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Recent Submissions
The concept of intentionality in Paul Grice and Edmund Husserl
(Plovdiv University Press, 2026-08-02) Ivanova, Maria
The text explores a possible meeting between intention in Grice’s theory of communicative
meaning and intentionality in Husserl’s phenomenology. Such a meeting can be thought of after the
particular “return” of the subject in ordinary language philosophy. With its appearance, the subject
overturns referential semantic models, problematizes strict realism, and breaks the ideal unambiguity
of language in use. Meaning begins to be measured through intention - in the formation of sense and
in the mutuality of conversation. Phenomenological intention, however, is a condition for the
constitution of the world. The world is not something already found; it is a transcendental result of the
intentional activity of the subject. This sheds light on both concepts as acts of achieving meaning - one
linguistic and one ontological.
From this perspective, the figure of the Other is especially important. In phenomenology,
intersubjectivity is a condition for the world to gain the status of a shared world, while in language theory, the communicative act becomes empty without mutual orientation toward intentions and their
recognition. In both cases, meaning arises not in isolation, but in contact.
In conclusion, although intention in Grice and intentionality in Husserl belong to different
methodological fields and traditions, they meet in the idea of active directedness as a constitutive
principle of meaning. Through it, the acting subject appears as a bridge between the phenomenology
of lived experience and the philosophy of language, and as the place where world and meaning are
generated.
The еpigenetic code of mental illness: from gene to phenomenon
(Plovdiv University Press, 2026-08-02) Georgieva, Maria
The present text examines the relationship between epigenetics and psychiatry, aiming to
outline key points that show that mental illnesses can be explained through analysis of external
environmental factors. Epigenetics deals precisely with this – it shows that without a change in DNA, it
is possible to observe changes in gene expression, thus giving us the opportunity to trace how certain
processes influenced by the environment are related to mental illnesses. If medicine focuses on the
biological basis of human, then epigenetics draws attention to how a change in the environment can
influence epigenetic processes, unlocked under certain conditions. I will focus on the
phenomenological foundations of human, which has the potential to help trace the way in which
subjective experience is a biological imprint, having a relation to the meaningful construction of
subjective experiences. In this way we will trace ideas that will show that mental illness is not isolated
– it can also be explained through analysis of experiences in the context of the environment.
Microfascism of suffering
(Plovdiv University Press, 2026-08-02) Panayotov, Stanimir
What does it mean to suffer socially due to ideology? Can we understand the social and
ideological suffering associated with contemporary forms of fascism? This text aims to answer these
questions in the following ways. First, I introduce and question the current circulation of concepts of
“fascism” in order to diagnose whether “fascism” is an operationally and reflectively adequate concept
reflecting ideology. Second, I consider the so-called “ideological suffering” (Deyan Deyanov) and
“suffering by society” (Svetlana Sabeva) as socioanalytic tools for thinking and investigating potentially
fascist forms of ideological suffering. Third, to support the socioanalytic analysis of ideological suffering
and the understanding of fascism-as-suffering, I turn retroactively to the concepts of “micropolitics”
and “microfascism” (Félix Guattari), arguing that they lead to a substantial explanation of many
everyday manifestations of “fascism.” My main thesis is that the ideological suffering of phenomena
that we today think of as extremist is, in essence, microfascist practices of social suffering. Fascism as
an “extremity”, however, cannot socioanalytically explain this suffering, but rather the socioanalysis of
microfascism can do so.
Reformation of the image: religious utopia and aesthetics in 17th century art
(Plovdiv University Press, 2026-08-02) Valkanov, Dessislav
The article is a philosophical reflection on European art of the 16th–17th centuries in the
context of a broader, recurring pattern in the development of human utopias. Its object of analysis is
the failure of the utopia of faith in the last great movement within Christianity: the protestant
Reformation. The great surge of enthusiasm for returning to the Word and moral renewal was followed
by disappointment, disintegration, and a loss of spiritual force. The efforts to realize the religious ideal
exposed hidden metaphysical constraints. Human weakness transformed the promise of infinite divine
grace, accessible through a new type of worship, preaching, and action, into a torrent of words,
disputes, and conflicts, without the expected transformation of life. This collapse is reflected in art,
which gradually withdrew from the divine into the sphere of the material, individual experience, and
everyday life, marked by the absence of the great ideas of faith and spirit.
Tracing the memory (part two)
(Plovdiv University Press, 2026-08-02) Asparuhov, Valentin; Pendzhekova-Hristeva, Rusalena
Drawing on the philosophical discourse on memory, time, and heritage, the present study
explores how archives illuminate the structures and dynamics of individual and collective
representations of social interactions, cultural conflicts, and identity transformations. Building on this
theoretical perspective, the analysis shifts its focus to the empirical case of Mini Maritsa Iztok. The
study's hypotheses are grounded in archival data and a selection of illustrative examples with indicative
value. The research is structured around two main focal points: 1) the characteristics of the archival
heritage of Mini Maritsa Iztok and its significance as a primary source base for reconstructing
institutional, economic, and social processes; and 2) the possibilities for a philosophical interpretation
of institutional memory, with particular emphasis on its contemporary manifestations and meanings
as reflected in language.