Roman Kralik

The paper is focused on the quality of life of university students in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Spain and its indicators and predictors. The first goal is to determine the value of the quality of life of university students in the mentioned countries and to determine the degree of their similarity/difference. The second goal...

This article is intended to be an interpretation to the question of truth in Kierkegaardian writings under the pseudonym of Johannes Climacus (mainly from Concluding Unscientific Postscript ), and intended to present, in accordance with his insightful considerations of his time, the most essential points of what might be called a Kierkegaardian dia...

In the digital age, where quick and emotional reactions often outweigh critical thinking, the spread of fake news has become a serious societal issue. This research focuses on a qualitative content analysis of seven expert platforms and initiatives combating fake news in the online environment in Slovakia. The study aims to identify and evaluate ex...

The paper examines the recent trends in international mobility, attractivity for international students, and the number of publications of two universities (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia, CPU and Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia, TSMU) to understand whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected these processes and whet...

The starting point of this theoretical article is the presentation of the issue of media manipulation in the contemporary digital media environment. The theoretical part is followed by a description and analysis of selected factors that create a belief of the individual’s resilience to digital media manipulative elements. Among the seven researched...

we set out to achieve the following objectives: a) to elucidate Kierkegaard‘s notion of truth, basing the analysis on his Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments; b) to contrast Kierkegaard‘s position on truth with respect to Aristotle, Heidegger, Hegel and other exponents of 19th century French positivist philosophy; and c)...

KONDRLA, Peter-MAJDA, Peter-KRÁLIK, Roman-MÁHRIK, Tibor Transformations of Cyrillo-Methodian Tradition in Contemporary Religiosity. The contribution of the Cyrillo-Methodian religious and cultural mission has been described from different perspectives and points of view. The aim of the study is to examine how the basic principles of the Thessalonia...

Aim. Our main purpose is to explain the connection between the work and the intimate existence of Søren Kierkegaard, and how freedom operates in both of them. Concept. The article makes visible new writing ways that open from within Kierkegaard's work. Analytical reading of Kierkegaard's Journals and the comparative interpretation of the rest of Ki...

Among many aspects of reading that were under investigation rightfully and thoroughly, the effect of gender on critical thinking in general and critical thinking strategy use, in particular, seemed to be neglected. The aim of this study is to investigate the possible role of gender in the critical thinking and critical thinking strategy use of EFL...

Aim. The aim of the article is to look for an answer to the question of whether it is worthwhile to deal only with happiness and to leave the exploration of quality of life as something which is not viable, or if it makes sense to deal with both phenomena. If so, what is the relationship between them? At the same time, we ask ourselves whether happ...

In Rabbinic Judaism, he adopted the term „poor“, or humble. Thus, a poor person is one who is often humiliated, humiliated, tormented and oppressed in his life. Four groups of the population are most often mentioned in Tanach as the prototype of the socially weak: widows, orphans, the homeless and slaves. The law remembered them in many provisions...

In the context of considerations on the potential attenuation of the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic with the use of credible social media in online education during a pandemic, the subject of our own research was the fulfillment of two goals. The main research goals were to identify, categorize, and evaluate the possibilities of usi...

This study seeks to explain the differences in the perception of social and pastoral service after the first and second wave pandemic in 2020 among the inhabitants of two neighbouring states, both parts of the former unified Czechoslovakia. Our research study compares subjective perception, needs, and participation among inhabitants of eastern Slov...

The aim of this research was to compare the quality of life among University of the Third Age (U3A) students in Poland, where a novel method of educating seniors is being developed, with the quality of life among students at newly established U3As in Belarus and Ukraine, which have copied the Polish model. The research was also conducted to connect...

The aim of this paper is to clarify why objectivity in the social sciences is a problem, what it consists of and to refer to some specific cases of authors who deal with it. Another aim of the presented paper is to address the problem of measurement in the social sciences. Finally, we present our own conclusions and opinions. In any case, it is not...

The necessity of establishing intercultural communication skills in children and young people is growing in the modern world. Expanding, extending the openness and accessibility of the Internet area, where diverse people with varied ideas, interests, and aspirations meet, plays a significant role in this process. Todays youth are aptly referred to...

Abstract Torat Moshe protects some of the weakest members of society - mothers and unborn children. It points out that death caused by the perpetrator is never an isolated issue. The death of one human being means the death of other potential human beings. The aim of the provision at hand, despite the wrongdoing committed by the perpetrator, was no...

Immediately after the collapse of socialism, post-socialist education remained relatively good. With the end of negative ideological pressure, however, adverse changes began that, unfortunately, have survived. We can identify five negative changes. First came the melding of what was previously the separate training of teachers in primary and second...

Digitalization is one of the key distinctive features of modern environment and social life. Nowadays more and more functions are transferred to the artificial mind. How effective is the replacement of human activity with computer activity? In the given article, this problem is solved by an example of integration of digital technologies into transl...

Rudolf Carnap, one of the most accomplished representatives of logical empiricism, finds himself in discussion with Heidegger in the most radical phase of his work. His radical, critical approach is significant for the syntactic period of Carnap's thought development. Heidegger is, according to Carnap, a philosopher who speaks out against the rules...

Abstract The consequences of global anti-pandemic measures have also affected the field of social work. The authors present in the study the results of their monitoring, especially in the field of interpersonal relationships, negative trends in communication and a clear increase in public interest in conspiracy theories, all of which make it diffic...

Abstract The current post-Covid situation in the social sphere faces the problem not only of the saturation of financial resources but especially the reality of the limited potential of stakeholders for efficiency and development of qualitative aspects of social work in an environment of a changing culture of values and priorities of interests. Thi...

The unprecedented growth of prosperity in developed countries, including the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, interrupted by the economic crisis in 2008–2009, came to a halt at the beginning of 2020. This was due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 respiratory disease pandemic, for which no cure was known in June 2020. The response of governmen...

Various forms of social media (SM) appear to be very popular among young people because they provide information and entertainment, including a wide range of web technologies such as blogs, wikis, online social networks, and virtual networks. SM plays a huge role in the lives of children and teenagers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when...

The paper outlines the adverse consequences and challenges induced by COVID-19 pandemic for the whole world and for universities in particular. The example of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra illustrates the difficulties and challenges caused by the pandemic in relation to the two main activities arising from the university mission-t...

Knowing the thinking and behavior of young people is currently one of the priorities of effective education. It is especially important to know the current changes in the young generation, which are related to the trends that shape and influence this generation. Especially online, last year with COVID-19, the younger generation immersed themselves...

Aim. The aim of this paper is to show and explain the meaning and the importance teaching biblical Hebrew and Aramic in religious education. Method. The paper presents a descriptive study of philosophy of teaching Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic as an integral part of religious education, and at the same time it points out the main problems of this edu...

Aim. In his Kierkegaardian studies Jean Wahl states that there is a fundamental convergence between Plato and Søren Kierkegaard focused on the notions of identity and difference. Wahl suggests a sort of transposition of platonic metaphysics into the sphere of personal subjectivity. This paper intends to explain this passage from the same to the oth...

This article compares two groundings of ethics: the ethical postulates of Immanuel Kant with the existential thinking of S. Kierkegaard. To achieve this goal, first, it proposes highlighting the fundamental ideas of Kantian ethics; then, secondly, highlighting Kierkegaard's ethical stance; and finally, contrasting both approaches to identify differ...

The basic ideas of Judaism are present throughout the year during important Jewish holidays. However, some of these festive motives repeat much more often - even every seven days on the Sabbath holiday. Shabbat integrates a theological, historical and educational dimension. Shabbat is also a fundamental expression of the philosophical principles of...

This article deals with a comprehensive description of the evaluativeness of metaphors in modern English. The evaluation criteria underlying the evaluability of metaphors are determined, variations as an object of evaluation and an agent as a donor of evaluation in the semantic structure of metaphors are considered, axiological types of lexical and...

The authors analyze innovative methods that can help students of cooperative universities to master economic knowledge through a foreign language. The types of professional activities of specialists in the cooperative sphere, where knowledge of a foreign language is necessary, are identified. The difficulties and their causes that students may enco...

DOI: 10.34291/BV2021/01/Roubalova This article focuses on the first recorded crimes (sins) against humanity in the context of the broader and more fundamental issue of human life’s intrinsic value and dignity. An analysis of the views of rabbinic Judaism reveals a network of concepts that are dynamically intertwined. They originate from a strictly...

Recently, educators are becoming interested in exploring the use of mindfulness-based approaches to learning and teaching a foreign language. Through these approaches they tend to reduce stress (for teachers and students alike), enhance and improve classroom atmosphere, and help students to focus their attention, and even think more clearly (Tregen...

This study analyses the factors that influence the second language learning motivation of refugees in Italy. To do so, we have conducted an ethnography by making interviews and questionnaires to adult refugee students of the Italian language. The analysis of the data highlights that the peculiar migration experience of this type of students results...

At present, the educational process applies more and less emphasis on the understanding of geographical patterns and relations between individual components of the landscape sphere. Within the teaching of geography is therefore necessary to apply practical activities which give to the students a better picture of the landscape as a whole composed o...

Introduction. The purpose of the current study is to investigate self-assessment and peer feedback as two helpful strategies for facilitating teaching and learning in language classrooms and to investigate the effects of these techniques on EFL learners' oral performance. Materials and Methods. To achieve the purpose of the study and answer the res...

The article discusses the need for innovative updating and modernization of education in a cooperative university in a digital economy. The relevance of studying the educational process in the university on the basis of its digitalization is due to the expansion of the information space and the idea of digital literacy with the development of techn...

This article focuses on one of the main problems of Kierkegaard"s thought: what is his concept of "individual"? What does it mean for Kierkegaard and how does Kierkegaard use it? In order to answer these questions, we will address his journals; first, the terminological and semantic problem of that concept. Second, the relationship between "den Enk...

Flipped learning has emerged as a unique approach which reverses the traditional in-class lecturing and the role of homework and classroom activities. Using Wen’s Output-driven/Input-enabled instructional model which is well embodied in flipped learning, the present study attempted to assist learners to develop their critical thinking skills throug...

We live in a time of information and prevalent influence of digital media, in which the student moral formation is gaining growing importance during the educational period. The current applied ethics discourse implicitly points to the absence of metaethical bases necessary for the relevant critical assessment of the amount of information the studen...

METAPHYSICS AS A BASE FOR IMPROVING CRITICAL THINKING Roman Králik1, Tibor Máhrik2 The current education system in Slovakia does not achieve the desired results and its quality is still decreasing. The authors of the study believe that one of the reasons for the low international rating of universities in Slovakia is the weak ability of critical...

ABSTRACT Immediately after the collapse of socialism, post-socialist education remained relatively good. With the end of negative ideological pressure, however, adverse changes began that, unfortunately, have survived. We can identify five negative changes. First came the melding of what was previously the separate training of teachers in primary a...

Scientists have always been interested in the question of conditions for emergence of life. The aim of the study is to show the possibilities of life outside of Earth in the logic of possible worlds and through the view of Physics and Astronomy. It is necessary to say that this is not a simple question. It is a topic related to many multidimensiona...

Fascism’s rise to power in Italy directly involved the main exponents of neo-idealism - the dominant philosophy at that time: Giovanni Gentile and Benedetto Croce, who were promoters respectively of the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals and the Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals. At the beginning of the century the two philosophers we...

Central Europe is an ethnically, religiously, geographically, politically and economically diverse area, which is reflected in its great cultural diversity. Slovaks as a nation with their own state, as well as minorities in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia, are a unique ethno-cultural entity and a part of the Central European multicultural and...

The rapid development of using information technology enables scholars to present their work in the worldwide databases, to read works of other colleagues, to be read, to get citations. The primary objective of this study is to show the scholars of Romance languages and linguistics who meet with their projects and publications in Agence Universitai...

Wittgenstein‟s philosophy of Mathematics is concerned relatively few philosophers of Mathematics, historians of Philosophy from the XX century and analytically oriented philosophers. The paper deals with the periodization of Wittgenstein‟s philosophy of Mathematics. It is well known that Wittgenstein‟s philosophy of Mathematics does not correspond...

The presented study describes the importance and meaning of fasting in relation to God. This is a special way of calling to God in the limiting situations of man - in times of grief, anxiety, fear and pain. Fasting is also a reminder and presentation of ancient national disasters in Israel. Fasting of the first-born is an important event that every...

A great number of academic papers dealing with Ludwig Wittgenstein’s (1889-1951) philosophy of religion have been published. Analytical philosophers and philosophers of history have focused on this topic since the 1960’s. This article, therefore, will not attempt to add to the multitude of such studies. A study which would map out Wittgenstein’s ph...

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a radical Christian thinker. As a philosopher, he emphasized the paradoxicality and irreducibility of faith against the dogmaticspeculative view on Christianity, which conceived faith as an objective and systematic knowledge. With regard to his existential commitment, Kierkegaard fought against the religious establ...

Sidra Lech lecha (Bereshit/ Genesis 12,1 - 17,27) is an important passage in the book of Bereshit. The authors of the study analyze the understanding of the text from the point of view of various rabbinical traditions. They focus on the theological and ethical aspects of the creation narrative. They emphasize the concepts of revelation, belief, cov...

Central Europe is an ethnically, religiously, geographically, politically and economically diverse area, which is reflected in its great cultural diversity. Slovaks as a nation with their own state, as well as minorities in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia, are a unique ethno-cultural entity and a part of the Central European multicultural and...

The bringing of the first fruits of the land (i.e. agricultural produce) was an important part of the offerings brought to the Temple in Jerusalem. All of the remaining agricultural produce throughout the year was thereby sanctified and dedicated to God who, in turn, blessed it and, out of His bounty, bestowed it to His chosen people. The first fru...

El artículo es un intento de considerar brevemente el modo de comprender el propósito de la libertad en términos de desarrollo del status en la física de los objetos observados. En primer lugar, trata de definir conceptos tales como “determinismo”, “indeterminismo”, “casualidad” y “predictibilidad”. Luego trata de caracterizar el tema de la predict...

The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) is among those contemporary thinkers who attract considerable attention in the academic world. The present study analyzes Kierkegaard’s interpretation of faith and brings forth its main emphases. Having been influenced by Pietism, Kierkegaard stressed the importance of works which must be visible...

Karol Nandrásky (1927-2016) was a Slovak theologian and professor of the Old Testament. In his numerous studies and monographs, Nandrásky criticized the state of the affairs in the Church and Slovak society. This paper analyses the influence of Søren Kierkegaard on Karl Nandrásky and traces the impacts and inspirations stemming from Nandrásky‟s car...

Kierkegaard is well-known for his noting tendencies of the present age which point in the direction of alienation. Tracking the course of Danish society's moral trajectory Kierkegaard considers recent developments in the direction of the outward, the superficiality of a mindset that craves entertainment and the latest fad. This hunger for entertain...

St. Clement od Ohrid received a rich cultural heritage from Sts. Cyril and Methodius. One of the most important aspects of this heritage was Clement’s strong conviction of to keep the unity among the Slavic nations despite their diversity. The Bible played a key role in this process as the source not only spiritual revival but also of national prid...

The paper analyses possibilities of authentic being in theological and philosophical reflection. Moral conscience of authentic being is understood here as a basic condition of authentic being. Moral conscience is interpreted in two ways. The first focuses on conscience as a tool for making decisions in the moral realm. It obeys exterior laws and no...

This article emphasizes the significant motifs of " The Moment " , Søren Kierkegaard " s strident criticism of the Lutheran Church and the religious conditions in Denmark between 1854 and 1855. His bold case caused commotion not only in Denmark, but also in Germany, the United States, and in Bohemia. No other work has elicited as many vastly differ...

The presented paper analyses Kierkegaard‘s understanding of the man–God relationship. The lily and bird that God takes care of are an example for man. Man‘s anxiety, desire and passion disrupt this relationship between God and man, who forgets about his creator. By means of this story ‗What we learn from the Lilies in the Field and from the Birds i...

Missionary activity is a part of the process of reproduction and growth of most religions. Well established religions, religious communities or new religious movements, they each use different methods of missionary activity and they are based on different and often divergent theological principles. They respect the political conditions but also the...

Aurelius Augustinus, though born to a Christian mother, had undergone a long and tedious spiritual journey in his search for truth and meaning. Youthful hedonism gave way to Skepticism, Manichaeism, and later on to Neo-Platonism as he searched for answers to some of the most pressing existential questions of mankind. Platonism, above all, proved to...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between Kierkegaard´s thought on the philosophy of Tillich’s religion. It is indisputable that Tillich was inspired by Kierkegaard. Tillich used his concepts and saw him as an important representative of existentialism. A common characteristic of both thinkers is the criticism of society and Chur...

The article maps Tillich‟s inspiration by and reception of Søren Kierkegaard. Tillich was inspired by Kierkegaard not only in the general sense of emphasizing the existential dimension of human existence and self-aware reflection, but in the very concrete sense, in overtaking and adapting some key concepts introduced by Kierkegaard almost a century...

The paper interprets the first part of Kierkegaard´s work titled Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays called The High Priest. Kierkegaard wanted to emphasize the idea that suffering human has a right to complain about its life and situation. It was just The High Priest, who suffered most of all - not only economically, he was betrayed by hi...