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The text presents basic problems of the modern philosophy: the understanding of God, the question of the individual, the ideal state arrangement and the question of freedom and history, the issue of cognition, the question of reason and sense, as well as language and the issue of a system in philosophy.

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This book is divided into nine chapters trying to draw attention to the various aspects of the understanding of God, to the question of the individual, the ideal state arrangement, and the question of freedom (free will) as well as of history. Special attention is paid to the issue of cognition, the question of reason and sense, as well as language and the issue of a system in philosophy. The chapters are arranged to show the historical characteristics of the issues with an introduction of the key approach and ideas with references.

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Contents: The question of God - The issue of the freedom of man - The problem of cognition - Socio-philosophical writings - Philosophy of history and the history of philosophy - Sense vs. reason - Understanding nature - Language in modern philosophy - Modern philosophy as a philosophy of large systems.

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Andrej Démuth is a Professor of philosophy at the Trnava University. His research focuses on modern philosophy, epistemology and cognitive studies.

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