Emil Višňovský
Biographic Data
| ID | 2221352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emil Višňovský |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emil |
| FAMILY NAME | Višňovský |
| SIGNATURE | VIŠŇOVSKÝ E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1586-4015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pragmatist Empiricism (Towards a Conception of Human Being)
The paper discusses the relation of philosophical pragmatism to empiricism as the backdrop to understanding human being. The crux of the problem is the relation between language and experience. The author argues that pragmatist empiricism is based on the concept that human practices are transactions, which includes both non-linguistic as well as linguistic practices. Within pragmatist anthropological philosophy, experience is a complex of transac…
Humanizing Philosophy
In this contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium on Richard Rorty, the author attempts to identify what he calls "the heart of Rortyism." Beginning with Rorty's query, as an undergraduate, about "what, if anything, philosophy is good for," Višňovský associates this question, as Rorty did throughout his career, with the question of the meaning of human life. On the basis of this association-the association of a seriously, consistently pursue…
In Search of a New Pragmatist Anthropology
1. Introduction The influence of Richard Rorty has not faded since his demise more than a decade ago. Some of his works have been published posthumously (Rorty 2010; Rorty 2016), others have been republished in valuable collections (Voparil & Bernstein 2010; Rorty 2014) and some of his unpublished work has already appeared too (Małecki & Voparil 2020). Important international symposia have been held around the world (see e.g. Penelas & Voparil 20…
Rorty’s Humanism
There have been few attempts thus far to read Rorty through a humanistic lens. This paper is an attempt at making explicit some of the key features of his conception. My main objective is to show that humanism is integral to his philosophy and to explain what it consists in. I focus on Rorty’s secular humanism, which I believe lies at the center of his thought. In sections 2 and 3, I provide an account of key humanist sources, both pragmatist and…
Introduction
What is the future of humanity likely to be? And will there be one? Who can tell whether a bright future awaits us or a doomed one? More importantly, who can arrange it to be the way we would like it to be
The university as a philosophical problem
The paper provides a philosophical insight into the contemporary critical trends in the university life, and an outline of possible solutions based on the historical overview of an idea of university. The particular section is devoted to the depiction of situation in Slovakia. The author suggests that the creative reconstruction of academic practices is the key to the future of university
Action, Practice, and Theory
This chapter presents a concept of practice that includes intellectual activities. It shows that everything humans do is a kind of a practice, and in particular, a kind of social practice, because human being is both practical, in the sense that it includes doings, as well as social, in the sense that it always includes social aspects. The chapter explores two paradigmatic understandings of practice and theory: the classical and the modern, each …
Rorty’s philosophy of religion1
Richard Rorty interpreted religion as a historically constituted part of culture. As a philosopher, he sought primarily to understand religion’s socio-cultural nature and role. His approach was socio-critical, intellectually sympathetic and humanistic. The paper provides an account of Rorty’s key phases in his philosophy of religion. During phase one (the 1990s), he was primarily interested in whether, in a democratic society, religion should sim…
Introductory
Introductory
The pragmatist conception of altruism and reciprocity
The paper provides an account of the pragmatist philosophical conception of reciprocity and altruism based on the ontology of “panrelationalism”. The Deweyan concepts of transaction and cooperation are also outlined in some detail as well as the pragmatist (Rortyan) idea of justice. The author attempts to show that altruism is not necessarily just reciprocal but demands as its supplement (at least) altruism without reciprocation
Democracy as Culture
The "Practice Turn" in the Contemporary Socio-Human Sciences
The "Practice Turn" in the Contemporary Socio-Human Sciences The paper provides an overview of the current situation in the socio-human sciences, which is characterised by attempts to overcome traditional one-sided approaches and look for new alternatives. One of the latest alternatives to traditional approaches in the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences is the "practice turn". It is the turn to another, non-traditional approach to …
Introductory
Introductory: The Global Potential of Pragmatism
Pragmatist Conception of Participatory Democracy1
Pragmatist Conception of Participatory Democracy1 The paper considers the issue of participatory democracy which has recently got high in the European integration agenda. In the history of ideas, however, it has been a controversial as well as neglected idea associated mostly with Rousseauian and Leftist models of democracy. The autor points to the key features of participatory democracy such as the idea of self-mastery. The philosophical idea of…
Introductory
Introductory: Reflecting on a Good Life
Understanding Rorty's relevance
On the Development and Character of Slovak Philosophy I
Discourse - Intellectuals - Social Communication
Social Order and Human Nature
The Non-classical Type of Rationality
Philosophical Conceptions of Human Action
Creative Rationality or Rational Creativity
Towards Understanding Creativity
Questioning the Nature of Human Action
Rorty’s Humanism
There have been few attempts thus far to read Rorty through a humanistic lens. This paper is an attempt at making explicit some of the key features of his conception. My main objective is to show that humanism is integral to his philosophy and to explain what it consists in. I focus on Rorty’s secular humanism, which I believe lies at the center of his thought. In sections 2 and 3, I provide an account of key humanist sources, both pragmatist and…
The university as a philosophical problem
The paper provides a philosophical insight into the contemporary critical trends in the university life, and an outline of possible solutions based on the historical overview of an idea of university. The particular section is devoted to the depiction of situation in Slovakia. The author suggests that the creative reconstruction of academic practices is the key to the future of university
The pragmatist conception of altruism and reciprocity
The paper provides an account of the pragmatist philosophical conception of reciprocity and altruism based on the ontology of “panrelationalism”. The Deweyan concepts of transaction and cooperation are also outlined in some detail as well as the pragmatist (Rortyan) idea of justice. The author attempts to show that altruism is not necessarily just reciprocal but demands as its supplement (at least) altruism without reciprocation
Pragmatist Conception of Participatory Democracy1
Pragmatist Conception of Participatory Democracy1 The paper considers the issue of participatory democracy which has recently got high in the European integration agenda. In the history of ideas, however, it has been a controversial as well as neglected idea associated mostly with Rousseauian and Leftist models of democracy. The autor points to the key features of participatory democracy such as the idea of self-mastery. The philosophical idea of…
Towards Understanding Creativity
Questioning the Nature of Human Action
Creative Rationality or Rational Creativity
Philosophical Conceptions of Human Action
Social Order and Human Nature
The Non-classical Type of Rationality
Discourse - Intellectuals - Social Communication
On the Development and Character of Slovak Philosophy I
Understanding Rorty's relevance
Pragmatist Conception of Participatory Democracy1
Pragmatist Conception of Participatory Democracy1 The paper considers the issue of participatory democracy which has recently got high in the European integration agenda. In the history of ideas, however, it has been a controversial as well as neglected idea associated mostly with Rousseauian and Leftist models of democracy. The autor points to the key features of participatory democracy such as the idea of self-mastery. The philosophical idea of…
Introductory
Introductory: Reflecting on a Good Life
The "Practice Turn" in the Contemporary Socio-Human Sciences
The "Practice Turn" in the Contemporary Socio-Human Sciences The paper provides an overview of the current situation in the socio-human sciences, which is characterised by attempts to overcome traditional one-sided approaches and look for new alternatives. One of the latest alternatives to traditional approaches in the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences is the "practice turn". It is the turn to another, non-traditional approach to …
Introductory
Introductory: The Global Potential of Pragmatism
The pragmatist conception of altruism and reciprocity
The paper provides an account of the pragmatist philosophical conception of reciprocity and altruism based on the ontology of “panrelationalism”. The Deweyan concepts of transaction and cooperation are also outlined in some detail as well as the pragmatist (Rortyan) idea of justice. The author attempts to show that altruism is not necessarily just reciprocal but demands as its supplement (at least) altruism without reciprocation
Democracy as Culture
Introductory
Introductory
Rorty’s philosophy of religion1
Richard Rorty interpreted religion as a historically constituted part of culture. As a philosopher, he sought primarily to understand religion’s socio-cultural nature and role. His approach was socio-critical, intellectually sympathetic and humanistic. The paper provides an account of Rorty’s key phases in his philosophy of religion. During phase one (the 1990s), he was primarily interested in whether, in a democratic society, religion should sim…
Action, Practice, and Theory
This chapter presents a concept of practice that includes intellectual activities. It shows that everything humans do is a kind of a practice, and in particular, a kind of social practice, because human being is both practical, in the sense that it includes doings, as well as social, in the sense that it always includes social aspects. The chapter explores two paradigmatic understandings of practice and theory: the classical and the modern, each …
The university as a philosophical problem
The paper provides a philosophical insight into the contemporary critical trends in the university life, and an outline of possible solutions based on the historical overview of an idea of university. The particular section is devoted to the depiction of situation in Slovakia. The author suggests that the creative reconstruction of academic practices is the key to the future of university
In Search of a New Pragmatist Anthropology
1. Introduction The influence of Richard Rorty has not faded since his demise more than a decade ago. Some of his works have been published posthumously (Rorty 2010; Rorty 2016), others have been republished in valuable collections (Voparil & Bernstein 2010; Rorty 2014) and some of his unpublished work has already appeared too (Małecki & Voparil 2020). Important international symposia have been held around the world (see e.g. Penelas & Voparil 20…
Rorty’s Humanism
There have been few attempts thus far to read Rorty through a humanistic lens. This paper is an attempt at making explicit some of the key features of his conception. My main objective is to show that humanism is integral to his philosophy and to explain what it consists in. I focus on Rorty’s secular humanism, which I believe lies at the center of his thought. In sections 2 and 3, I provide an account of key humanist sources, both pragmatist and…
Introduction
What is the future of humanity likely to be? And will there be one? Who can tell whether a bright future awaits us or a doomed one? More importantly, who can arrange it to be the way we would like it to be
Pragmatist Empiricism (Towards a Conception of Human Being)
The paper discusses the relation of philosophical pragmatism to empiricism as the backdrop to understanding human being. The crux of the problem is the relation between language and experience. The author argues that pragmatist empiricism is based on the concept that human practices are transactions, which includes both non-linguistic as well as linguistic practices. Within pragmatist anthropological philosophy, experience is a complex of transac…
Humanizing Philosophy
In this contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium on Richard Rorty, the author attempts to identify what he calls "the heart of Rortyism." Beginning with Rorty's query, as an undergraduate, about "what, if anything, philosophy is good for," Višňovský associates this question, as Rorty did throughout his career, with the question of the meaning of human life. On the basis of this association-the association of a seriously, consistently pursue…
Epistemology (24 works) · Philosophy (23 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Pragmatism (8 works) · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (8 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works)