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This book offers world-unique knowledge about outstanding Polish logicians of the first half of the 20th century. The book shows the achievements of Polish logicians, their influence on the development of science, interactions with philosophers and scientists from other countries, as well as cultural and social consequences. Containing over 140 entries accompanied by photographs of over half the discussed logicians, the volume is a comprehensive list of the period.
Topics in the book include many-valued logic, Lesniewski's system, set theory and its foundations, semantic theory of truth, natural deduction, intuitionistic logic, and methodology in philosophy of science. The book is intended for both beginners and advanced researchers of logic, both students and logicians, philosophers, historians of ideas and historians of science.
List of contents
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz.- Chapter 2. Stefan Banach.- Chapter 3. Wladyslaw Bieganski.- Chapter 4. Józef (Innocenty) Maria Bochenski.- Chapter 5. Benedykt Bornstein.- Chapter 6. Leon Chwistek.- Chapter 7. Tadeusz Czezowski.- Chapter 8. Izydora Dambska.- Chapter 9. Samuel Dickstein.- Chapter 10. Jan Drewnowski.- Chapter 11. Samuel Eilenberg.- Chapter 12. Ludwik Fleck.- Chapter 13. Daniela Gromska.- Chapter 14. Boleslaw Gawecki.- Chapter 15. Henryk Greniewski.- Chapter 16. Jan Herzberg (or Hercberg).- Chapter 17. Wladyslaw Hetper.- Chapter 18. Henryk Hiz.- Chapter 19. Janina Hosiason-Lindenbaum.- Chapter 20. Roman Ingarden.- Chapter 21. Zygmunt Janiszewski.- Chapter 22. Stanislaw Jaskowski.- Chapter 23. Zbigniew Jordan.- Chapter 24. Stanislaw Kaczorowski.- Chapter 25. Jan Kalicki.- Chapter 26. Bronislaw Knaster.- Chapter 27. Maria Kokoszynska-Lutmanowa.- Chapter 28. Antoni Korcik.- Chapter 29. Alfred Korzybski.- Chapter 30. Janina Kotarbinska.- Chapter 31. Tadeusz Kotarbinski.- Chapter 32. Adam Krokiewicz.- Chapter 33. Zygmunt Kruszewski.- Chapter 34. Jerzy Kuczynski.- Chapter 35. Kazimierz Kuratowski.- Chapter 36. Jerzy Kurylowicz.- Chapter 37. Czeslaw Lejewski.- Chapter 38. Stanislaw Lesniewski.- Chapter 39. Adolf Lindenbaum.- Chapter 40. Jan Lukasiewicz.- Chapter 41. Seweryna Luszczewska-Romahnowa.- Chapter 42. Edward Marczewski.- Chapter 43. Stanislaw Mazur.- Chapter 44. Stefan Mazurkiewicz.- Chapter 45. Henryk Mehlberg.- Chapter 46. Joachim Metallmann.- Chapter 47. Konstanty Michalski.- Chapter 48. Andrzej Mostowski.- Chapter 49. Maria Ossowska.- Chapter 50. Stanislaw Ossowski.- Chapter 51. Antoni Panski.- Chapter 52. Józef Pepis.- Chapter 53. Chaïm Perelman.- Chapter 54. Leon Petrazycki.- Chapter 55. Edward Poznanski.- Chapter 56. Mojzesz Presburger.- Chapter 57. Jan Salamucha.- Chapter 58. Stanislaw Schayer.- Chapter 59. Zygmunt Schmierer.- Chapter 60. Waclaw Sierpinski.- Chapter 61. Jan Sleszynski.- Chapter 62. Jerzy Slupecki.- Chapter 63. Franciszek Smolka.- Chapter 64. Marian Smoluchowski.- Chapter 65. Boleslaw Sobocinski.- Chapter 66. Jerzy Splawa-Neyman.- Chapter 67. Edward Stamm.- Chapter 68. Hugo Steinhaus.- Chapter 69. Wladyslaw Szumowski.- Chapter 70. Alfred Tarski.- Chapter 71.Tatarkiewicz, Wladyslaw.- Chapter 72. Kazimierz Twardowski.- Chapter 73. Stanislaw Ulam.- Chapter 74. Mordechaj (Mordchaj) Wajsberg.- Chapter 75. Adam Wiegner.- Chapter 76. Witold Wilkosz.- Chapter 77. Aleksander Wundheiler.- Chapter 78. Stanislaw Zaremba.- Chapter 79. Zygmunt Zawirski.- Chapter 80. Florian Znaniecki.- Chapter 81. Eustachy ylinski.
