Call for Participation
AP in V4 Lecture Series &mdash\; Analytic Philosophy in Visegrad Countries
Title: The Origins and Vicissitudes of Philosophy of Science in Slovakia
Speaker: Juraj Halas (Comenius University in Bratislava)
Date and time: 25 May 2026\, 15:00&ndash\;16:30 CET (3:00&ndash\;4:30 p.m. CET)
Format: Online lecture \;
Organised by: Matej Bel University in Banská\; Bystrica (Slovakia)\, University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)\, and University of Warsaw (Poland)\, with the support of the Visegrad Fund.
Project website: https://ff.osu.eu/ap-in-v4/
Lecture series page: https://ff.osu.eu/ap-in-v4/lectures/
If you are interested in joining\, please contact: zuzana.rybarikova@osu.cz
Abstract:
Igor Hru&scaron\;ovský\;'s Theory of Science (1941) was the first book-length treatment of
philosophy of science in Slovak. In this and other works from the same period\, Hru&scaron\;ovský\;
engaged with the Vienna Circle\, Popper\, and early analytic philosophy\, attempting to close
the gap with international developments. After 1948\, this promising trajectory was disrupted
by the imposition of Marxism-Leninism as the mandatory philosophical framework\,
paradoxically with Hru&scaron\;ovský\; himself briefly appearing as one of its main proponents. This
lecture traces the fate of philosophy of science in Slovakia from its origins in the 1940s
through its submersion under Stalinist dogma\, a cautious recovery after 1956\, a short-lived
flourishing around 1968\, and another curtailment in the post-1968 era of &ldquo\;normalization&rdquo\;.
Despite these setbacks\, some lines of continuity can be identified\, spanning logical empiricist
themes through post-positivist concerns such as idealization\, scientific realism\, and the
methodology of the social sciences. This shows that throughout the period\, Slovak
philosophers maintained a persistent\, if not always public and sometimes belated\,
engagement with the same problems that occupied philosophy of science in the West.
About the speaker
Juraj Halas is a professor at Comenius University in Bratislava\, where he works on the philosophy of science\, the methodology of the social sciences\, the philosophy of economics. He is the author of two monographs and has published widely on abstraction\, idealization\, and social philosophy\, including recent work in Science &\; Society and earlier papers in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science\, Filozofia nauki\, and Organon F.
Call for Participation
AP in V4 Lecture Series &mdash\; Analytic Philosophy in Visegrad Countries
Title: AI and the gaps on the bright side of responsibility
Speaker: Daniela Vacek (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Date and time: 1st of June 2026\, 15:00&ndash\;16:30 CET (3:00&ndash\;4:30 p.m. CET)
Format: Online lecture \;
Organised by: Matej Bel University in Banská\; Bystrica (Slovakia)\, University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)\, and University of Warsaw (Poland)\, with the support of the Visegrad Fund.
Project website: https://ff.osu.eu/ap-in-v4/
Lecture series page: https://ff.osu.eu/ap-in-v4/lectures/
If you are interested in joining\, please contact: zuzana.rybarikova@osu.cz
Abstract:
I will present a view of gaps in praiseworthiness (known as AI achievement gaps).
This view accepts that such gaps are a genuine concern but also shows that they can be
filled. This activity of &ldquo\;filling a gap&rdquo\;\, however\, requires stretching certain concepts (such as
collective\, vicarious\, or proxy responsibility) beyond their standard boundaries. Doing so\, this
approach allows for ascribing responsibility for the good (or even neutral) outcomes of AI
systems to human stakeholders.
About the speaker
Daniela Vacek is a philosopher based in Bratislava and a researcher affiliated with the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Comenius University in Bratislava. Her work brings together AI ethics\, responsibility\, aesthetics\, and philosophical logic\, with particular interests in artificial intelligence\, fiction and poetry\, and hyperintensional logic. She also led the international Pavel Tichý\; project\, Pavel Tichý\; on Individuals\, Roles\, and God\, a three-year research project supported by the Ian Ramsey Centre at the University of Oxford and funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Her publication record includes recent and forthcoming work in Analysis\, AI &\; Society\, Ethics and Information Technology\, AI and Ethics\, and Synthese\, as well as earlier papers in venues such as British Journal of Aesthetics\, Logic Journal of the IGPL\, Organon F\, and Filozofia.
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