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The Conditions of Philosophy in Totalitarian and Post-Totalitarian Poland
1997
This compound paper presents the views of two Polish philosophers on the strong international pressures influencing the development of Polish philosophy in recent times. The first part, by Leszek Koczanowicz, treats the philosophical situation and problems of totalitarian Poland under the influence of Soviet Marxism, while the second part, by Adam Chmielewski, focuses on the main trends and difficulties of post-totalitarian Poland, dominated by Western influence.
Dumb Animals: A Short History of Classical Logocentrism
2021
Among the most common and influential stereotypes of Greco-Roman literature is the idea that animals are ‘dumb’ (ἄλογα/muta), that is, mute and devoid of reason. In recent years, several explorations of what Stephen Newmyer has aptly called the ‘man alone of animals’ topos have pointed out that in asserting the privileged status of humans the ancients attached special importance to articulate language. Yet, most of these explorations have adopted a thematic rather than historical approach in an attempt to provide a comparative assessment of ancient and modern paradigms. In the present paper, I follow a historical line through the literary representations of animals as ‘dumb’, focusing on tw…
Experiencia y verdad en la hermenéutica de Gadamer. Algunos problemas
2006
Gadamer vincula su concepción de la experiencia hermenéutica a una interpretación especulativa de la verdad que no se justifica simplemente por la exigencia de superar el enfoque metódico. Este ensayo responde al propósito de indagar hasta qué punto esta interpretación sólo supera la escisión fenomenológica entre conciencia y objeto en tanto que remite a un fundamento ontológico de su unidad, que pasa a ocupar la posición de sujeto. Nuestra hipótesis es que el concepto gadameriano de la verdad como una «infinitud de sentido» genera tensiones con su concepción de la experiencia hermenéutica, que permanecen irresueltas. También intentaremos mostrar que una de las consecuencias que se siguen d…