Mounting evidence documents the extraordinary toll on human health resulting from the consumption of unhealthy food products and physical inactivity. Diseases related to poor nutrition – such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some cancers – are among the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. Poor diet and lack of exercise come second only to tobacco use in actual causes of preventable death in this country. It is estimated that 6% of all adult health care, 7% (...) of Medicare, and 11% of Medicaid expenditures are attributable to obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the direct medical cost associated with physical inactivity was nearly $76.6 billion in 2000.In response to America's growing obesity problem, local policymakers have been looking for legal strategies to adopt in their communities to encourage healthful behaviors. Taking the lead from the successful tobacco control movement, nutrition advocates are seeking strategies to “denormalize” unhealthy behaviors, rather than pursuing education-based approaches that encourage individuals to change their own personal behavior. (shrink)

Clanak raspravlja o odnosu izmedju paradigmatskog statusa filma i upotrebe filmskih analogija u psihoanalitickom diskursu filozofije Slavoja Zizeka koji cini temelj njegovog kritickog diskursa o drustvu i kulturi uopce. U prvom dijelu, polazeci od novijih rasprava medju nekolicinom engleskih i americkih sveucilisnih intelektualaca o kontroverznim vidovima djelovanja Slavoja Zizeka u akademskoj zajednici i na siroj javnoj sceni, u prvom dijelu clanka prikazuju se neki usporedni primjeri i unutrasnji pokretaci kontroverzije sadrzaj-forma u filozofiji i pop-kulturi te Zizekovo razumijevanje te kontroverzije. U (...) drugom dijelu raspravlja se o Zizekovim sporadicnim refleksijama o meta-egzemplifikaciji i obrazlaze teza da kod Zizeka, na pretpostavkama ontologije virtualnog, presutno djeluje dvostruka, paradigmatska i analogijska, koncepcija inherencije u odnosu primjera i principa te zamjena analogije predmet? analogijom analiz?, sto stvara tipican konflikt izmedju metonimijske i metaforicke evazivnosti diskursa. Na toj pozadini vrednuje se ponovo opci prigovor protiv Zizeka o?virtualnom totalitarizmu? lisenom kontingencije smisla i ukazuje na mjesto subjekta izvan diskursa kao druge osnove za analizu uvjeta istinitosti. U trecem dijelu ispituje se i metodoloski vrednuje Zizekovo vlastito razumijevanje njegovog postupka filmske ilustracije i njegovo osebujno performativno razrjesenje epistemoloskog problema filmske interpretacije kroz montazu imaginarne identifikacije ili?empatije? s filmskim objektima, koje s?m naziva?perverzijom? ili?ljubavlju?. U cetvrtom dijelu analizira se ocigledni nesrazmjer izmedju Zizekove primjene doktrinarnih zaliha psihoanalize u kritici kinematografije, s jedne strane, i njegove teorijski oskudno razradjene apoteoze?kinematickog materijalizma?. Argumentira se da taj nerazmjer donosi u rezultatu ono sto Zizek odbija u nacelu: supstituciju materijalizma analize i kontingencije uvjeta u potrazi za istinskom holistickom koncepcijom smisla, sto, u konzekvenciji, izokrece psihoanaliticki diskurs o kinematografiji u hermeneuticki. (shrink)

Autor u tekstu kritički analizira Berdjajevljevu filozofiju stvaralaštva, iz cjelovitosti njegove filozofske misli, s posebnim naglaskom na odnosu sa slobodom. Započinje svoje ispitivanjem uvođenjem u egzistencijalnost autorova promišljanja teme i iznošenjem temeljnih pojmova. Potom slijedi istraživanje metafizičko-antropoloških temelja čovjekove sposobnosti za istinsko stvaranje. Kako ne bi bilo zabune oko naravi ljudskog stvaralaštva iz ‘meonske’ slobode, razjašnjena je bitna distinkcija između ljudskog i Božjeg stvaranja. Analizira se teurgija, kao specifičan oblik ljudskog stvaralaštva i način nadilaženja tragedije stvaralaštva. Kritički se ispituje struktura (...) čovjekova stvaralaštva, kao odnos čovjeka stvaraoca i svijeta. Konačno se nudi osnova za jednu buduću filozofiju čovjeka zasnovanu na ideji stvaralaštva.This article critically analyses Berdiaev’s philosophy of creativity in integrity of his philosophi­cal thought, with special emphasis on relation between creativity and freedom. The author be­gins his investigation with introduction in existentiality of Berdiaev’s analysis of the topic andwith explanation of fundamental concepts. Then follows investigation of metaphysical-anthro­pological foundations of human ability for genuine creativity. To avoid misunderstandings con­cerning nature of human creativity from ‘meonic freedom’, essential difference between humanand God’s creativity is explained. The article also analyses theurgy as specific form of humancreativity and a way to surpass tragedy of creativity. Structure of man’s creativity is criticallyanalysed as relation between man the creator and the world. Finally, it is offered a groundworkfor one future philosophy of man based on the idea of creativity. (shrink)

The present article deals with Heidegger’s research into boredom. The phenomenon cannot be simply described as an emotion but as a fundamental attunement, which represented a pathway to being qua being for Heidegger. Many scholars have argued that the philosopher’s treatment of the phenomenon led to sublimation or transgression in describing it beyond its phenomenological limits. While I agree with the general assessment, I also believe that there is a need to expand the argument further. I will argue that the (...) cause of such transgression lies mainly in Heidegger’s inability to separate the truth from the notion of meaning or sense. (shrink)

Tekst prikazuje i komentira zbornik od deset priloga kulturno studijskih, semioloških i etnografskih analiza posvećenih različitiim oblicima i razinama diskurzivne reprezentacije i reprodukcije stvarnosti »domaćeg« socijalističkog načina života u bivšoj Jugoslaviji i Hrvatskoj, u njegovim različitim historijskim fazama, u njegovim službenim i neslužbenim oblicima diskurzivnih procedura . Pored uvodne usporedbe s tematski ili metodološki sličnim publikacijama, tekst daje tematski i tipski pregled obuhvaćenih priloga, a opširno se komentiraju dva priloga: programski tekst zbornika, posvećen ideji etnografije socijalizma u odnosu na nasljeđe (...) etnologije, s obzirom na njegove eksplicitne i implicitne znanstveno teorijske pretpostavke; također se s obzirom na teorem arbitrarnosti znaka komentira prilog posvećen retoričkoj analizi diskursa tzv. liberalne političke disidencije socijalizma u Beogradu 80-ih godina, posvećen dokazivanju odgovornosti inteligencije za društvenu katastrofu bivše Jugoslavije kroz analizu veze između »riječi i činova«.The paper reviews and comments on an anthology of ten analyses of cultural studies, semiology and ethnography, all centring on the different forms and levels of discursive representation and reproduction of the reality of the »domestic« socialist way of life both in former Yugoslavia and Croatia, in its most diverse historical phases, in its both official and unofficial forms of discursive procedures . In addition to the introductory comparison with thematically or methodologically similar publications, the paper also reviews the themes and types of the contributions, while particularly focusing on two papers: the anthology’s programmatic text tackling the idea of socialism’s ethnography in relation to the legacy of ethnology, in respect of its both explicit and implicit scientific theoretical presuppositions. Furthermore, in respect of the theorem of the arbitrariness of signs, the paper also comments on the contribution dealing with the rhetorical analysis of the discourse of the so-called liberal political dissidence of socialism in Belgrade during the 1980s, proving the responsibility of intelligence for the social catastrophe of former Yugoslavia through the analysis of the relation between »words and deeds«. (shrink)

Inquisitive logic is an extension of classical logic which can express questions. To enable this expressiveness, a possible world semantics is used. So, it is natural to combine inquisitive and modal logic, thus obtaining the inquisitive modal logic $$\textrm{InqML}$$. This paper contributes to the model theory of $$\textrm{InqML}$$. We show that the filtration technique can be adapted to the inquisitive logic semantics. Using filtrations, we prove that $$\textrm{InqML}$$ has the finite model property, i.e., every satisfiable formula is satisfiable in a (...) finite model. As a consequence, we obtain that $$\textrm{InqML}$$ is decidable. Finally, we study filtrations over particular model classes and we prove that some extensions of $$\textrm{InqML}$$ are also decidable. (shrink)

U radu se komentiraju neki aspekti filozofske relevancije Bhagavadgîte povodom novog izdanja u hrvatskom prijevodu Gorana Kardaša s kritičkim aparatom i intertekstualnom studijom: s jedne strane, intertekstualnost se, kao imanentnije načelo analize, prikazuje kao legitimni nastavak logike komparativizma u historijama ideja i ujedno kao nužni supstitut komparativne metode; s druge strane, intertekstualnost se kao načelo analize prevodi sa filološke i sadržajno-historijske razine analize u model sinkronijskog poretka različitih diskursâ. Takva zamjena filološke razine konceptualnom i diskurzivnom omogućuje da se na Bhagavadgîti (...) uoče kako »postmoderne« forme iskaza tako i neki temeljni sadržajni koncepti koji se tradicionalno pripisuju »modernosti« od Kantove ideje »moralnosti« i njezine kritike u Hegelovoj ideji »običajnosti«; završno se komentiraju još jednom razlozi poznatog zaokreta u Hegelovu stavu prema »isključenju filozofije Istočnjaka« iz povijesti filozofije nakon pojave Gîte u prijevodu Wilhelma von Humboldta, čiji jezično-teorijski rad predstavlja ishodište suprotne, nietzscheovske linije suvremene filozofije.This paper comments on some of the aspects of the philosophical relevance of Bhagavad-Gîtâ inview of the fact that a new edition was published in Croatian translation by Goran Kardaš with acritical review and an intertextual study: on the one hand, intertextuality – as a more immanentprinciple of analysis – is disclosed as the legitimate extension of the logic of comparativism inthe histories of ideas and, at the same time, as the necessary substitute for the comparative met­hod; on the other hand, however, intertextuality – as a principle of analysis – is transposed fromthe philological and content-historical level of analysis into a model of a synchronic system ofdiverse discourses. Such substitutions of the philological level with a conceptual and discursivelevel enable one to recognise both “postmodern” forms of expression and a number of fundamental content concepts inBhagavad-Gîtâ, concepts which have traditionally been ascribed to “modernism” from Kant’sidea of “reflective morality” and its critique in Hegel’s idea of “morality” as custom. Finally,the author comments on the reasons behind the famous change in Hegel’s attitude towards “theexclusion of Eastern philosophy” from the history of philosophy as a result of the publicationof Gîtâ in Wilhelm von Humboldt’s translation, whose linguistic-theoretical work represents theorigin of the opposite, Nietzschean line of contemporary philosophy. (shrink)

The text deals with the recently renewed issue of?antiphilosophy? in the self-understanding of some prominent contemporary continental philosophers but not only them, such as Alain Badiou and Slavoj Zizek, both referring to the psychoanalyst and theoretician of discourse Jacques Lacan. Starting with a metaphorical analysis of the verdict made by Marx of?merely interpretive? character of philosophy in relation to?the study of real world? and with his comparison of philosophy with?masturbation?, the text addresses new appeals to?antiphilosophy? as samples of a token (...) or rather, as cases of a syndrome connected with Jocasta?s rationalization of Oedipus? curse. It was her discourse based on general rules of rationality with which she unconsciously attempted to avoid the confrontation with the truth of an event which had already occurred. In the text, presuppositions and consequences of such an analogy between ancient and contemporary philosophical material are discussed in order to show-on the basis of arguing that the unconscious is located within rational processes that subjects undertake in order to respond to rational needs -that contemporary discussion about?antiphilosophy? by left-wing philosophers bears unacknowledged tendencies to unconsciously reduce Marx? algorithm of?realization of philosophy? to the Hegelian negation of the negation and to integrate it into the discourse of academic philosophy. Tema teksta je nedavno iznova pokrenuto pitanje "antifilozofije" u samorazumijevanju nekih prominentnih suvremenih evropskih filozofa, ali ne samo njih, kao sto su Alain Badiou i Slavoj Zizek koji se obojica pozivaju na psihoanaliticara i teoreticara diskursa Jacquesa Lacana. Polazeci od metaforicke analize Marxovog iskaza o "puko interpretativnom" karakteru filozofije u odnosu na "studij stvarnog zivota" i od njegove usporedbe filozofije s masturbacijom, tekst se obraca novim pozivanjima na "antifilozofiju" tretirajuci ih kao primjerke jednog tipa, ili radije kao slucajeve jednog sindroma, povezanog s Jokastinom racionalizacijom Edipovog prokletstva; njezin diskurs utemeljen na opcim pravilima racionalnosti nesvjesni je pokusaj izbjegavanja susreta s istinom dogadjaja koji se vec dogodio. U tekstu se ispituju pretpostavke i posljedice takve analogije izmedju antickog i suvremenog tekstualnog materijala s ciljem da se pokaze - na temelju argumenta da je nesvjesno locirano unutar racionalnih procesa koje subjekt poduzima da bi udovoljio racionalnim potrebama - da suvremeno razumijevanje "antifilozofije" nosi u sebi neprepoznate tendencije na lijevom krilu suvremene filozofije da se Marxov algoritam ozbiljenja filozofije reducira na Hegelovu negaciju negacije i integrira u diskurs akademske filozofije. (shrink)

Prilog ispituje pretpostavku o univerzalnosti metafore i njenu ulogu u diksursu filozofije i nauke. U prvom delu istrazuje se teza o metafori kao?sveproz?imajuc?em sredstvu? i njen uticaj na metadiskurs o filozofiji i nauci u prilozima nekih savremenih epistemologa nauke i filozofije jezika. Cilj rasprave je, s jedne strane, pokazati da se univerzalizacija metafore uglavnom vise odvija kao precutna zamena metafora modelima i analogijama nego kao razrada pretpostavljene konstitutivne uloge genuinih metafora u racionalnom diskursu. Na toj osnovi se u drugom i (...) trecem delu pokusavaju pruziti argumenti za lociranje tradicionalno prepostavljene?iracionalnosti? metafora da bi se iznova promislila vaznost razlike izmedju doslovnosti temeljnih jezickih funkcija s jedne strane i emfaticnih iskaza sadrzanih u metaforickim izrazima s druge strane. Time se sugerise drugaciji model vrednovanja metafora kao univerzalnih, legitimnih i epistemicki inovativnih u racionalnom diskursu filozofije i nauke. Ovakvo gledanje na metafore dopusta da se verovanje u univerzalni karakter prenosa u jeziku i misljenju temelji u univerzalnosti jezicnih funkcija, a ne u posebnosti metafore kao forme izricaja, a da se pri tome metafore i dalje smatraju onim sto zapravo jesu: posebni i ujedno karakteristicni deo jezika bez kojeg nikakav uvid u diferencijalni i materijalni karakter jezika ne bi bio moguc. (shrink)

America’s increasing obesity problem requires federal, state, and local lawyers, policymakers, and public health practitioners to consider legal strategies to encourage healthy eating and physical activity. The complexity of the legal landscape as it affects obesity requires an analysis of coordination across multiple sectors and disciplines. Government jurisdictions can be viewed “vertically,” including the local, state, tribal, and federal levels, or “horizontally” as agencies or branches of government at the same vertical level. Inspired by the successful tobacco control movement, obesity (...) prevention advocates seek comprehensive strategies to “normalize” healthy behaviors by creating environmental and legal changes that ensure healthy choices are the default or easy choices. With many competing demands on diminishing municipal budgets, strategic coordination both vertically and horizontally is essential to foster the environmental and social changes needed to reverse the obesity epidemic. (shrink)