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Peter Kyslan

Slovak Technical University
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Slovak Technical University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
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    Transhumanism and the issue of death
    Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe) 9 (1-2): 71-80. 2019.
    The human issue with the concept of finality constitutes a fundamental platform for the philosophical concept of transhumanism. This paper addresses the historical-philosophical perspective of transhumanism with emphasis put on the 18th and 19th centuries, whereby possible anticipatory actions with respect to transhumanist thought are analyzed. In this sense, the need for a philosophical reflection on transhumanism is justified. The main part of this paper is aimed at philosophical and ethical q…Read more
    Biomedical Ethics
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    What is Culture? Kant and Simmel
    Con-Textos Kantianos 4 158-166. 2016.
    Immanuel Kant and Georg Simmel both lived in different cultural atmospheres. While the former is the one who reflects upon the enlightenment era with criticism and hope, the latter evaluates capitalism and the industrial era with apathetic criticism. However, both of them have managed to philosophically grasp the phenomenon of culture in its universality and true meaning. This text aims at identifying the parallels between the spirits of both eras.
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    Zawiadomienie… Kanta
    Studia Z Historii Filozofii 6 (1): 137-148. 2015.
    The paper deals with Kant’s writing Announcement of the Program of his Lectures for the Winter Semester, 1765–1766. It aims to analyse the text on two levels. The first concentrates on the systematic character of the writing in Kant’s overall heritage. The second aim of the paper is to point out the importance of the writing to Kant’s philosophy of culture and his pedagogical theory.
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    Od Freudovej psychoanalýzy k filozofickej patológii kultúry
    Filozofia 78 (6): 474-491. 2023.