Ferdinand Pelikán: the philosophy of personality as a cure for fictionalism

• Authors: Adam Vostárek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

All hitherto development in philosophy has been nothing other than the development of fictionalism. According to Ferdinand Pelikán, fictionalism reaches its peak in the works of I. Kant and D. Hume in the form of their rejection of the thing-in-itself. Pelikán maintains that, from that moment on, philosophy has been in decadence. Understandably, it is essential to reverse this process. In order to do so, Pelikán puts forward his affective theory of personality in the belief that revisiting this concept could constitute the first step that will lead philosophy out of the clutches of fictionalism. Thus, Pelikán assumes the position of J. G. Fichte and, with his aid, sets out on a journey towards a new philosophy. Pelikán’s emerging individualism can best be traced by following his publishing activity, primarily in journals such as Ruch filosofický, which he co-founded in 1921 along with his colleague Karel Vorovka.

Keywords

EN

affect; Bergson; Fichte; fictionalism; intuition; personality; freedom; creativity

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: Special_Issue_1
• Pages: 57-67
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Adam Vostárek

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic