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Ecophilosophical Interpretation of Positivism

Ekofilozoficzna interpretacja pozytywizmu

Author(s): Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: anthropocentrism; positivism; utilitarianism; environmental crisis; Auguste Comte

Implementation of the idea of scientific and technological advancement is perceived as the fundamental cause of the ecological crisis. That idea was promoted among others by Auguste Comte. This article discusses positivist view on the place of human in nature and clarifies to what extent it translated into a deepening of the alienation of human from nature. The positivist position is strongly anthropocentric, which manifests in the continuation of Baconian recommendations for subordinating nature to human needs. Positivism developed a scientific method which contributed to the enormous leap of civilization, but it turned out to be a deeply crisis-generating for human relationship with nature.

Habilitations at the Faculty of Theology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow in the years 1945-1954

Habilitacje na Wydziale Teologicznym Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie w latach 1945-1954

Author(s): Piotr Wisz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 14-15/2008

On the Government’s bills: Law on higher education and science (print no. 2446), Introductory provisions to the Law on higher education and science (print no. 2447) (first opinion)

W sprawie rządowych projektow ustaw: Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym i nauce (druk nr 2446), przepisy prowadzające ustawę — Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym i nauce (druk nr 2447) (opinia pierwsza)

Author(s): Robert Jastrzębski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2018

Keywords: higher education; reform of higher education; organizational structure of institutions of higher education; autonomy of the institutions of higher education; financing institutions of higher education

The opinion refers to the bills: Law on higher education and science and Introductory provisions to the Law on higher education and science. The author critically analyzes the bills, focusing mostly on the first one. Legislative fl aws are pointed out, referring in particular to the structure of the bill, the lack of proper and express specifi cation of the used terms or numerous references to regulations of the Minister of Education and Higher Science. It is also pointed that the proposed organizational formula of the higher schools structure may potentially violate Article 70 para. 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, which guarantees the autonomy of the institutions of higher education. Moreover, the author pinpoints the restriction of the decision-making power of collegial bodies for the benefit of the rector’s centralized position, which will result in limiting the rights of collegial bodies of the institutions of higher education, mostly the senate and faculty councils. The author concludes that the opined bills require far-reaching conceptual as well as formal-structural changes.

Walks in St. Petersbug in the Steps of Józef Czapski

Spacerownik po Petersburgu śladami Józefa Czapskiego

Author(s): Tatiana Kosinowa / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2018

Keywords: Józef Czapski;St. Petersburg;literature;

The Preacher’s Jitters

Trema kaznodziei

Author(s): Jan Twardy / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 14/2018

Keywords: preacher’s jitters; homiletics; rhetoric; preaching a sermon

The jitters as a fear of public speach is spreading over many people – including the preachers.This article is based mainly on the rhetoric and homiletic publications of German author Albert Damblon. The problem of the jitters isn’t noted in the contemporary Polish homiletics.The author of the article has talked over the term, signs and reasons causing that the jitters occurs – and then has presented different ways to counteract it. The preacher should accept this form of anxiety and use it in a creative way. The main way to counter the effects of jitters is the careful preparation of homily, sermon, conference. Very important is also the spiritual preparation that includes prayer and meditation. The jitters has also its theological dimension. So turning to the hearers with true love and carying about their spiritual welfare the preacher will draw the light and power from Divine Spirit – allowing him to improve the Divine Word ministry and overcome the jitters.

The Law-Giver’s Policy in Matters of the Undertaking, Performing and Terminating Business Activity

Polityka ustawodawcy w zakresie podejmowania, wykonywania i zakończenia działalności gospodarczej

Author(s): Piotr Gajewski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 38/2018

Keywords: entrepreneurs; law-givers policy; business activity; freedom of business activity; public economic law;

In the article, the author defined what objectives and values the Polish law-giver is guided by in the field of regulations regarding public economic law. He referred to both the Freedom of Business Activity Act and the Entrepreneurship Law Act, as well as to the relation of the economic law with EU law and the Polish Constitution. This study also considers the possibility of ensuring equality for economic entities and freedom of economic activity.

The Common Good: from the Philosophical Basis to the Constitutional Principle Part Two: Religious Aspect of Plato’s Vision of the Common Good

Dobro wspólne: od filozoficznych podstaw do konstytucyjnej zasady Część druga: Platońska wizja dobra wspólnego w aspekcie religijnym

Author(s): Krzysztof Piotrowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: Plato; the concept of the common good; law; religion; social community;

This article is an attempt to explain the Platonic conception of the common good as a theory much more equivalent to the common good (as such), than modern theories that they put a man on the pedestal, instead of the community. By reference to the content of Laws and State will be presented that Plato saw his idea of a state-building manner. This is a very accurate interpretation of concern for the common good. The text was also indicated the role of the religious elements in the text of Plato’s concept.

Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Author(s): Wojciech Chudy / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2018

Keywords: Krąpiec; Lublin Philosophical School; Catholic University of Lublin; Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy; philosophy; metaphysics; realism; Thomism; existential judgment; metaphysical separation;

This article introduces the life and work of Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec (1921-2008)—a Polish philosopher, theologian, humanist, co-founder of the Lublin Philosophical School, rector of the Catholic University of Lublin, initiator and chairman of the scientific committee of The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Krąpiec created a coherent philosophical system that, by a metaphysical explanation, encompassed the whole of reality that is accessible to human cognition. According to the author, Krąpiec’s philosophy is the greatest achievement in classical philosophy in Poland and in the world in the twentieth century, both with respect to its comprehensive scope and its meritorious importance; for the vision of the world that it reveals shows not only the human person’s unity and harmony with the reality that surrounds him, but also his openness to a connection with the transcendent Absolute.

Beauty in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Beauty in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Author(s): Piotr Jaroszyński / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2018

Keywords: beauty; reality; morality; art; human being; Western culture; harmony; perfection; splendor; complacency; pleasure; metaphysics; aesthetics; ugliness; Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy;

The author considers the problem of beauty. He identifies beauty as an analogically understood property of reality, of human products (including art), and of the human mode of conduct, and as that which, in the tradition of Western culture, is expressed under the form of harmony, perfection, or splendor, which as beheld and for beholding arouses complacency or pleasure. The article discusses the following topics: classical theories of beauty, beauty in the metaphysical conception, beauty in aesthetics, the separation of beauty from reality, and the problem of ugliness.

Civilization in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Civilization in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Author(s): Paweł Skrzydlewski / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2018

Keywords: civilization; culture; person; society; family; religion; Oswald Spengler; Alvin Toffler; Arnold J. Toynbee; Samuel P. Huntington; John Paul II; Feliks Koneczny; quincunx;

The author considers the problem of civilization. He defines civilization as a determinate form of man’s group life, or man’s culture in its social dimension. According to the author, a plurality of civilizations is generally accepted; in civilization, one can see the foundations for the functioning of law, politics, social life, and family life; civilization also plays an essential role in the religious life of man, just as religion plays a role in civilization. The author discusses the following topics: the biological theory of civilization, the historical theory of civilization, the sociological theory of civilization, the political-science theory of civilization, the civilization of death and the civilization of love, and the historical-philosophical theory of civilization.

Arguments for the non-existence of God considering the Trinitarian theo-ontology

Argumenty na nieistnienie Boga wobec teo-ontologii trynitarnej

Author(s): Jan Strumiłowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 48/2016

Keywords: Atheism; theism; Trinitarian dogma; theo-ontology; existence;

The analysis of arguments for non-existence of God shows, that they touch, on different levels, the metaphysical questions. Some of them assume openly another metaphysical model than that used by theists. The others seem to not touch directly the metaphysical questions, but they remain in another sphere, for example in the existential one. However, they also participate somehow in the metaphysics, which implies that they presume a specific image of God and a specific ontological model that differs very often from the theistic model. Nonetheless, even when the presumed metaphysics agrees with the theistic view, i.e. when the arguments are favourable for the philosophical Absolute, it does not mean that such arguments are also valuable in relation to one God in three Persons. The Trinitarian dogma describes the very essence of God, so it determines a specific metaphysical model in the creative model. Having in mind this relationship, the present article analyses the atheistic arguments in the light of theo-ontology, asking whether they fit to its model.

Local Authorities Party-State to the Catholic University of Lublin in the Years 1956-1989. Outline of the Problem

Lokalne władze partyjno-państwowe wobec Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego w latach 1956-1989. Zarys problematyki

Author(s): Konrad Słowiński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2S/2018

Keywords: Polish People’s Republic; Catholic University of Lublin; Lublin authorities of the partystate; higher education; Catholic Church

The main purpose of this article is to discuss the policy of the local authorities party-state failure to Catholic University of Lublin in the years 1956-1989. Catholic University of Lublin as a university private, independent from the influence of the communists, standing on the other side of the barricades as the institution of the enemy ideologically the reactivation of operations in 1944 It was doomed from the new authorities for various types of repression and at some point even the test liquidation. After a short period of peace which started after 1956., the local authorities have begun to take decisive steps aimed at weakening in the longer term even paralyze the functioning of the university. It was planned to achieve this among others, by closing the secular fields of study, getting rid of financial resources or blocking the appointment of academic staff. However, the intentions of the local party authorities do not always go hand in hand with the decisions by the falling in Warsaw. The central authorities because they were not convinced until the end to make its policy in relation to the Catholic University of Lublin reach for definitive measures, ignoring the suggestions from relevant in this regard with the lower levels of the party apparatus. In spite of the hostile policy of the local party authorities university has managed to not only survive in this difficult period but also over time to take action to enable its progressive development.

Review

Recenzje

Author(s): Roman Mazurkiewicz,Dariusz Andrzej Sikorski,Bartłomiej Michał Wołyniec,Antoni Grabowski,Ewa Syska,Paweł Kras,Grażyna Rutkowska,Marcin Starzyński,Marek Słoń,Jan Wroniszewski,Sobiesław Szybkowski,Bożena Czwojdrak,Agnieszka Bartoszewicz,Artur Wójcik,Arkadiusz Borek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 54/2016

Krąpiec on the Specificity of Man

Krąpiec on the Specificity of Man

Author(s): Faustinus I. Ugwuanyi / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

Keywords: Mieczysław A. Krąpiec; man; human being; human person; specificity of man; anthropology; metaphysics; animal rationale; animal culturale; animal sociale; homo faber; homo religiosus;

The author presents selected insights offered by Mieczysław A. Krąpiec, O.P., about the specificity of man. He starts with making a methodological remark about the correlation between Krąpiec’s anthropology and metaphysics. Then, he tries to grasp essentials in Krąpiec’s interpretation of attributes traditionally indicated as defining man alone, namely animal rationale, animal culturale, animal sociale, homo faber, and homo religiosus. Finally, he concludes that, although all these attributes aptly describe the specificity of man, they all are reducible to the fact that man is a person.

Baptism of Poland – the circumstances, the significance and consequences

Chrzest Polski - okoliczności, znaczenie i następstwa

Author(s): Marek Robert Górniak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 16/2017

Keywords: 1050 anniversary of the baptism of Poland; historiography of the origins of Christianity in Poland; Mieszko I; History of Poland

The year 2016 marks 1050 years since the most decisive moment in the history of our country, which defined its identity for centuries. This anniversary is the topic of this article which will attempt to generalize and systematize Polish historiography devoted to the issues of the circumstanc- es, the significance and consequences of the baptism of Poland. Analysis of the literature clearly demonstrates that baptism radically changed the face of the whole nation in terms of cultural, social, moral and political state. More importantly – from that moment the history of Christianity and the Polish state were always closely related. At the same time Poland has become a part of Western, Christian civilization and found itself in the circle of Latin culture. We then obtained a special place in Europe, and almost all of our cultural heritage, remaining in contact with the cultural space of Europe, was based on ideological patterns of Christianity. Taking into account the achievements of our ancestors, we owe all past generations our respect and memory. In the current politically, socially and morally disturbing situation, in which Europe found itself, we should remind ourselves about our Christian origin. Especially when many rel- egate faith and Christian traditions in the Polish nation on the margin and Europe is threatened by Islam. We need everyone to realize that only coming back to Christian roots can save Europe and Poland strong in its faith and tradition has a special task. Let us remember that the baptism of Mieszko was not only his personal act, but the baptism of the Nation, baptism of Poland. Without understanding the historical role of Christi- anity in our country one cannot fully understand Polish History, and the year 966 is (and always will be accounted for) as a central caesura, form which the past and the future of Poles is counted from.

Messianism In The Philosophy Of August Cieszkowski

Mesjanizm w filozofii Augusta Cieszkowskiego

Author(s): Wiesława Sajdek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 8/2018

Keywords: messianism; nation; world community; mission of Poland

The article discusses succinctly the main characteristics of messianism in the philosophy of August Cieszkowski (1814–1894). At first, an adequate definition of the phenomenon called ‘messianism’ is accepted, since the term is understood in different, sometimes contradictory ways, e.g. by J.M. Hoene-Wroński and by A. Mickiewicz. Next Cieszkowski’s conception of ‘social messianism’, ultimately pertaining to the whole world community, is presented. Finally, the ‘social messianism’ is compared to the ‘national messianism’, according to the colloquial understanding of the term, as well as it was understood by Cieszkowski himself.

Control and supervision over civil special services in Poland between 1990 and 2016

Kontrola i nadzór nad cywilnymi służbami specjalnymi w państwie polskim w latach 1990–2016

Author(s): Robert Jastrzębski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2018

Keywords: special services; Internal Security Agency; Foreign Intelligence Agency; Central Anticorruption Bureau; State Protection Office;parliamentary control;

The author discussed the matter of managing Polish special services, including the liq­uidation of the security service created in the period of the Polish People’s Republic and the establishment of the State Protection Office (SPO). The attention was paid inter alia to changes in the organization and in the scope of supervision over the SPO, which took place in 1996, as well as to the establishment in 1995 of the Sejm’s Special Services Com­mittee. In 2002, the Internal Security Agency and the Foreign Intelligence Agency were established in the place of the SPO. Four years later, the Central Anticorruption Bureau was formed. The author came to the conclusion that changes in the scope of supervision and control over civil special services in the Polish state between 1990 and 2016 were connected, above all, to ongoing political events in Poland.

Arguments against Naturalism as an Epistemic Framework

Argumenty przeciwko naturalizmowi jako epistemicznemu układowi odniesienia

Author(s): Krzysztof J. Kilian / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 15/2018

Keywords: epistemic frameworks; methodological naturalism; methodological decisions; epistemological anarchism; antinaturalism

This paper investigates the potentially plausible arguments that may be leveled against methodological naturalism. These are used to justify the following claims with regard to the latter: that it badly affects the development of knowledge, hinders competition in science, has elevated a mere part of one specific tradition to an absolute status, is only a provisory principle, is arbitrary and harmful as a principle, is irrational as an approach, amounts to bad philosophy, and involves uncritical acceptance. Most of these antinaturalistic arguments do not turn out to be convincing, but a few can be considered well-founded.

The Worldview and Ideological Dimension of Epistemic Frameworks Generally and the Theistic-Naturalistic Epistemic Framework in Particular

Światopoglądowy i ideologiczny wymiar epistemicznych układów odniesienia a teistyczno-naturalistyczny epistemiczny układ odniesienia

Author(s): Krzysztof J. Kilian / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 15/2018

Keywords: epistemic framework; theistic-naturalistic epistemic framework; naturalistic theism; methodological naturalism; ideology; worldview

This paper explains what it is for epistemic frameworks to involve worldviews and ideological commitments, while also indicating the actual worldviews and ideological components present in such frameworks. In addition, it sets out to show that the ideological conflict between different epistemic frameworks is already bringing about changes to the form of Western civilization.Against this general background, naturalistic theism is presented. The epistemic frameworks previously discussed give rise to cognitive frameworks for the practicing of science, and naturalistic theism is one such epistemic framework, furnishing a specific and distinctive worldview framework of its own for scientific practice. In this case its aim is to enable an overcoming of the crisis of faith amongst educated people generally and scientists in particular. That crisis is a consequence of the incompatibility of a traditional theistic description of the world with the contemporary scientific one.Naturalistic theism, moreover, seeks to defend Christian civilization from attempts to transform it into a post-Christian civilization. It aims to achieve this by reconciling the image of the world provided by contemporary natural science with Christian theism itself. Both the defusing of the crisis of faith and the reconciling of the scientific and theistic images of the world are to be accomplished through a “skillful reading” of Biblical texts. However, where the accompanying worldview and epistemic commitments are concerned, such a “reading” comes at a very high price.

Which “Artificialism” Holds as an Epistemic Framework for Science

Jaki „artyficjalizm” stanowi epistemiczny układ odniesienia nauki

Author(s): Dariusz Sagan / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 15/2018

Keywords: Kazimierz Jodkowski; Krzysztof J. Kilian; methodological naturalism; supernaturalism; artficialism; epistemic framework; intelligent design theory; hard core

This article concerns the concept of epistemic frameworks as formulated by Kazimierz Jodkowski and then elaborated in more detail by Krzysztof Kilian. An epistemic framework is an assumption imposed on science as a whole, without which the pursuit of the latter would be impossible. It defines what kinds of cause can, or must, be invoked in scientific explanations. Three possible epistemic frameworks are distinguished: methodological naturalism, supernaturalism and artificialism. In this article, I focus on the analysis of artificialism, as Jodkowski and Kilian use this term ambiguously, treating it as something that could be an epistemic framework either for intelligent design theory or for science as a whole. I explain how this term should be understood with reference to science as a whole, indicating at the same time how science is perceived by the main proponents of artificialism — namely, design theorists. Moreover, I argue that ascribing so-called “hard cores” to epistemic frameworks, as Kilian does, is a mistake, and can lead to confusion.