Tadeusz Kotarbinski
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Tadeusz Kotarbiński a pupil of Kazimierz Twardowski
, was a Polish
philosopher, logician, one of the most representative figures of the Lwów-Warsaw School
, and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning
(PAU) as well as the Polish Academy of Sciences
(PAN). He created a philosophical theory called "reism
" .
Kazimierz Twardowski
Kazimierz Jerzy Skrzypna-Twardowski was a Polish philosopher and logician.-Life:Twardowski's family belonged to the Ogończyk coat-of-arms.Twardowski studied philosophy in Vienna with Franz Brentano and Robert Zimmermann...
, was a Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
philosopher, logician, one of the most representative figures of the Lwów-Warsaw School
Lwów–Warsaw School of Logic
The Lwów–Warsaw School of Logic was headed by Kazimierz Twardowski, who had been a student of Franz Brentano and is regarded as the "father of Polish logic."-History:...
, and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning
Polish Academy of Learning
The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning , headquartered in Kraków, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences....
(PAU) as well as the Polish Academy of Sciences
Polish Academy of Sciences
The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:...
(PAN). He created a philosophical theory called "reism
Reism
Reism or concretism is a philosophical theory of Tadeusz Kotarbiński, based on the ontology of Stanislaw Lesniewski, specifically, his "calculus of names".In ontological sense, reism was condensed by Kotarbiński to the two postulates...
" .
Works
- Elementy teorii poznania, logiki formalnej i metodologii nauk (1929); second revised edition 1961; translated in English as Gnosiology (1966).
- Traktat o dobrej robocie (1955); English translation: Praxiology. An introduction to the science of efficient action, New York: Pergamon Press, 1965.
- Sprawność i błąd (Efficiency and Error) (1956)
- Medytacje o życiu godziwym (Meditations about decent life) (1966)
- Leçons sur l'histoire de la logique. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1964. Original Polish edition 1957.
- Gnosiology. The scientific approach to the theory of knowledge. Oxford: Pergamon Press 1966.
See also
- History of philosophy in Poland
- List of Poles
External links
- Tadeusz Kotarbinski, at the Polish Philosophy Page
- Kotarbinski from Ontological Reism to Semantical Concretism
- Selected bibliography of and about Kotarbinski
- Kotarbinski, Tadeusz, "The Reistic, or Concretistic, Approach," Mysl Wspolczesna, 1949, No. 10(41).
- Tadeusz Kotarbinski Praxiology Research Group at Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland