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71Kant's legacy: essays in honor of Lewis White Beck (edited book)University of Rochester Press. 2001.The papers in this volume examine Kant's legacy by addressing issues concerning creativity in all aspects of human experience.
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47On immorality of terrorism and warFilozofija I Društvo 2003 (22): 115-132. 2003.U ovom radu autor prvo analizira razlike i slicnosti izmedju rata i terorizma, a zatim argumentise da su i jedan i drugi duboko nemoralni. Njihove razlike su mnogo manje znacajne od njihovih slicnosti, o kojih je glavna ona koja se sastoji u negiranju stanovista da je svaki ljudski zivot jednako vredan. To negiranje otvara put ka nehumanom i nasilnom tretmanu onih (neprijatelja, drugih) koji nisu toliko vredni koliko i mi, sto karakterise i terorizam i rat. Pored neprihvatljivih moralnih implika…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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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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30Through the prism of the metaphor: A reflection of the actuality of Kant's philosophyFilozofija I Društvo 2004 (25): 101-111. 2004.This essay examines the significance of Kant's transcendental philosophy by focusing on the central metaphors used in his works. The four metaphors singled out here are those of the Copernican turn, the land of truth and the ocean of illusion, the starry heavens and the moral law, and of perpetual peace. The author emphasizes the strong and the weak points of Kant's philosophy that these metaphors reveals, and argues that these central metaphors work together and point toward the two essential c…Read more
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22Author 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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21Is epistemological foundationalism untenable?Diálogos. Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Puerto Rico 28 (61): 139-148. 1993.
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19Leo Tolstoy on the Purpose of ArtPhilotheos 19 (1): 116-124. 2019.Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was one of the greatest artists of all time, but also one of the harshest critics of the contemporary art. In the conclusion of his controversial book, What is Art?, Tolstoy claimed: “The purpose of art in our time consists in transferring from the realm of reason to the realm of feeling the truth that people’s well-being lies in being united among themselves and in establishing, in place of the violence that now reins, that Kingdom of God – that is, of love – which we al…Read more
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1817. “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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18Introduction: Kant's Practical Philosophy Today (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 36 (2-3): 151-159. 2002.
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18Author Meets Critics (review)The Acorn 16 (1-2): 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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17Kant on the Nature of TruthProceedings of the Eighth International Kant Congress 2 199-205. 1995.
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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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16Commentary on Gentzler 1Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 10 (1): 296-311. 1994.
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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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11Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov: Art, Creativity, and Spirituality (edited book)Universitätsverlag Winter. 2010.
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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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