The book “Cut off the king’s head : Foucault's legacy” provides a concise introduction to Foucault's work. It leads us through the pioneering breakthroughs in the history of the institutions and the analysis of their underlying mechanisms, through the examination of epistemological presumptions of social sciences, through the methodological problems of archeology of knowledge, further through the subsequent project of the history of sexuality, through new interpretation of the enlightenment and finally through the analysis of the political implications of his own theory.
COBISS.SI-ID: 249076992
The book presents an overview of the history of relations between scientific knowledge and society. The aim of the book is to set clear and simple criteria how to evaluate science and the university as social institutions.
COBISS.SI-ID: 255702528
The paper presents an analysis of Lyotard's solution to the problem of the relationship between philosophy and scientific knowledge. The study takes two paths. On one hand, it tries to critically analyze the actuality of Lyotard'stheory on legitimacy. During this analysis the study exposes some of its weak points, especially regarding the status of ontology. On the other hand, the study proceeds through a return to Plato's original attempts to define knowledge through its separation from the simple opinion.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31173165
The article discusses the modern atheistic writers: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett. Specifically, their understanding of the relationship between knowledge and beliefs.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1247310
The article addresses the history of the relationship between science and technology and its importance to society from ancient times until today. We are particularly interested in the value of useful knowledge and the relationship between basic and applied science.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1328462