PAIDEIA: PHILOSOPHICAL E-JOURNAL OF CHARLES UNIVERSITY

Editorial

Pavel Žďárský — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Dear readers,

we present the last issue of the XVIII^th volume of the e-journal PAIDEIA.

You can find here a contribution by Anna Hogenová on the topic of uncertainty in education, which, according to her, is the result of thinking more geometrico. Tomáš Tlapa tries to present the basic dimensions of the natural world, as discussed by Jan Patočka in a dialogue with selected short stories by Vladimir Nabokov. Petr Dudek, in line with Konrad Liessmann, reflects on the theme of inutility in education and Jan Šteffl discusses the origin of language in its application in hermeneutics. František Kubica describes how the will is reflected in art in the view of Arthur Schopenhauer.

Uncertainty in education

Anna Hogenová — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Uncertainty is a part and a consequence of thinking more geometrico, which is the basis of the modern age. It is necessary to return to things themselves, to substantive thinking, and to life from one’s own source.

Introduction to phenomenology. The natural world in Vladimir Nabokov’s short stories

Tomáš Tlapa — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The article provides an introduction to phenomenology by using the Patočka’s description of the natural world. The fundamental dimensions of our natural world are exemplified by Vladimir Nabokov’s early stories.

Praise for inutility in education?

Petr Dudek — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The goal of this article is to summarize Konrad Liessmann’s thinking, especially with the focus on current time and education. The article focuses on problematic features of education system in these days. Liessmann speaks about lack of concept, stress on utility and faith in freeing power of education. Liessmann also offers alternatives when he prefers education as asceticism, silence and illusive inutility.

Origin of language and its application to hermeneutics

Jan Šteffl — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The article aims to present two definitions of language, one from the point of view of traditional structuralism and the other within neurology. Following these definitions, the article then discusses possible hypotheses of the origin of language and emphasizes the concept of understanding. More specifically, in the field of neuroscience, the article pays attention to the concept of mirror neurons and applies it to the issue. The concept of understanding and empathy is highlighted here, and mirror neurons are interpreted with these notions. A kind of synthesis of the above-mentioned topics is then the application of language in understanding to another person. This is a problem to which not only structuralism but also hermeneutics contributes. At this point, the current concept of understanding is also mentioned, with discursive ethics being the most important. The paper is therefore multidisciplinary on the border of philosophy and neuroscience, but also presents various philosophical approaches. The link is then understanding as an ethical maxim.

The reflection of the will in arts according to A. Schopenhauer

František Kubica — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

This paper deals with the aesthetic theory of Arthur Schopenhauer, especially with the role of the will in aesthetics. The topics of platonic ideas, the notion of beauty and sublime and the hierarchy in Arts will also be covered.