Dorina Pătrunsu In this paper I intend to analyze the possibility of social justice as fair maximal utility starting from two different perspectives about justice – justice as fairness (J. Rawls) and justice as social choice or mutual advantage (D. Gauthier). The thesis I defend and reconstruct here is that a co-operative solution can be … [Read more…]
Alexandru-Mircea Fioșoiu Abstract: When discussing the issue of torture, we usually focus on two aspects, the moral status and the legal status of such acts. In this paper I will argue, using a deontological approach, that torture is never moral. We know that some countries practice this type of act even though it is prohibited … [Read more…]
Assen I. Dimitrov Abstract: It is not solid physical structures and interactions that lie in the basis of objective reality, but merely probabilities and superposition among them. The solid structures of our sensorial and practical experience are an outcome of the collapse of probability functions as a result of physical measurement and even – sensory … [Read more…]
Constantin Stoenescu Abstract: My aim in this paper is to develop a social constructivist approach of feminist epistemology and to assert that speaking about a feminist conception of the world is a meaningful statement. Historically speaking, we have to make a difference between some stages of the feminist movement. The first was the liberation stage, … [Read more…]
Diana Ghinea Abstract: The aim of this paper is to give a contemporary perspective to the much-debated question “how do we get to know the world?” or “how do we decipher the world?” Interestingly enough, this question has been at the centre of scientific knowledge because, as long as we see ourselves as rational beings … [Read more…]
Ileana Dascălu Abstract: This paper discusses the Rawlsian principle of Fair Equality of Opportunity in the context of Fishkin’s recent theory of opportunity pluralism, and shows why these are conceptually incompatible. Although the substantive dimension of FEO (in contrast with “careers open to talents”) has invited reflection on how “merit” and “talent” should be defined … [Read more…]
Ilinca Damian Abstract: The paper analyses the influence of Peircean semiotics as seen in the works of two authors from the fields of aesthetics and anthropology of art, namely Nelson Goodman and Alfred Gell. The goal of this paper is to note how Peirce’s work shaped the theories developed by the authors mentioned above and … [Read more…]
Mihaela Pop Abstract: Our purpose is to prove that Aristotelian concepts are still actual, being deeply reevaluated by 20th-century philosophical thought. We are focused on two representative philosophers of this epoch: Gianni Vattimo, as an interpreter of Aristotle’s concepts, and A.N. Whitehead, for his process philosophy in which he admires Aristotle’s genesis theory and implements … [Read more…]
Mircea Toboșaru Abstract: Analytic pragmatism has, according to Robert Brandom, an expressive power that should make it attractive to any methodological pragmatist. This is due to the fact that it incorporates a commitment to semantic pluralism and metatheoretic pragmatic pluralism. After sketching the apparatus of analytic pragmatism, I discuss some difficulties regarding metatheoretic pragmatic pluralism … [Read more…]
Oana Șerban Abstract: the aim of this paper is to analyse and define a certain perspective on Foucault’s pragmatism, from a methodological perspective. The working hypothesis is that Foucault’s pragmatism is based on a methodological dualism, resulted from the synergy of archaeology and genealogy as two traditions of critical inquiry, that are applied to perform … [Read more…]