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This book presents the heritage of the Lvov-Warsaw School from both the historical and the philosophical perspective. The historical view focuses on the beginnings and the dramatic end of the School brought about by the outbreak of World War II. The philosophical view, on the other hand, encompasses a broad spectrum of issues, including logical, epistemological, axiological, and psychological problems, revealing the interdisciplinary nature of studies carried out by Kazimierz Twardowski and his students.
With thirteen diverse and original essays this volume is split into three parts: History, Culture and Axiology; Psychology; and Logic and Methodology. Exploring not only the history of philosophy represented by the Lvov-Warsaw school, the book also reflects on the condition of contemporary philosophy from the perspective of concepts developed by its representatives. Furthermore, the studies presented in this book delve into problems of contemporary science and its distinctiveinterdisciplinary character. This volume is, therefore, not only a collection of analyses of the Lvov-Warsaw School philosophy, but also an investigation into the interdisciplinarity of science and philosophy itself.
List of contents
1. Introduction, Anna Drabarek.- Part I. History, Culture and Axiology.- 2. The Lvov-Warsaw School: Historical and Sociological Comments, Jan Wolenski.- 3. The Victims and the Survivors: the Lvov-Warsaw School and Holocaust, Elzbieta Pakszys.- 4. The Lvov-Warsaw School on the University and its Tasks, Wlodzimierz Tyburski.- 5. The Axiology Project in the Lvov-Warsaw School, Anna Drabarek.- 6. Interpersonal and Intertextual Relations in the Lvov-Warsaw School, Anna Brozek.- Part II. Psychology.- 7. The Relationship Between Judgements and Perceptions from the Point of View of Twardowski's School, Stepan Ivanyk.- 8. On the Lvov School and Methods of Psychological Cognition, Teresa Rzepa.- 9. The Interdisciplinary Nature of Wladyslaw Witwicki's Psychological Investigations, Amadeusz Citlak.- Part III. Logic and Methodology.- 10. Pragmatic Rationalism and Pragmatic Nominalism, in the Lvov-Warsaw School, Witold Marciszewski.- 11. Some Problems Concerning Axiom Systems for Finitely Many-Valued Propositional Logics, Mateusz M. Radzki.- 12. The Methodological Status of Paraphrase in Selected Arguments of Tadeusz Kotarbinski and Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Marcin Bedkowski.- 13. The Metaphilosophical views of Zygmunt Zawirski's Against the Background of Contemporary Discussions on Interdisciplinarity in Science, Jaroslaw Maciej Janowski.- 14.The Informational Worldview and Conceptual Apparatus, Pawel Stacewicz.
About the author
Anna Drabarek is Professor of Philosophy at The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Poland.
Jan Woleński, is Professor of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Institute of Philosophy, Poland, as well as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Information, Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Poland.
Mateusz M. Radzki is Assistant Professor at The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in Warsaw, Poland.
Summary
This book presents the heritage of the Lvov-Warsaw School from both the historical and the philosophical perspective. The historical view focuses on the beginnings and the dramatic end of the School brought about by the outbreak of World War II. The philosophical view, on the other hand, encompasses a broad spectrum of issues, including logical, epistemological, axiological, and psychological problems, revealing the interdisciplinary nature of studies carried out by Kazimierz Twardowski and his students.
With thirteen diverse and original essays this volume is split into three parts: History, Culture and Axiology; Psychology; and Logic and Methodology. Exploring not only the history of philosophy represented by the Lvov-Warsaw school, the book also reflects on the condition of contemporary philosophy from the perspective of concepts developed by its representatives. Furthermore, the studies presented in this book delve into problems of contemporary science and its distinctiveinterdisciplinary character. This volume is, therefore, not only a collection of analyses of the Lvov-Warsaw School philosophy, but also an investigation into the interdisciplinarity of science and philosophy itself.
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“The book under review is an interesting contribution to the history of the Lvov-Warsaw School and its meaning and the role it played in the development of analytic philosophy. The book contributes also to the contemporary debate about interdisciplinarity in philosophy and science and shows the importance and value of understanding the broader historical context of the various schools and subtraditions that make up the very trend today called analytic philosophy.” (Roman Murawski, Mathematical Reviews, December, 2022)
“Interdisciplinary Investigations into the Lvov-Warsaw School is a really fascinating document for its aims and motivations. … it offers new perspectives and ideas for sure. Though it is already late for a nice Christmas gift, you have an entire new year to get your hands on it!” (Adam Tamas Tuboly, Review of History of Philosophy of Science Books, December 23, 2019)
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"The book under review is an interesting contribution to the history of the Lvov-Warsaw School and its meaning and the role it played in the development of analytic philosophy. The book contributes also to the contemporary debate about interdisciplinarity in philosophy and science and shows the importance and value of understanding the broader historical context of the various schools and subtraditions that make up the very trend today called analytic philosophy." (Roman Murawski, Mathematical Reviews, December, 2022)
"Interdisciplinary Investigations into the Lvov-Warsaw School is a really fascinating document for its aims and motivations. ... it offers new perspectives and ideas for sure. Though it is already late for a nice Christmas gift, you have an entire new year to get your hands on it!" (Adam Tamas Tuboly, Review of History of Philosophy of Science Books, December 23, 2019)
