E-LOGOS, 2021 (vol. 28), issue 2

Philosophy of Science

Main schools of thought and methodological approaches in the context of environmental protection

Šárka Pikhartová

E-LOGOS 2021, 28(2):4-15 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.486  

The article deals with the genesis and development of the main theories of thought focused on environmental protection. It brings a reflection on the basic principles and deeper meaning of neoclassical environmental economics, ecological economics and free-market environmentalism to environmental protection. These theories represent the main paradigms of environmental economics. The article further focuses on research methods of individual theoretical approaches in terms of methodological differences. The final part of the article focuses on two main principles of environmental protection. The application of the principle of sustainable development...

Methodology of examining the efficient markets hypothesis - gradual evolution or paradigmatic leaps?

Michal Vyletelka

E-LOGOS 2021, 28(2):16-25 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.487  

The article reflects the historical progress of the research of the efficient market hypothesis with selected opinions of the methodology of the science. From a scientific study of financial markets, it appears that despite the apparent paradigmatic leaps between the various hypotheses, the level of scientific knowledge has elevated gradually, mainly through the application of new analytical instruments and new testing methods. Contradictory scientific theories originated and were tested in parallel, the difference between their acceptance and rejection lay in the strength of the empirical evidence provided over a given period of time. The development...

An Extraordinary Deed of Czech Philosophy of the 20th Century: Engliš's Great Logic

Jiří Vaněk

E-LOGOS 2021, 28(2):26-33 | DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.488  

The essay deals with the conception of knowledge as developed by Karel Engliš (1880-1961), an important Czech philosopher and economist; its most comprehensive formulation can be found in his monumental work Great Logic which has been published only recently. Since this writing is extraordinarily abundant in inspiring ideas, we are here focusing only on several themes in order to evaluate the scope and fecundity of Englišʼs concept of three orders of thought (ontological-causal, teleological and normological): 1. human will and the possibility of freedom, 2. the discernment of logical and empirical means of cognition, and 3. the problem of purposefulness...