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16Reverence for Life: A Moral Value or the Moral Value?Lyceum 9 (1): 61-67. 2007.Albert Schweitzer became well-known for his ethics of reverence for life. While Schweitzer’s life and his ethics have had an enormous appeal to wide audiences all over the world, philosophers have generally ignored his contribution. This may be a loss for philosophy, for, despite some internal problems and inconsistencies, Schweitzer’s ethics of reverence for life promises a viable alternative to utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics. The task of my paper is the following. Schweitzer arg…Read more
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12Pure Reasons And Metaphors. A Reflection On The Significance Of Kant’s PhilosophyAnnales Philosophici 2 9-19. 2011.The article debates the problems of metaphors in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The most important four Kantian metaphors analyzed here are: the Copernican revolution, the island of truth and the stormy ocean of illusion, the starry heavens and the moral law, and the vision of perpetual peace. Besides the extensive analysis of these four metaphors and of some criticism directed towards some of the core problems of Kantianism, these pages try to answer to the question if Kant‟s metaphors are st…Read more
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9The restoration of Albert Schweitzer's ethical visionContinuum. 2012.Argues for the continuing relevance of Albert Schweitzer's thought, especially of his overarching theme of Reverence for Life.
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32Reverence for LifeProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 10 61-67. 2008.Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) became well-known for his ethics of reverence for life. While Schweitzer’s life and his ethics have had an enormous appeal to wide audiences all over the world, philosophers have generally ignored his contribution. This may be a loss for philosophy, for, despite some internal problems and inconsistencies, Schweitzer’s ethics of reverence for life promises a viable alternative to utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics. The task of my paper is the following. Sc…Read more
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1917. “The Socratic Pathos of Wonder”: On Hartmann’s Conception of PhilosophyIn Keith R. Peterson & Roberto Poli (eds.), New Research on the Philosophy of Nicolai Hartmann, De Gruyter. pp. 313-332. 2016.
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10On the Central Motivation of Dostoevsky’s NovelsJanus Head 10 (1): 277-291. 2007.This essay analyzes Marcel Proust’s claim that “Crime and Punishment” could be the title of all of Dostoevsky’s novels. Although Proust reveals some important points regarding the motivation for Dostoevsky’s writings, his account is also inadequate in some relevant respects. For example, while Proust calls our attention to what happens to victimizers, he ignores the perspective of victims; thus Ivan Karamazov’s challenge remains unaccounted for in Proust’s interpretation. More importantly, Prous…Read more
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41On the Normative Aspect of Concepts As RulesIdealistic Studies 25 (1): 25-49. 1995.Kant thought that the central question of the transcendental deduction, and perhaps of the entire Critique of Pure Reason, is what he calls the quid juris of categorial concepts. The quid juris is for him the question of the legitimate right of categories, that is, of non-empirical concepts like ‘substance’ and ‘cause’, to be employed in cognition.
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1Kant on the Possibility of Empirical CognitionDissertation, The University of Rochester. 1991.Kant's central goal in the Critique of Pure Reason is to investigate conditions of the possibility of cognition. He assumes that what is given to us by means of the senses is not sufficient for cognition. The senses yield us only the "raw material" for cognition. It is because of our conceptual apparatus that we are able to determine, or discriminate among, what is presented by the senses. ;My main task in the dissertation is to examine Kant's account of the nature of concepts relevant for empir…Read more
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1Kant on the Nature of TruthIn Hoke Robinson (ed.), Proceedings of the Eight International Kant Congress, Marquette University. pp. 199-205. 1995.
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17Kant on the Nature of TruthProceedings of the Eighth International Kant Congress 2 199-205. 1995.
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11Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov: Art, Creativity, and Spirituality (edited book)Universitätsverlag Winter. 2010.
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21Is epistemological foundationalism untenable?Diálogos. Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Puerto Rico 28 (61): 139-148. 1993.
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8Destined for evil?: the twentieth-century responses (edited book)University of Rochester Press. 2005.This collection of 15 essays on various aspects of the problem of evil brings together the opinions of well known authors from various disciplines (philosophy, theology, literary criticism, political science, etc).
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18Introduction: Kant's Practical Philosophy Today (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 36 (2-3): 151-159. 2002.
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4Between Truth and Illusion: Kant at the Crossroads of ModernityRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2002.Truth, Cicovacki says, presupposes neither a dominance of subject or object, but their dynamic and reciprocal interactive relation. The absence of proper interactions leads to various forms of self-projections or illusions. Truth, by contract, exists in a harmonious interaction between its subjective and objective elements. Cicovacki thus locates the value of truth between traditional absolutist claims and contemporary relativism
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10Expanding the Horizon, Reawakening the Heart: Reply to Eric ChelstromAxiomathes 27 (2): 185-192. 2017.This paper is a reply to Eric Chelstrom’s “Criticism of Cicovacki’s The Analysis of Wonder.” Chelstrom mostly critiques my reconstruction of the role of love and personality in Hartmann’s philosophy. I offer a defense of my interpretation by illuminating how Hartmann’s philosophical project differs from that of Kant. Although Hartmann does not sufficiently develop either his conception of love or his understanding of personality, I argue that both conceptions could be further elaborated and that…Read more
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23Author Meets Critics (review)The Acorn 16 (2): 41-52. 2016.Two critics respond to Predrag Cicovacki’s book, Gandi’s Footprints. Cicovacki opens the discussion by presenting his motivations for exploring a paradox, that Gandhi’s work is widely revered but not widely emulated. Cicovacki explores a resolution to the paradox by suggesting how Gandhi’s promising visions may be followed without being imitated, especially Gandhi’s insight that we must seek spiritual grounding for life in a materialistic world. Critic Sanjay Lal affirms Cicovacki’s insight but …Read more
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6Albert Schweitzer's Ethical Vision: A Sourcebook (edited book)Oxford University Press USA. 2009.The philosophy of Albert Schweitzer has proved widely influential in modern thinking, especially in the field of ethics. His leading ethical idea can be summarized in the phrase "reverence for life" - namely, that good consists in maintaining and perfecting life, and evil consists in destroying and obstructing life. For Schweitzer, all life is sacred. Ethics thus deals with human attitudes and behavior toward all living beings.Unlike many moral philosophers, Schweitzer argues that knowledge of h…Read more
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3This book intends to show that we should re-think and re-evaluate our dogmatic commitment to a cognitivistic attitude. Our high regard for knowledge is due to the fact that we expect that it will help us satisfy not only our practical needs but also guide us toward a meaningful and fulfilled life. A careful examination of the nature and limits of knowledge reveals that both expectations cannot be satisfied. Following Kant, Cicovacki comes to the conclusion that, although our knowledge of reality…Read more
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