K OTÁZKE POVAHY POJMOV V SOCIÁLNOM A HUMANITNOM POZNANÍ

• Authors: Sedová Tatiana

Title variants

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On the nature of concepts in social knowledge and humanities

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The study investigates the problems of the nature of concepts in social sciences and humanities. It is based on Gallieʼs thesis that these are essentially contested concepts that immanently include a value aspect, which makes them different from the concepts of natural sciences. Based on the characteristics of such concepts and their exemplification (capital, culture, human nature, human dignity), their conative, normative aspect is emphasized, which makes them significantly different from the concepts of empirical natural sciences. The article explores the open texture of empirical concepts and outlines the role of fictions. The conclusion provides a critical reflection of the trend of naturalization of concepts and its consequences for this area of knowledge.

Keywords

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ESENTIALLY CONTESTED CONCEPT; GALLIE; CAPITAL; CULTURE; HUMAN NATURE; HUMAN DIGNITY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 77
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 491 – 509

Contributors

author

Sedová Tatiana

• Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici, Filozofická fakulta, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-9592

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2022.77.7.2