Kotarbiński: Logic, Semantics and Ontology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Philosophical Self-Portrait

   • Tadeusz Kotarbiński

   Pages 1-6

3. Review-Article: T. Kotarbiński’s Elements of the Theory of Knowledge, Formal Logic and Methodology of the Sciences

   • Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz

   Pages 7-21

4. Psychologism and the Principle of Relevance in Semantics

   • Alfred Gawroński

   Pages 23-29

5. Names in Kotarbiński’s “Elementy”

   • Peter Geach

   Pages 31-37

6. Consistent Reism

   • Andrzej Grzegorczyk

   Pages 39-45

7. A Note about Reism

   • Henryk Hiż

   Pages 47-52

8. Puzzles of Existence

   • Janina Kotarbińska

   Pages 53-67

9. On the Dramatic Stage in the Development of Kotarbiński’s Pansomatism

   • Czesław Lejewski

   Pages 69-83

10. Semantic Reasons for Ontological Statements: The Argumentation of a Reist

    • Marian Przełęcki

    Pages 85-96

11. Philosophical and Methodological Foundations of Kotarbiński’s Praxiology

    • Tadeusz Pszczołowski

    Pages 97-105

12. Kotarbiński’s Theory of Genuine Names

    • Vito F. Sinisi

    Pages 107-118

13. Kotarbiński’s Theory of Pseudo-Names

    • Vito F. Sinisi

    Pages 119-135

14. On the Phases of Reism

    • Barry Smith

    Pages 137-183

15. Philosophy of the Concrete

    • Klemens Szaniawski

    Pages 185-190

16. Kotarbiński, Many-Valued Logic, and Truth

    • Jan Woleński

    Pages 191-197

17. Concerning Reism

    • Bogusław Wolniewicz

    Pages 199-204

18. The Voice of the Past in Kotarbiński’s Writings

    • Ewa Żarnecka-Biały

    Pages 205-211

19. Back Matter

    Pages 213-235

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Tadeusz Kotarbinski is one of towering figures in contemporary Polish philosophy. He was a great thinker, a great teacher, a great organizer of philosophical and scientific life (he was, among others, the rector of the Uni versi ty of t6dz, the president of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the president of the International Institute of Philosophy), and, last but not least, a great moral authority. He died at the age of 96 on October 3, 1981. Kotarbinski was active in almost all branches of philosophy. He made many significant contributions to logic, semantics, ontology, epistemology, history of philosophy, and ethics. He created a new field, namely praxiology. Thus, using an ancient distinction, he contributed to theoretical as well as practical philoso~hy. Kotarbinski regarded praxiology as his major philosophical "child". Doubtless, praxiology belongs to practical philosophy. This collection, howewer, is mainly devoted to Kotarbinski' s theoretical philosophy. Reism - Kotarbinski' s fundamental idea of ontology and semantics - is the central topic of most papers included here; even Pszczolowski' s essay on praxiology considers its ontological basis. ,Only two papers, namely that of Zarnecka-Bialy and that of Wolenski, are not linked with reism. However, both fall under the general label "Kotarbinski: logic, semantics and ontology". The collection partly consists of earlier published papers.

• formal logic
• logic
• ontology
• truth

• Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

  Jan Woleński

• The Technical University, Wrocław, Poland

  Jan Woleński

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