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11Naturalism and ReismDialogue and Universalism 17 (1/2): 13-19. 2007.This paper compares Kotarbiński’s reism and naturalism. It argues that basic ontological and epistemological reistic principles fit naturalism very well. In particular, the thesis claiming that there are only spatiotemporal things (bodies) gives a very simple naturalistic account of reality. Radical realism defended by Kotarbiński is a version of direct realism, a view about perception which is very accurate for naturalism. On the other hand, since difficulties of reism are also problems for nat…Read more
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Czy filozof analityczny potrzebuje epistemicznej viagry?Filozofia Nauki 1. 2000.The paper is a reply to Jan Czerniawski's paper „On epistemic impotence of analytical philosophy” (Filozofia Nauki 3-4/1998). Czerniawski argues that the analytic method consists either in arbitrary stipulations or in the appeal to linguistic intuitions. He claims that the latter are subjective and moreover they cannot help deciding objective problems, while the former are an arbitrary creation of truth. Hence, the analytic method has to be assisted by an intuitive insight into objective situati…Read more
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9Philosophical Logic in Poland (edited book)Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1994.Poland has played an enormous role in the development of mathematical logic. Leading Polish logicians, like Lesniewski, Lukasiewicz and Tarski, produced several works related to philosophical logic, a field covering different topics relevant to philosophical foundations of logic itself, as well as various individual sciences. This collection presents contemporary Polish work in philosophical logic which in many respects continue the Polish way of doing philosophical logic. This book will be of i…Read more
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31Semantic Revolution Rudolf Carnap, Kurt Gödel, Alfred TarskiVienna Circle Institute Yearbook 6 1-15. 1999.According to a common opinion, the word ‘semantics’ , derived from the Greek word semantikos , appeared for the first time, at least in modern times, in the book Essai de semantique, science de significations by M. J. A. Bréal . However, Quine says in his lectures on Carnap:As used by C. S. Peirce, “semantic” is the study of the modes of denotation of signs: whether a sign denotes its object through causal or symptomatic connection, or through imagery, or through arbitrary convention and so on. …Read more
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1Metalogika i teorie empiryczneRoczniki Filozoficzne 54 (2): 299-310. 2006.Metalogic (as a part of metamathematics) deals with the properties of formalised mathe- matical theories. Its applicability to empirical theories is an object of debate. The paper defends the moderate view that although it is difficult to expect such spectacular results, as have been obtained on mathematical theories, nevertheless the metalogical analysis of the first two gives us some benefits. Empirical theories may be understood as axiomatised sets of propositions closed with the operation of…Read more
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Wittgenstein and Ordinary LanguagePoznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 57 515-526. 1997.
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Lech Witkowski jako rzecznik interesu publicznego filozofii polskiej (i w innych rolach też)Filozofia Nauki 2. 2002.
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The Verifiability Principle: Variations on Ingarden's CriticismAnalecta Husserliana 30 (n/a): 183. 1990.
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O postmodernizmie (krytycznie) - część pierwszaPrzeglad Filozoficzny - Nowa Seria 24 (4): 137-154. 1997.
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10Reism in the Brentanist TraditionIn Liliana Albertazzi, Libardi Massimo & Roberto Poli (eds.), The School of Franz Brentano, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1996.
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26L’École de Lvov-Varsovie: philosophie et logique en PologneLibrairie Philosophique Vrin. 2011.Ancien etudiant de Brentano et de Zimmerman, Kazimierz Twardowski, apres son election a la chaire de philosophie a Lvov en 1895, crea autour de lui un cercle d'etudiants et de collaborateurs exceptionnel, connu aujourd'hui sous le nom d'Ecole de Lvov-Varsovie. A mi-chemin entre Vienne et Cambridge, c'est a Lvov, et puis partiellement a Varsovie, que Jan Lukasiewicz, Stanislaw Lesniewski, Alfred Tarski, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbinski et bien d'autres encore, repenserent dans un esprit…Read more
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The metatheoretical problems of epistemologyDiametros 70-93. 2005.Naturalism is the view that only the so-called Natural World that surrounds us exists and that it is knowable by means of general cognitive tools. This has consequences for epistemology, because it determines what is an object of knowledge and how it comes to be known. Epistemological naturalism can be either radical or moderate, granting a certain autonomy to the theory of knowledge with respect to science. The article defends the second position and shows that it justifies the existence of cer…Read more
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36On comparison of theories by their contentsStudia Logica 48 (4). 1989.Popper's definition of verisimilitude was criticized for its paradoxical consequences in the case of false theories. The aim of this paper is to show that paradoxes disappear if the falsity content of a theory is defined with help of dCn or Cn –1.
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49ForewordPoznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 98 (1): 9-11. 2012.On May 11th a round table discussion was held on the subject "The Interactions of Science and Art under the Conditions of the Revolution in Science and Technology ," organized by the editorial boards of the journals Voprosy filosofii and Voprosy literatury
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18Kazimierz Twardowski and the Development of Philosophy of Science in PolandVienna Circle Institute Yearbook 17 173-182. 2014.In 1930 Otto Neurath asked Alfred Tarski for information about Polish philosophers of science and their work. Tarski answered on 24 April, 1930, saying in one of the first sentences that
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Three Contributions to Logical PhilosophyPoznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 89 195-213. 2006.
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