Issue 3 (May 2026) of the academic journal Filozofia has just been published on the journal’s website!
Filozofia is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal, open to all authors regardless of methodology or philosophical orientation.
The editor-in-chief of the journal is prof. h. c. Jon Stewart, PhD., DrSc., Dr. habil. phil. et theol. (Filozofický ústav SAV).
Editor’s choice: A research paper entitled “Freedom and Commitment: Does Kant Hold a Subjectivist Theory of Freedom?” (in English), authored by Galen Strawson (The University of Texas at Austin, USA).
Galen Strawson is a British analytic philosopher and literary critic whose work has made a significant contribution to contemporary debates in philosophy of mind and metaphysics. His research focuses primarily on questions of consciousness, free will, panpsychism, the mind–body problem, and theories of the self, while also engaging extensively with the thought of major philosophers such as John Locke, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
In addition to his academic work, Strawson has been active as a literary critic and public intellectual. He has served for many years as a consultant editor at the The Times Literary Supplement and has contributed reviews and essays to leading publications including The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Financial Times, and The Guardian.
Strawson currently holds a chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin. Prior to this appointment, he taught for many years at University of Reading, City University of New York, and University of Oxford. He is also the son of the distinguished philosopher P. F. Strawson.
Among his most influential works are the books Freedom and Belief, Mental Reality, Selves, and Things That Bother Me, which have had a major impact on contemporary discussions concerning consciousness, personal identity, and free will.
Contents:
- Galen Strawson (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) – “Freedom and Commitment: Does Kant Hold a Subjectivist Theory of Freedom?” (in English).
- Zhihan Li (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) – “The Role of Observation in Practical Knowledge” (in English).
- Ondrej Marchevský (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “Úvod k monotematickému bloku: Filozofické skúmania na Slovensku a v Čechách, určené rokom 1989 ako spoločne utváraným a zdieľaným osudom” (in Slovak).
- Rudolf Dupkala (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “Poznámky k zameraniu výskumu dejín filozofie na Slovensku do (a po) roku 1989” (in Slovak).
- Lukáš Švaňa (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “Marxisticko-leninská etika a etika sociálnych dôsledkov: komparatívna analýza” (in Slovak).
- Peter Kyslan (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “”Súčasnosť nesúčasného” a prelomový rok 1989″ (in Slovak).
- Ján Kalajtzidis (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “Vnútorná kontinuita a premenlivé akcenty etickej reflexie Igora Kišša pred rokom 1989 a po ňom” (in Slovak).
- Ondrej Marchevský (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “Milan Zigo, rok 1989 a filozofická tvorba medzi stálym a neistým” (in Slovak).
- Dmytro Tomakh (Filozofický ústav SAV, Bratislava, SR) – “Správa z konferencie Filozofické pokolenia: ich formovanie, vplyv a odkaz v slovenskom a českom prostredí 20. storočia a súčasnosti” (in Slovak).
- Monika Homulková (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, SR) – “Ondrej Marchevský – Vladislav Suvák – Sandra Zákutná (eds.): Život s filozofiou: zborník príspevkov k jubileu profesora Františka Mihinu” (Book Review in Slovak).
- Zuzana Zelinová (Filozofický ústav SAV, Bratislava, SR) – “Jaroslav Cepko – Andrej Kalaš – Vladislav Suvák: Philosophorum Megaricorum Fragmenta / Zlomky Megarikov” (Book Review in Slovak).
- Michal Cibák (Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, SR) – “John Ryder: On Common Interests: A Political Philosophy” (Book Review in Slovak).
The journal Filozofia promotes the idea of open science. All articles published in the journal are therefore available to readers free of charge.
Under the leadership of Jon Stewart (Filozofický ústav SAV), the journal Filozofia has undergone a notable expansion in readership and scholarly reach. In recent years, its international visibility and academic impact have increased substantially, further consolidating the journal’s standing within the global philosophical community.
The current issue can be found here: https://filozofia.sav.sk/en/current/issue
