Editorial

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 Ken Wilde Es e ika: The Cen al Eu opean Jou nal o Aes he ics, LVI/XII, 2019, No. 1, 3–4 3 Zlom1_2019_Ses a a 1 5.4.19 8:01 S ánka 3 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 4Es e ika: he Cen al Eu opean Jou nal o Aes he ics, LV/XI, 2018, No. 2, 00–00 Zlom1_2019_Ses a a 1 5.4.19 8:01 S ánka 4