Sloboda i problem djelovanja iz azijskih perspektiva – Buddha i Konfucije

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Title (english): Freedom and the Problem of Action from Asian Perspectives – Buddha and Confucius
• Author: Goran Kardaš
• Author: Ivana Buljan
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Indology and Far East studies)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philosophy

Abstract (croatian)

Članak raspravlja o nekim aspektima Buddhine i Konfucijeve filozofije koji bi mogli biti relevantni za opću filozofsku diskusiju o problemu slobode, slobodnoga djelovanja i o povezanim filozofskim temama. Premda je njihovo filozofsko mišljenje oblikovano u posve različitim jezično-kulturnim i filozofskim okolnostima i pozadinama, obojica se slažu u makar dvije, ali ključne točke. Prvo, mogućnost slobode i slobodnoga djelovanja nije suprotstavljena prirodnom poretku stvari, dapače, ona je omogućena njime; drugo, ta se mogućnost razvija i ostvaruje neprestanim samokultiviranjem i »ugađanjem« prema svijetu »kako biva«. U kontekstu suvremenih diskusija o problemu odnosa između slobodne volje i determinizma, možemo reći da su Buddha i Konfucije bili na poziciji »kompatibilizma«, dapače, na poziciji da je slobodno djelovanje uopće moguće jedino u kontekstu (mekog) determinizma koji svijet promatra pod vidom uvijek mijenjajućih i uvjetujućih okolnosti i »obrazaca«, a ne pod vidom čvrstog (mehaničkog) i linearnog determinističkog kauzaliteta.

Abstract (english)

The paper discusses certain aspects of Buddha’s and Confucius’ philosophy that could be relevant for the general philosophical discussion on the problem of freedom, free action and related philosophical themes. Although their philosophical thinking was shaped in a rather different linguistic, cultural and philosophical milieu and background, both thinkers are in agreement at least twofold. Firstly, the possibility of freedom and free action is not opposed to the natural order of things, quite contrary, it is enabled by this order. Secondly, this possibility is being realised through never-ending self-cultivation and attunement to the world as it is. In the context of contemporary discussions on the problem of the relationship between free will and determinism, it could hence be said that both thinkers are on the position of “compatibilism”, nay, on the position that free action is possible only in the context of (soft) determinism that sees nature (or the world) as ever-changing and conditioning circumstances and “patterns”, and not bound to strict (mechanical) and linear deterministic causality.

• Keywords (croatian): Buddha; Konfucije; djelovanje; samokultiviranje; intencionalnost; ugađanje
• Keywords (english): Buddha; Confucius; action; self-cultivation; intentionality; attunement; wuwei
• Language: croatian
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Filozofska istraživanja
• Numbering: vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 65-87
• p-ISSN: 0351-4706
• e-ISSN: 1848-2309
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.21464/fi41105
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:771002
• Publication: 2021
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/251415
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-04-23 14:08:42