Thematic seminar: Lvov-Warsaw School. History, Program, Members WF-FI-SWIETO18-WO
1. – 3. Theoretical foundations of Lvov-Warsaw School: philosophy of Franz Brentano and its exposition by Kazimierz Twardowski
4. – 7. Program of Lvov-Warsaw School: methods of scientific philosophy (analysis; logic; methodology), its foundations (descriptive psychology; semiotics), the neutrality toward religion
8. – 9. Areas of interest: logic and methodology of science, history of philosophy and linguistics, ontology, philosophy of God, ethics, psychology
10.– 13. Some members of the Lvov-Warsaw School:
- Logic and ontology: Jan Łukasiewicz, Stanisław Leśniewski
- Methodology and praxeology: Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbiński
- Philosophy of God: Józef M. Bocheński, Jan Salamucha
14-15 - FOrmal results of II generation of LWS - elements of metalogic: A/ Lindenbaum, A. Tarski.
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: The students will be introduced in some contemporary trend of analytical philosophy, which is also leading internationally. They They will know basic problems of analytic tradition, in particular the problem of connections between psychology and logic, methodological grounding of philosophical investigations, modern approach to the truth theory in frame of metalogic. Students will get to recognize the difference between non-analytical philosophy and the so-called logical philosophy.
Skills: Students will be practicing the approach of synthetic presentation of both historical and theoretical material.
Attitudes:Students get to know how to provide a scientific work in a systematical way. They will focus on the assigned problems, will also learn to work the problems piece by piece and be always ready to present their results in synthetic presentations.
Assessment criteria
Students should be present during lecture (maximal absence is 3). Course is finished with oral exam or a paper, which is evaluated and discussed .
Bibliography
1. Jadacki, J. J., 2009, Polish Analytical Philosophy, Semper: Warszawa.
2. Jadacki, J. J., Paśniczek, J. (eds.), 2006, The Lvov-Warsaw School — the New Generation, Rodopi: Amsterdam.
3. Kijania-Placek, K. and Woleński, J., 1998, The Lvov-Warsaw School and Contemporary Philosophy, Dordrecht: Kluwer.
4. Krajewski, W. (ed.), 2001, Polish Philosophers of Science and Nature in the 20th Century, Rodopi: Amsterdam.
5. Lapointe, S., Woleński, J., Mathieu, M., Miśkiewicz, W., 2009, The Golden Age of Polish Philosophy. Kazimierz Twardowski's Philosophical Legacy, Dordrecht: Springer.
6. Woleński, J., 1989, Logic and Philosophy in the Lvov-Warsaw School, Dordrecht: Kluwer.
7. Sinisi, V. and Woleński, J. (eds.), 1995, The Heritage of Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Amsterdam: Rodopi.
8. Woleński, J. (ed.), 1990, Kotarbiński: Logic, Semantics and Ontology, Dordrecht: Kluwer.
9. Luschei, E., 1963, The Logical Systems of Leśniewski, Amsterdam: North-Holland.
10. Cavallin, J., 1997, Content and Object. Husserl, Twardowski and Psychologism, Dordrecht: Kluwer.
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