Short communication, Note
The Characteristics of the Approach to Bošković's Philosophy - Franjo Marković
Dario Škarica
; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper is based on the analysis of Marković’s article »Filosofijski rad Rugjera Josipa Boškovića« (»The Philosophical Work of Rugjer Josip Bošković«, Rad JAZU, Zagreb, 1887–1888, pp. 543–716). The theme, however, is not the theses expounded in the article, its content; It is its form, the way in which Marković approaches Bošković’s philosophy. Marković mainly lists the sources and refers to Bošković’s views and arguments first, and then compares these with other philosophers’ views. Marković rarely analyzes Bošković’s arguments, and equally rare are his historical-philosophical comments. Marković’s approach to Bošković’s philosophy is overwhelmingly comparative: He compares Bošković’s views with other philosophers’ views, from the Eleatics to Lotze or Herbart. The purpose of these comparisons is to clearly define Bošković’s position in view of other philosophers’ positions in the contexts of the individual issues. Yet sometimes they attain a critical dimension so that they turn into value judgments, evaluations of Bošković’s views, especially from the positions of Marković’s philosophical and scientific (psychologists and physiologists) 19th-century contemporaries. Also of note is his tendency to present historical-philosophical surveys of the developments of individual issues.
Keywords
R. J. Bošković; F. Marković; comparative; historical-philosophical; and critical approach
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67352
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Publication date:
1.1.2007.
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