Original scientific paper

Theoretical Philosophy at the Zagreb Academy 1776-1850

Srećko Kovač ; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The Zagreb Royal Academy, the heir of the former Jesuit Neoacademia, was founded in 1776 as the central educational institution in Croatia, as a result of the school reform in the Austrian monarchy. After the introductory outline of the basic characteristics of the reform conception, the article proceeds with a review of the instruction of theoretical philosophy at the Zagreb Academy.
Up to the abolishment of the Academy in 1850 philosophy was taught by E. Raffay, A. Minković, G. Valičić, S. Čučić, S. Pogledić, S. Moyses and S. Muzler. In the transitional period (l773-76) theoretical philosophy was taught by V. Kalafatić, while ethics was taught by F. Sebastijanović. Beside other subjects (primarily mathematics, physics and history) philosophy, or to be more precise, logic, metaphysics and moral philosophy, in addition to the history of philosophy and empiric psychology, was taught for two years. Printed examination papers which were defended publicly at the Academy represent textual documentation of the theoretical (as well as practical) philosophy. The article is complemented by a new, supplemented bibliography of these papers. The most important from the theoretical point of view is Čučić's systematic work "Philosophia critice elaborata«.

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Hrčak ID:

83514

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/83514

Publication date:

3.12.1990.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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