- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
(in Polish) Recent Polish Philosophy 3501-WISIP-RPP-OG
The course concerns the philosophy of the Lvov-Warsaw School, the most significant philosophical school in Poland in the 20th century. It presents main representatives, branches and achievements of the school. The philosophical profiles of the following philosophers are presented:
- Kazimierz Twardowski (1866-1938)
- Jan Łukasiewicz (1878-1956)
- Władysław Witwicki (1878-1948)
- Stanisław Ossowski (1897-1963)
- Zygmunt Zawirski (1882-1948)
- Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886-1981)
- Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886-1980)
- Stanisław Leśniewski (1886-1939)
- Alfred Tarski (1901-1983)
- Tadeusz Czeżowski (1889-1981)
- Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (1890-1963)
- Maria Ossowska (1896-1974)
- Janina Kotarbińska (1901-1997)
- Józef Maria Bocheński (1902-1995)
- Jan Salamucha (1903-1944)
- Izydora Dąmbska (1904-1983)
Type of course
general courses
Mode
Learning outcomes
A student that ends the course:
- knows main representatives of the Lvov-Warsaw School;
- knows the general content of main works of the representatives of the LWS
- knows what problems were discussed in the School and what are the main results;
- is aware of interactions between Polish philosophical schools and other philosophical centers.
- is able to reconstruct main views of contemporary Polish philosophers and their argumentations;
- is able to use terminology introduced by Polish contemporary philosophers;
- is able to find connections between the views of particular contemporary Polish philosophers.
- is able to propose new formulations or solutions to philosophical problems discussed in the School.
Assessment criteria
FROM 2020/2021
There are two possible paths to get a credit.
1. by taking 3 short tests during the semester and preparing 3 summaries of chosen papers of the Lvov-Warsaw School members;
2. by taking big final written test in the end of the semester.
Number of absences: 2
Bibliography
Brożek, Anna, Chybińska, Alicja, Jadacki, Jacek Woleński, Jan (eds.) Tradition of the Lvov-Warsaw School. Ideas and Continuations. Rodopi-Brill, Leiden.
Coniglione, Francesco Roberto Poli & Jan Woleński (ed.), Polish Scientific Philosophy: The Lvov-Warsaw School. Amsterdam 1993, Rodopi.
Czeżowski, Tadeusz, Knowledge, Science, and Values. A Program for Scientific Philosophy. Amsterdam 2000, Rodopi.
Kijania-Placek Katarzyna & Jan Woleński (ed.), The Lvov-Warsaw School and Contemporary Philosophy. Dordrecht 1998, Kluwer.
Jadacki, Jacek, Polish Analytical Philosophy, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Semper, Warszawa 2009.
Krajewski, Władysław (ed.), Polish Essays in the Philosophy of the Natural Sciences. Dordrecht 1982, Reidel.
Krajewski, Władysław (ed.), Polish Philosophers of Science and Nature in the 20th Century. Amsterdam 2001, Rodopi.
McCall, Storrs (ed.), Polish Logic: 1920-1939. Oxford 1967, Clarendon Press.
Pelc, Jerzy (ed.), Semiotics in Poland. 1894-1969. Dordrecht 1979, Reidel.
Przełęcki, Marian & Ryszard Wójcicki (ed.), Twenty-Five Years of Logical methodology in Poland. Warszawa – Dordrecht 1977, PWN – Reidel.
Simons, Peter, Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe form Bolzano to Tarski. Dordrecht 1992, Kluwer
Skolimowski, Henryk, Polish Analytical Philosophy. A Survey and a Comparison with British Analytical Philosophy. London 1968, Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Szaniawski, Klemens (ed.), The Vienna Circle and the Lvov-Warsaw School. Dordrecht 1989, Kluwer.
Woleński, Jan (ed.), Kotarbiński: Logic, Semantics and Ontology. Dordrecht 1990, Kluwer.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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