(Philosophy of Language and Mind: Basic Concepts)

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Marvan was one of the two editors, the author and co-author of a large number of entries. Other members of the Department contributed.

The work is the first comprehensive dictionary of analytical philosophy of language and mind in the Czech language. It contains more than eighty entries written by the Czech philosophers working in the field.

(Private Language, Rules and Wittgenstein)

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Glombíček selected and together with other members of the Department translated the texts, and prepared the book for publication.

The book is a collection of classical articles on private language, concentrating on the broader argument concerning rule-following. The authors chosen are Rush Rhees, Alfred Ayer, John McDowell, Crispin Wright and Cora Diamond. The editor wrote the introduction. The book is intended for philosophers working on Wittgenstein as well as for university students.

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The volume consists of translations of pivotal secondary texts devoted to the first principle of Descartes' philosophy, i.e. cogito ergo sum. The articles [by e.g. W. Röd, J. Hintikka, P. J. Markie a J.-L. Marion] range from classical expositions to original approaches from different philosophical traditions. The chronological arrangement hopes to provide some idea of the development of the interpretation. The book is meant for philosophers working on Descartes as well as for university students.

In: P. Anstey (ed.), John Locke: Critical Assessments, II.3

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The article is part of a prestigous collection of essays which seeks to offer an authoritative statement of contemporary Locke scholarship.

(Hegel's Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit)

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The book consists of contributions from Czech, German and Spanish scholars to the 'Introduction' of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit in which Hegel presents not only the overall theses and objectives of his work, but also its philosophical or methodological points of departure. Moreover, the 'Introduction' is one of the few texts where Hegel defines his overall conception of philosophy. Yet despite the text's importance, there has yet been no full-length book devoted to it. The book which appeared on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the publication of the Phenomenology of Spirit, seeks to fill this gap in Hegelian scholarship.

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The book consists of 14 articles by distinguished philosophers, from the Czech Republic, Britain, Germany and Sweden. The individual contributions and the book as a whole address the current internalism / externalism debate in the philosophy of language and mind, and seek to demonstrate its philosophical significance and fruitfulness for a wide range of issues. The objective of the book is to contribute to the ongoing debate; it also hopes to open it to those not yet acquainted with it.

(W.W. Quine: Selected Papers in Ontology and Epistemology)

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The collection comprises six pivotal essays by W. V. O. Quine, one of the key philosophers of the 20th century, and an introductory survey by T. Marvan.

(The Blue and Brown Books. Preliminary Studies for Philosophical Investigations. Das Blaue Buch. Eine Philosophische Betrachtung; Das Braune Buch)

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A translation of two extensive texts by Ludwig Wittgenstein, based on his Cambridge lecture courses in 1933-34. The books were the only source for Wittgenstein's contemporaries who wanted to learn more about his post-Tractatus work. Wittgenstein here presents for the first time his new approach to theory of meaning, his conception of rule-following, of language games etc. The texts are unique in their form too, in that they are not a series of short remarks, but a more continuous and accessible exposition. The translation from English is augmented by footnotes marking more significant discrepancies between English and German texts.

The special issue of the journal Filosofický časopis seeks to introduce Locke's philosophy to the Czech philosophical public as well as to help those already working on it. The articles place particular emphasis on Locke's epistemology, political thought and theology.

(Kant's Categorical Imperative)

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The book contains translations of pivotal texts in contemporary interpretation of Kant's principle of morality. The texts by leading Kantian scholars (e.g. O. Höffe, D. Henrich, A. Reath a J. Ebbinghaus, Ch. Korsgaard) is divided into three thematic groups: Kant's principle of morality is elucidated as the criterion of moral action, as motive for its realization and as the principle to be used for deriving specific duties. The book is intended for philosophers working on Kant's ethics as well as for university students.