EDITORIAL
Since i s elaunch as an in e na ional jou nal o aes he ics in 2008, Es e ika has
g own in o one o he cen al o ums o wo k on aes he ics and philosophy o
a , seeking o c oss he adi ional bounda ies be ween Anglo-Ame ican and
cen al Eu opean adi ions o hough . A pa icula ly impo an pe iod in
he de elopmen o Es e ika in o i s cu en o m was when Fabian Do sch was
Edi o -in-Chie om 2012 un il his unexpec ed and un imely dea h in 2017. Unde
Fabian’s leade ship, Es e ika s a ed publishing a icles exclusi ely in English,
adop ed he iple-blind pee - e iew p ocess, and os e ed a close ela ionship
wi h he Eu opean Socie y o Aes he ics – a socie y whose e y o ma ion owed
a lo o Fabian’s ini ia i e. I has been an honou o me o assume he du ies o
Edi o -in-Chie o Es e ika om Zol án Papp, who led he jou nal in he in e im
since 2017. I eel ex emely lucky o be able o begin my wo k wi h he o iginal,
expe ienced, and dedica ed edi o ial commi ee o Es e ika. We a e pleased o pay
ibu e o Fabian’s wo k in his i s issue o 2019 by publishing he winning essay
o he Fabian Do sch Eu opean Socie y o Aes he ics Essay P ize, ‘Tales o D ead’
by Ma k Windso .
Es e ika s i es o be a gene alis jou nal in he ield o philosophical aes he ics.
Ou ambi ion is o build b idges no only be ween anglophone and Con inen al
adi ions o hough bu also be ween his o ical and con empo a y iews,
be ween aes he ics and o he ields o academic esea ch, and indeed be ween
aes he ics and o he a eas o philosophy. Fo aes he ics does no ha e o be
he un idy ‘s epsis e ’ in he house o philosophy, unable o unwilling o ‘make
he sel gene ally use ul a ound he house’, as Mon oe Bea dsley sugges ed in his
Aes he ics. In ac , he con ibu ions published in his issue es i y o he opposi e.
The issue opens wi h an in e disciplina y dialogue be ween Pe e Lama que
and Nigel Wal e on he conse a ion o his o ic buildings and whe he hese
could be unde s ood as ‘ongoing communal na a i es’. The dialogue p o ides an
in e es ing exchange on he bene i s and po en ial dange s o appealing o
na a i e in he con ex o a chi ec u al conse a ion, highligh ing he diffe ences
o emphasis wi hin he disciplines o philosophy and a chi ec u e espec i ely.
Ano he pe spec i e on he cons uc ion o s o ies, albei one o mula ed by
e e ence o ic ion, is gi en by Pa ik Engisch’s a icle ‘Pa chwo k Puzzles and
he Na u e o Fic ion’. Focusing on he composi ion o and he eade ’s
engagemen wi h ic ion, he a icle se s ou o dissol e he ension Ka hleen
S ock has iden i ied in G ego y Cu ie’s accoun .
The dialogue be ween Lama que and Wal e also p o ides an oppo uni y o
e lec on he p ac ice o philosophy i sel by e e ence o he no ion o
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conse a ion. Could he chu ch ha ‘wishes o emo e pews o accommoda e
g ea e li u gical lexibili y o addi ional communal uses’, o bo ow Wal e ’s
example, be compa ed o Bea dsley’s ‘house o philosophy’ ha may wish o ge
id o Kan ’s anscenden al me hod o philosophy and s ill sus ain he key insigh s
o Kan ’s accoun o pu e judgemen s o as e? The book symposium Is Psychology
Rele an o Aes he ics?, discussing Bence Nanay’s and Mu ay Smi h’s ecen
monog aphs on he in e ace be ween aes he ics and psychology, ela es o his
e y ques ion. Fo as no ed by Elisabe h Schellekens and as acknowledged
by Nanay himsel , Nanay’s accoun o aes he ic expe ience eme ging om
he con empo a y s udy o pe cep ion has no iceable affini ies wi h Kan ’s
posi ion in spi e o ob iously ejec ing he Kan ian concep ion o philosophy as
me hodologically dis inc om he empi ical sciences.
The iews p esen ed by Nanay, Smi h, and She i I in unde sco e he p omise
ha wo k in psychology and neu oscience holds o aes he ics. Schellekens, while
sympa he ic o he o e all p ojec , wo ies whe he he na u alized app oach can
coun o aes he ic alue and aes he ic no ma i i y in gene al. Nanay’s esponse,
ha aes he ics is as closely ela ed o me aphysics, epis emology, and philosophy
o mind as i is o alue heo y, is a poin ha canno be emphasized enough. Ye
one may ask whe he he ques ion o no ma i i y does no a ise in epis emology
as well. Fo Kan i ce ainly did. Mojca Kuplen’s a icle ‘Cogni i e In e p e a ion
o Kan ’s Theo y o Aes he ic Ideas’ app oaches he ela ionship be ween
aes he ics and cogni ion om he opposi e di ec ion by b inging Kan ’s his o ical
no ion o aes he ic ideas o bea on he ques ion o g asping abs ac concep s.
In doing so, he a icle also cas s ligh on he no ma i e ques ion a he cen e o
Kan ’s epis emology: how is i possible o combine sensible con en wi h a gene al
concep , which Kan akes o be necessa y o cogni ion?
On behal o he edi o ial commi ee and mysel , I hank he au ho s o hei
con ibu ions as well as he schola s who ha e con ibu ed by se ing as e e ees.
We us ha his issue o Es e ika will p o ide ou eade s wi h in e es ing and
s imula ing eading.
Hanne Appelq is
Edi o -in-Chie
[email p o ec ed]
Edi o ial
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