetes - thanks to its binary code-based constitution, which allows the translation among different types of media. At the theoretical level, it will be proved that weak form of synesthesia can truly be considered to be the basis of artistic practice of virtual art, for the multimedial character of virtual art shows structural matchings with synesthesia.
Keywords: Virtual Art, Aesthetics, Strong Synesthesia, Weak Synesthesia, Neuropsychology, virtuální umění, estetika, silná synestezie, slabá synestezie, neuropsychologie
Pages: 53-65
Volume: 2017
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
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Author-Name: Lukáš Novotný
Author-Name: Hynek Tippelt
Title: Je třeba zkoumat Evropu? K filosofii euroskepticismu
Abstract: The present study explores the possibility of a philosophical interpretation of eurosceptical position in the current political discussion on the European Union. In outline it introduces the roots of european philosophical sceptical tradition and its rebirth by selected personalities of early modern thought. It searches relevant philosophical motifs, useful in understanding of the demands of eurosceptical movements and parties, and their analogies in the standpoints which we hear in current political debates. With the help of classical sceptical theory the paper offers a redefinition of possible approaches to the problematics of the european integration and compares it with the standard politological view.
Keywords: European Union, euroscepticism, Evropská unie, euroskepticismus
Pages: 30-43
Volume: 2017
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
File-URL: http://nb.vse.cz/kfil/elogos/ethics/24_04_novotny.pdf
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Author-Name: Joseph Grcic
Title: Justice For Sale
Abstract: The judicial system is essential for resolving disputes peacefully, reducing conflict and maintaining social order.  It is a system established by a political and legal structure which, if rational and legitimate, operates in such a manner which coheres with the basic societal structure and produces reasoned decisions by judges who apply the law to the relevant facts of the case.  A rational society, which must include a rational judiciary, is one which must choose the most efficient means to achieve its ends, here assumed to be that of a representative democracy similar to that outlined by John Rawls and others. These necessary means to achieve these goals are the rule of law, meritocracy, stability and legitimacy.
Keywords: justice, meritocracy, legitimacy, rule of law
Pages: 44-52
Volume: 2017
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
File-URL: http://nb.vse.cz/kfil/elogos/ethics/24_05_grcic.pdf
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Author-Name: Martin Hemelík
Title: About problems of optics. (The first czech translations of two letters, which were changed between B. Spinoza and G. W. Leibniz in autumn 1675.)
Abstract: In the frame of this paper are published the first czech translations of two letters, which were changed between B. Spinoza and G. W. Leibniz in autumn 1675. The content of letters which were constituent components of the comprehensive, but not preserved correspondence, are some questions from the sphere of laws of optics. Both philosophers paid big attention to these problems.
Keywords: Spinoza, letters, Spinoza, dopisy, G. W. Leibniz, problems of optics, G. W. Leibniz, problémy optiky
Pages: 4-12
Volume: 2017
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
File-URL: http://nb.vse.cz/kfil/elogos/history/24_01_hemelik.pdf
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Author-Name: Philip Tonner
Title: Wittgenstein on forms of life: a short introduction
Abstract: This paper is an introductory exploration of the notion of ‘forms of life’ in the later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. The notion of ‘forms of life’ is central to understanding Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. Even though this is the case, there have been a variety of interpretations of this notion in the literature on Wittgenstein’s thought. In part this is due to Wittgenstein’s infrequent reference to ‘forms of life’. The term ‘form of life’ only appears five times in the Philosophical Investigations, the central text of Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. It is a point of debate whether the notion of ‘forms of life’ commits Wittgenstein to a form of relativism. This paper explores this problem. We argue that it is entirely possible for members of different conceptual communities to engage in dialogue with each other on Wittgenstein’s view. We argue that Wittgenstein was not a cognitive relativist. Wittgenstein’s conviction was that truth is bound to this complicated form of life, or the fundamentally human perspective. His view of truth remains perspectival. Members of different conceptual communities can enter into dialogue. Other ‘forms of life’ are available to “us” and members of diverse groups can change their views.
Keywords: Wittgenstein, forms of life
Pages: 13-18
Volume: 2017
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
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Author-Name: Michael Doležal
Title: Problems of Introspection
Abstract: This study discusses the first chapter of Filip Tvrdý’s book, Nesnáze introspekce (“The Trouble with Introspection”, 2015). In his book, Filip Tvrdý presents critical arguments against introspection, that serve him in his implicit defence of methodological naturalism. The aim of this study is to show that the problems of introspection are deeper-rooted than Tvrdý assumes in his book and that his implicit defence of methodological naturalism contains many weak points.
Keywords: naturalism, introspection, apriorism, naturalismus, introspekce, apriorismus
Volume: 2017
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
File-URL: http://nb.vse.cz/kfil/elogos/mind/24_03_dolezal.pdf
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