Durdík a Hostinský: počátky darwinismu v Čechách

• Authors: Stibral Karel

Title variants

EN

DURDIK AND HOSTINSKY: THE ORIGINS OF DARWINISM IN CZECH LANDS

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The text is focused on the acceptance and perception of Darwinism in 19th-century Bohemia, when the diffusion and interpretation of Darwin's teachings were paradoxical connected with two professors of aesthetics from Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, Josef Durdik and Otakar Hostinsky. Although they somewhat simplified the theory of natural selection, they understood Darwin's theory to be the arrival of a new paradigm (in contrast to contemporary biologists working in the Czech lands). This text presents and compares both aestheticians' interpretations of Darwinism, mainly their stance on the theory of natural selection, the possibilities for applying this theory to aesthetics and art theory, as well as their relationship to Darwin's interpretation of aesthetic phenomena in nature. As a supplement, a short emphasis on Darwin's teaching in texts of other Czech aesteticians (Tyrs, Klacel, Volek) follows.

Keywords

EN

AESTHETICS; CZECH DARWINISM; DURDIK; HOSTINSKY

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Teorie vědy (Theory of Science)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 319-339
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Stibral Karel

• Karel Stibral, Fakulta socialnich studii Masarykovy univerzity, Jostova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA095225