Vuk-Pavlovićevi stavovi o Lockeovu nauku

Abstract

Opus Pavla Vuk-Pavlovića obuhvaća i stavove o nauku britanskog filozofa Johna Lockea, posebice o njegovoj spoznajnoj teoriji, filozofiji odgoja i filozofiji politike. Te stavove Vuk-Pavlović je iznio u monografiji Spoznaja i spoznajna teorija, zatim u spisu Mogućnost i granice estetskog uzgoja u vidu individualne i socijalne pedagogike te u članku »Misaoni put J. J. Rousseaua (O 180. obljetnici smrti)«. Sadržaj Vuk-Pavlovićevih stavova ukazuje na njegovu upućenost u Lockeove zapise objavljene u djelu Ogled o ljudskom razumu, u djelu Neke misli o odgoju i u djelu Dvije rasprave o vladi. Najbrojnija Vuk-Pavlovićeva očitovanja o Lockeu nedvojbeno su ona o spoznajnoj teoriji. Vuk-Pavlović je izrazio neslaganje s Lockeovim promišljanjima o supstanciji, kauzalitetu i zakonu, a onda i s tim što Locke nije razgraničio primarne od sekundarnih kvaliteta, kao ni senzaciju od refleksije. No, Vuk-Pavlović je podržavao Lockeovu filozofiju odgoja. Međutim, kada se očitovao o Lockeovoj filozofiji politike, Vuk-Pavlović je ponovno bio vrlo kritičan: Lockeov konstitucionalizam ocijenio je promašenim.

Pavao Vuk-Pavlović’s opus includes his attitudes towards the teaching of the British philosopher John Locke, especially towards his theory of knowledge, philosophy of education and political philosophy. Vuk-Pavlović expressed those attitudes in his monograph Knowledge and Theory of Knowledge, then in his writings Possibility and Limitations of Aesthetical Cultivation in Regard to Individual and Social Pedagogy, and in his article “J. J. Rousseau’s Line of Thought (On the 180th Anniversary of His Death)”. The contents of Vuk-Pavlović’s attitudes show that he was familiar with Locke’s claims published in his work An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in his work Some Thoughts Concerning Education, and in his work Two Treatises of Government. The most numerous Vuk-Pavlović’s accounts on Locke are, undoubtedly, those concerning theory of knowledge. Vuk-Pavlović expressed his discordance wit Locke’s interpretations of substance, causality and law, as well as with Locke’s lack of differentiation between primary and secondary qualities, and between sensation and reflection. But, Vuk Pavlović upbore Locke’s philosophy of education. However, when he wrote on Locke’s political philosophy, Vuk-Pavlović was again very critical: he considered Locke’s constitutionalism worthless.