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Lze rozlišit vědu, jakou je Darwinova teorie evoluce, od pavědy, jakou je kreacionismus? Jaký je vlastně dosah darwinismu - je omezen na biologickou sféru, nebo jej lze zobecnit v univerzální teorii vývoje? Umožní nám pochopit nejen povahu našich těl, ale i našich myslí? Zdůvodníme studiem našeho evolučního původu své morální závazky? A ospravedlníme jím svůj nárok na objektivní poznání?

Podobné otázky si kladou autoři první české publikace, která systematicky mapuje vliv moderní evoluční teorie na klíčové oblasti filosofie -...

This book studies Hume's scepticism and its roots, context, and role in the philosopher's life. It relates how Hume wrote his philosophy in a time of tumult, as the millennia-old metaphysical tradition that placed humans and their cognitive abilities in an ontological framework collapsed and gave way to one that placed the autonomy of the individual in its center. It then discusses the birth of modernity that Descartes inaugurated and Kant completed with his Copernican revolution that moved philosophy from Being to the Self. It shows how modernity gave rise to a new kind of scepticism,...

In September 2007, more than 100 philosophers came to Prague with the determination to approach Karl Popper's philosophy as a source of inspiration in many areas of our intellectual endeavor. This volume is a result of that effort. Topics cover Popper's views on rationality, scientific methodology, the evolution of knowledge and democracy; and since Popper's philosophy has always had a strong interdisciplinary influence, part of the volume discusses the impact of his ideas in such areas as education, economics, psychology, biology, or ethics. The concept of falsification, the problem of...