Review article
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.50.2(100).3
Philosopher Franjo Šanc on the causal principle
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper is divided into three sections, with introductory and concluding remarks. The initial section of this study presents the status of the research on the philosopher Franjo Šanc. The following section contains a comprehensive listing of the authors and the works under examination, which explore various aspects of Šanc life and his philosophic thought. In the second section, the preceding research is utilized to provide an overview of Šanc’s biography and bibliography, including basic information such as date of birth, date of death, nationality, and place of residence. Finally, in the third part, the causal principle in Franjo Šanc’s philosophical thought is presented, following a fourfold step: a) In accordance with Šanc’s analysis, a fundamental misunderstanding of the causal principle has been perpetuated in the philosophical tradition, originating with Hume, Mill, and Kant; b) Šanc’s critique of the erroneous interpretations of the causal principle; c) The fundamental question and two paths towards the answer are as follows: the first starts from a being that exists without a cause and a being that has a cause and, finally, d) Šanc reasoning behind the claim that the causal principle is an analytical judgement. The paper’s conclusion is that Šanc displays an excellent grasp of the literature pertaining to the causal principle. Furthermore, he presents and defends his theistic perspective in a structured and logically coherent manner.
Keywords
Franjo Šanc; causal principle; David Hume; Immanuel Kant; God; theism
Hrčak ID:
323126
URI
Publication date:
11.12.2024.
Visits: 0 *