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Metaphilosophy of Geopolitics: Natural-Scientific Elements of Political Mythology

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Lugowski W.
Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
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2008
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vol. 44
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issue 3-4
285-302
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The paper deals with problem of scientific status of geopolitics. Main stress is put to the geopolitical ideas in recent years, proposed on the both coasts of the Atlantic, with particular attention, however, put to this one that serves for justification of Euro-Asiatic project, founded in the philosophy of anthropocosmism. Reasons for that are: first, that version reveals radically biological motives present in initial form in classical ones; second, it is some worldview proposal, deliberately proposed for mass use; third, those who take part in this project are not only diplomats and representatives of the military (as usually), but also professional philosophers. The author would like to show the mechanism of that natural scientist deliver to ideologists theoretical evidence for legitimisation of the idea of inequality between people and nations, whereas academic philosophers from various parts of the world not only cease to criticize the extrapolating of biological theories onto social relationships but, contrary, legitimise this procedure. Main focus is put to revealing those assumptions that in the frame of anthropocosmism should justify revealing historiosophic generalizations from the natural sciences and, contrary, assuming natural processes in frame of social ones. The story is again that contemporary academic philosophy in large parts of the world loosed its capability for criticism of scientific results (criticism in the meaning of debate over value and borders of knowledge), which can be traced back to dissemination of meta-philosophical assumptions of positivism, irrespective of general refutation of its analytic form.
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Philosophy of Nature Today: (De)mystificatory Function

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Lugowski W.
Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
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2005
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issue 3-4
369-377
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The subject of the paper is the social function of the philosophy of nature. The author presents briefly his own position in this topic and gives an evaluation of the literature on the philosophy of nature in the last three decades or so. According to him, the opposition against the abusing of science for the tasks of social mystification stems mostly from the circles of the (philosophying) scientists themselves and the sociologists of knowledge. What concerns the academic philosophers - in spite of the variety of their ontological orientations - they are prone rather to cultivate the metaphilosophical mythology (of positivistic origins).
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'CAVEAT EMPTOR' OR ON THE SCIENTIFIC STATUS OF THE THEORIES OF LIFE'S ORIGIN

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Lugowski W.
Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
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2004
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vol. 40
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issue 4(162)
713-728
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The problem of scientificality and philosophical foundations of the theories of the origin of life has been recently vividly discussed (especially in The Journal of Theoretical Biology). It appeares that the opinion, that a mature 'science' can and should be philosophy-free (expressed by professional philosophers of positivistic orientation) is sometimes also shared by scientists themselves. It is argued, that the lack of philosophical selfconsciousness by some origin-of-life researchers may cause really caricatural presentation of theoretical results of this branch of science (as in case of the book of by Noam Lahav, 1999)
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The Problem of the Beginnings of Life - Is It Fundamental or Abandoned?

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Lugowski W.
Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria
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2007
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vol. 16
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issue 3(63)
97-111
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The paper examines the problem of the influence of academic philosophy on the self-awareness of scientists. In particular, it analyzes contemporary and current philosophical issues linked with the polemics on the problem of life's origins. The topic is particularly interesting in the context of the hypothesis of the intelligent design.
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