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K rozlíšeniu medzi ontológiou a metafyzikou u E. Lévinasa
Title K rozlíšeniu medzi ontológiou a metafyzikou u E. Lévinasa Par.title On Lévinas' distinction between ontology and metaphysics Author info Jaroslav Cepko Author Cepko Jaroslav 1976- (100%) UMBFH10 - Katedra filozofických vied
Source document Filozofia. Roč. 65, č. 7 (2010), s. 652-663. - Bratislava : Filozofický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2010 Person keywords Lévinas Emanuel francúzsko-židovský filozof 1906-1995 Keywords ontológia - ontology metafyzika - metaphysics Immanence self-transcendence Language Slovak Country Slovak Republic Annotation There are several terms in Levinas' philosophy, to which his reader better should not assign traditional meanings. The paper focuses on Levinas' usage of the terms "ontology" and "metaphysics", which reveal the philosopher's attempt to find their new interpretations. In his perspective, both terms become synonyms of the key concepts of his philosophy. In the context of Levinas' criticism of Western philosophical tradition, "ontology" refers to totalization, i.e. a philosophy aiming at a unity, but at the same time denying the alterity of the Other. "Metaphysics", on the other hand, expresses transcendence leading to plurality and cherishing the otherness. Levinas finds its formal structure in Descartes' idea of the infinity in us and its tangible expression in the ethical attitude towards the Other. Consequently, the term "first philosophy" should be attributed to ethics, not as a normative and casuistic discipline, but as a relation to the Other in his otherness, which the philosophy Public work category ADD No. of Archival Copy 17676 Catal.org. BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici Database xpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ References PERIODIKÁ-Súborný záznam periodika 
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