Affiliation:
1. Odeljenje za filozofiju, Filozofski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu
Abstract
In the presentation, I will deal with the meaning of the word ?hope?, as well
as the analysis of cases in which its use is rational and justified. First,
I will present the classical meaning of that word, that is, the meaning in
which it is most often used today, as well as the conceptual network within
which its meaning is most often analyzed. Then I will examine the
relationships between the meaning of that word and the meaning of the words
possibility, desire, belief and faith, optimism, as well as the word
expectation. Then I will move on to the latest attempts to better determine
the meaning of that word, due to some counterexamples, which threaten the
classical analysis.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia