L’esteriorizzazione come facoltà “particolare” dell’anima e dello spirito: sfumature e processi nella filosofia di Pavol Strauss (1912-1994)
Peter Juan Pablo Maria Bako
Tópicos April 1, 2026 DOI: 10.21555/top.v750.3358 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Pavol Strauss conceptualizes exteriorization as a human faculty that operates through ten distinct processes, distinguishing his view from Augustinian and Thomistic traditions by framing it as a power of the spirit as well as the soul. |
Abstract
Exteriorization expresses different meanings in the field of philosophy that often lead to various conclusions categorized within the theories of extended mind. Slovak philosopher Pavol Strauss (1912-1994) tends to focus on the notion of exteriorization under his phenomenological-existentialist optic. Strauss understands exteriorization under the structure of his anthropological conception of human beings and examines its functions, manifestations, and processes. Both exteriorization and interiorization are located by Strauss among the human faculties, but their function is not that assigned to them by the Augustinian or Thomistic traditions: Strauss does not define these two faculties only as powers of the soul, but also as powers of the spirit. Exteriorization and interiorization are both faculties particular to human beings. In this article, I discuss the principal descriptions of ten processes in which the faculty of exteriorization plays a role and manifests its singularity and impact.