Eugen Zeleňák

Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Member

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I am an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia. My main areas of interest are philosophy of history (historical explanation, historical narrative, semantics of history, historical representation), philosophy of science (explanation, causation, realism debate), and metaphysics.

Please, feel free to write me [eugen.zelenak(at)ku.sk] regarding any of the papers listed below I could not upload because of the copyright restrictions.
Address: Ružomberok, Zilinsky kraj, Slovakia

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How not to construe strong constructivism in philosophy of history

Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice, 2024

Over the last couple of years, several interesting books which formulate a realist approach to hi... more Over the last couple of years, several interesting books which formulate a realist approach to history appeared. Their authors, Tor Egil Førland, Branko Mitrović and Adam Timmins, are very critical of what they conceive as a widespread constructivist tendency in philosophy of history and they argue for realist accounts instead. In my text, I focus specifically on the views of Timmins. After briefly introducing some of the key points presented in his book I explore constructivist understanding he opposes and some of the tenets of his realist understanding of history. I dispute his claim that constructivists maintain the past does not exist and I argue that his examination of one version of constructivism, irrealism defended by Paul Roth, is incorrect.
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On Plurality and Relativism in History

Journal of the Philosophy of History, 2023

The existence of differing historical interpretations of the same happenings and the consequences... more The existence of differing historical interpretations of the same happenings and the consequences of this phenomenon have attracted scholarly attention and deserve to be studied in the future by philosophers of history. Plurality repeatedly surfaces in historical discussions and relativism seems to be one of the obvious conclusions drawn from the existence of competing historical accounts. In my paper, I begin with plurality in history to examine further the issue of relativism. I focus on the dualism of scheme and content as being at the root of relativity and subsequently argue that abandoning this type of dualism is one way how to avoid relativism even within a broadly constructivist view of history. The discussion is, moreover, linked to the issue of how historians present their accounts: Do they offer representations of the past or should we think about their outcomes in a different way?

TOR EGIL FØRLAND, Values, Objectivity, and Explanation in Historiography, New York – London 2017, Routledge, 194 pp., ISBN 978-1-138-20373-0

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