20.500.12556/RUL-178285 Is Freedom Nothing? Ali je svoboda nič? This paper raises and discusses the possibility that freedom and nothing are the same phenomenon. Consequently, whether this identification is true or false affects the fundamental understanding of the nature of free will and tests whether moral life is absurd or not. In the introductory section, the problem and the methodology are briefly presented. In the first two parts, the problem of the nature of freedom is explored and its similarity to nothing is brought closer, first through the debate on free will and then through Kant’s cosmological theory of freedom. Having the similarity given in brief, the next two parts explore the relation between freedom and nothing, first by examining the problem of the existence of nothing in order to further emphasize the convergence of the two concepts, and then by defining the results of the relevant possibilities for their sameness. The concluding suggestions are that: (1) positively oriented theories of freedom in the Western philosophical tradition should be carefully revised, because the absorption of nothing into freedom either relegates them to the disposition of determinism, rendering the concept impossible, or challenges to accept it on the basis of personal belief, rather than justified argument; and (2) a universal solution to the problem of free will most likely require close communication with the Eastern philosophical tradition, which has made significant theoretical contributions to the problem of the relation between freedom and nothing. Prispevek izhaja iz predpostavke, po kateri sta svoboda in nič en in isti pojav. Pokaže, da imata resničnost ali neresničnost te istovetnosti neposreden vpliv na temeljno razume-vanje narave svobodne volje. V tem kontekstu avtor preverja, ali je moralno življenje potemtakem absurdno. Uvodni del članka na kratko predstavi obravnavani problem in metodologijo raziskave. V prvih dveh poglavjih sta obravnavana problem narave svobode in njena podobnost z ničem, najprej v razpravi o svobodni volji in nato na podlagi Kan-tove kozmološke teorije svobode. Po kratkem prikazu te podobnosti se avtor v naslednjih dveh poglavjih poglobi v razmerje med svobodo in ničem – najprej z obravnavo proble-ma obstoja niča, s čimer še dodatno poudari njuno konvergenco, nato pa z opredelitvijo možnih posledic morebitne istovetnosti. Sklepne trditve so: (1) pozitivno naravnane teor-ije svobode v zahodni filozofski tradiciji bi bilo treba natančno revidirati, saj absorpcija niča v pojem svobode te teorije bodisi podredi determinizmu – kar bi izničilo pojem svobode – bodisi zahteva njegovo sprejetje zgolj na ravni osebnega prepričanja, torej brez racionalne utemeljitve; in (2) univerzalna rešitev problema svobodne volje bo na-jverjetneje zahtevala poglobljen dialog z vzhodno filozofsko tradicijo, ki je pomembno prispevala k osvetlitvi problema razmerja med svobodo in ničem. freedom nothing free will nothingness morality action Immanuel Kant svoboda nič svobodna volja ničnost morala delovanje Immanuel Kant true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-01-22 13:11:16 2026-01-22 13:11:19 2026-01-27 11:37:15 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 0 Str. 95-133 no. 3 Vol. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-09-01 2232-5131 2350-4226 https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2025.13.3.95-133 RAZ_Perusic_Luka_0.pdf RAZ_Perusic_Luka_0.pdf 1 3E6CEC62158979E3FBEBE7DEE2A9967C 906a5221b765e4ac3a7f22a2edc65a683d3b869b5b5bfe4f706d7ed78cec5b9a c8a1d57f-f78b-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=225991 https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/20665 0 2125b9b8-fb6c-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=226240 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0