E-LOGOS, 2024 (vol. 31), issue 1

History of Philosophy

On the question concerning the experience of eternal recurrence

Štefan Jusko

E-LOGOS 2024, 31(1):4-13 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.502  

Nietzsche’s idea of the eternal recurrence of the same gains new momentum following the study by P. S. Loeb that attempts to demonstrate the temporal identity of eternal recurrence. After more than a century of consensus that the thought of thoughts, as it was characterised by Nietzsche himself, is incoherent and logically inconsistent, space for a broader exchange of opinions opens up, since the acceptance of the thought in question – or its rejection – requires studying the possibilities of its validation through experience. I disagree with Loeb’s concept of the experience of eternal recurrence, and I am instead proposing...

Philosophy of Mind

Demystifying Consciousness: A Non-Reductive Framework

Jahaziel Osei Mensah

E-LOGOS 2024, 31(1):35-46 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.505  

The phenomenon of consciousness has proved to be a notoriously convoluted concept, inviting various fields of philosophical inquiry to comprehend. In discourse on philosophy of mind, there are contentious perceptions on the elusiveness of consciousness; whether it is a reductive concept, a non-reductive concept or the easier way out, eliminating any mental language and substituting it with scientific language. This paper, by studying David Chalmers’ invaluable submissions on consciousness, provides a non-reductionist framework that will set the direction of the attempts by psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers to comprehend consciousness....

Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

Towards a Sustainable Economy and Some New Trends in Economic Thinking From an Ethical Perspective

Eva Pechočiaková Svitačová

E-LOGOS 2024, 31(1):14-28 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.503  

Given the need to ensure well-balanced socio-economic development and to meet the needs of the inhabitants of the Earth without compromising the needs of future generations, the need to transform the economy into a sustainable one is justified. Based on a theoretical analysis of scientific studies and other literature sources, the study argues that a sustainable economy represents a shift from the neoclassical paradigm and is associated with a holistic paradigm, a new global development paradigm - the sustainable development paradigm. Confirmation of the move towards a sustainable economy is the emergence of new trends in economic thinking, new economic...

The importance of education in comprehending and judging technology

Francesco Scotognella

E-LOGOS 2024, 31(1):29-34 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.504  

Technology, in its broadest sense, is the greatest resource of the human species. If philosophers contemplate the cosmos in its entirety, they do so by using a wide range of technical tools, developed over the course of human history. Moreover, as part of the cosmos, philosophers contemplate technology itself: not only the development of technology, but also the reason for its use and how it is passed on to future generations. Education therefore assumes a central role in the existence of humankind. While in the first instance the task of education is the transmission of technical skills, in the second instance it is perhaps more important to educate...