The Golden Age of Polish Philosophy

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Jan Woleński, Sandra Lapointe

      Pages 1-16

3. Twardowski and Polish Scientific Philosophy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Polish Metaphysics and the Brentanian Tradition

      • Dariusz Łukasiewicz

      Pages 19-31

   3. The Genesis and History of Twardowski’s Theory of Actions and Products

      • Jerzy Bobryk

      Pages 33-42

   4. The Rise and Development of Logical Semantics in Poland

      • Jan Woleński

      Pages 43-59

   5. French and Polish Conventionalism

      • Anna Jedynak

      Pages 61-77

4. Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. A Philosophy of Many-Valued Logic. The Third Logical Value and Beyond

      • Grzegorz Malinowski

      Pages 81-92

   3. Leśniewski’s Systems and the Aristotelian Model of Science

      • Arianna Betti

      Pages 93-111

   4. Leśniewski, Negation, and the Art of Logical Subtlety

      • Denis Miéville

      Pages 113-120

   5. Philosophy of Mathematics in the Lvov-Warsaw School

      • Roman Murawski

      Pages 121-130

   6. Tarski’s Engagement with Philosophy

      • Paolo Mancosu

      Pages 131-153

   7. Tarski on Definition, Meaning and Truth

      • Douglas Patterson

      Pages 155-170

5. Polish Philosophy of Mind

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. A Note on Henryk Mehlberg’s Contribution to the Debate on the Mind-Body Problem

      • Urszula M. Żegleń

      Pages 173-180

   3. Leopold Blaustein’s Analytical Phenomenology

      • Wioletta Miskiewicz

      Pages 181-188

6. Around Twardowski’s School

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Nonclassical Conceptions of Truth in Polish Philosophy at the Beginning of the 20th Century

      • Katarzyna Kijania-Placek

      Pages 191-202

Jan Wolenski ´ and Sandra Lapointe Polish philosophy goes back to the 13th century, when Witelo, famous for his works in optics and the metaphysics of light, lived and worked in Silesia. Yet, Poland’s academic life only really began after the University of Cracow was founded in 1364 – its development was interrupted by the sudden death of King Kazimierz III, but it was re-established in 1400. The main currents of classical scholastic thought like Thomism, Scottism or Ockhamism had been late – about a century – to come to Poland and they had a considerable impact on the budding Polish philosophical scene. The controversy between the via antiqua and the via moderna was hotly 1 debated. Intellectuals deliberated on the issues of concilliarism (whether the C- mon Council has priority over the Pope) and curialism (whether the Bishop of Rome has priority over the Common Council). On the whole, the situation had at least two remarkable features. Firstly, Polish philosophy was pluralistic, and remained so, since its very beginning. But it was also eclectic, which might explain why it aimed to a large extent at achieving a compromise between rival views. Secondly, given the shortcomings of the political system of the time as well as external pr- sure by an increasingly hegemonic Germany, thinkers were very much interested in political matters. Poland was a stronghold of political thought (mostly inclined towards concilliarism) and Polish political thought distinguished itself in Europe J.

• Philosophy of Science
• logic
• metaphysics
• philosophy
• science
• semantics
• truth

• Department of Philosophy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

  Sandra Lapointe

• Jagiellonian University of Krakow Institute of Philosophy, 31-044 Krakow, Poland

  Jan Wolénski

• Département de Philosophie CP 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada H3C 3P8

  Mathieu Marion

• IHPST (CNRS/Paris 1/ENS), 75006 Paris, France

  Wioletta Miskiewicz

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