News

The Wrocław copy of the important medieval encyclopaedia of natural history and medicine Hortus sanitatis (The Garden of Health) offers, among other things, valuable evidence for the richness of Czech intellectual life in the Renaissance. This copy and its significance will soon be presented by classical philologist Dr Antoine Haaker during his research stay at the Centre for Classical Studies of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Dr Haaker is a classical philologist from France, working at the Wrocław University Library, where he is known for his crucial role in identifying and recovering several stolen medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and valuable early...

Social media and generative AI are transforming the online information environment, making it harder to distinguish credible sources, trustworthy claims and human-generated content from synthetic material. This weakens citizens’ ability to form and revise their views independently—an essential condition for democratic deliberation and self-determination. As current EU regulation does not sufficiently address these changes, a group of experts affiliated with the Centre for Environmental and Technology Ethics – Prague (CETE-P) at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences presents three key recommendations in a new Policy Paper.

The latest Annual Report of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences goes beyond the legally required information, offering a vivid overview of the Institute’s research activities and its role in public debate. Browse online...