Aporie Benthamovy etiky by Václav Sklenář

“…I point to the deeper philosophical foundations of Bentham’s ethical thought which draw on the materialist and empiricist traditions of the Enlightenment. I show how these foundations lead to a naturalistic reduction of all normative concepts, and I present the aporetic implications of this reduction with respect to the duality of Bentham’s basic ethical principle and his theory of the motivation of human action.…”
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Perfect Thinkers, Perfect Speakers and Internalism about Thought Content by Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova

“…After a brief preview of the recent debate between Sarah Sawyer and Åsa Wikforss, the paper outlines the central issue in their discussion. I show that, even if Wikforss’ objections against Sawyer are granted, externalism about thought content can still prevail. …”
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Buber on Responsibility by Michal Bizoň

“… Martin Buber responded to his critics by saying that responsibility “is the basic theme of my work in general”. As I show in the opening section of the article, his statement applies to the dialogical period of his work, but not the pre-dialogical. …”
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Revisiting Bakunin: Reflecting about the Pandemic by Dominik Kulcsár

“…Next I explain the nature of Bakunin’s scientific skepticism to show that he would consider the compliance with restrictions as a reasonable expression of freedom. Finally I show how a misguided interpretation of personal freedom and pre-existing inequalities exacerbate the spread of the virus. …”
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A Strange Homology: Buber’s and Jünger’s Descriptions of the Fighting Individual by Peter Šajda

“…Although in the interwar years Buber and Jünger could be easily seen as antipoles, this is not the case when we compare their early reflections on the existential-social processes unfolding during World War I. As I show in the article, there are striking similarities between their descriptions of the fighting individual. …”
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How to Write a Proof: Patterns of Justification in Strategic Documents for Educational Reform by Jitka Wirthová

“…Through a qualitative analysis of the writing strategies used in these texts, I show how two of the main actors in the Czech educational discourse have developed a proof that a new educational goal is needed. …”
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Evaluating Semantic Theories of Conditionals: Methodological Challenges by Lukáš Bielik

“…Based on the background of three important theories, Material Implication Theory, Stalnaker’s Theory, and Adams-Edgington’s Suppositional Theory, I show what kind of data and criteria these theories have been working with. …”
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Revolúcia, transformácia a rola subjektu. Kritické poznámky ku knihe Françoisa Julliena Tiché premeny by Ľubomír Dunaj

“…In the first part of my paper, taking Jullien’s book The Silent Transformations as a point of departure, I show that many of the problems that still exist in East-Central Europe largely result from placing too much emphasis on the event of the revolution and too little on the transformation experienced by the region’s populations. …”
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