Philosophical Analysis in the Lvov-Warsaw School. Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz

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(in Polish) Jest pożądane, aby uczestnicy mieli za sobą kurs logiki elementarnej lub semiotyki logicznej

The Lvov-Warsaw School, whose founder was Kazimierz Twardowski, who headed the chair of philosophy in Lvov from 1895 to 1930, is an intellectual formation regarded as the Polish branch of analytic philosophy. Its characteristic features include an emphasis on clarity and precision of expression, and the use of logical tools in a broad sense, while at the same time recognizing traditional philosophical problems as sensible and important. One of the most eminent representatives of the Lvov-Warsaw School was Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz – Twardowski's student, professor of philosophy in Lvov, Poznan and Warsaw. Ajdukiewicz was the author of many brilliant philosophical analyses; after the war he contributed significantly to maintaining classes in logic in secondary and higher education.

The Lvov-Warsaw School, whose founder was Kazimierz Twardowski, who headed the chair of philosophy in Lvov from 1895 to 1930, is an intellectual formation regarded as the Polish branch of analytic philosophy. Its characteristic features include an emphasis on clarity and precision of expression, and the use of logical tools in a broad sense, while at the same time recognizing traditional philosophical problems as sensible and important. One of the most eminent representatives of the Lvov-Warsaw School was Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz – Twardowski's student, professor of philosophy in Lvov, Poznan and Warsaw. Ajdukiewicz was the author of many brilliant philosophical analyses; after the war he contributed significantly to maintaining classes in logic in secondary and higher education.

During the seminar we will reconstruct Ajdukiewicz’s views on the basis of his works, especially those collected in two volumes of his writings entitled “Język i poznanie” (Language and Cognition), as well as the question of their origin and resonance in analytical philosophy.

O znaczeniu wyrażeń (1931)

Analiza i synteza (1932)

Język i znaczenie (1934)

Logiczne podstawy nauczania (1934)

Logistyczny antyirracjonalizm w Polsce (1934)

Metodologiczne typy nauk (1934)

Naukowa perspektywa świata (1934)

Obraz świata i aparatura pojęciowa (1934)

O stosowalności czystej logiki do zagadnień filozoficznych (1934)

W sprawie uniwersaliów (1934)

O spójności syntaktycznej (1935)

Kierunki i prądy filozofii współczesnej (1937)

Problemat transcendentalnego idealizmu w sformułowaniu semantycznym (1937)

O sprawiedliwości (1939)

O tzw. neopozytywizmie (1946)

Czas prawdziwy (1977)

Epistemologia i semiotyka (1948)

O wolności nauki (1948)

Z dziejów pojęcia materii (1948)

Zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii (1949)

Logika, jej zadania i potrzeby w Polsce współczesnej (1951)

W sprawie pojęcia istnienia (1951)

Zarys logiki (1953)

Klasyfikacja rozumowań (1955)

Okres warunkowy a implikacja materialna (1956)

Trzy pojęcia definicji (1958)

Zagadnienie racjonalności zawodnych sposobów wnioskowania (1958)

Systemy aksjomatyczne z metodologicznego punktu widzenia (1960)

Zagadnienie uzasadniania (1963)

Logika pragmatyczna (1965)

Gan-Krzyworzyńska K. Leśkiewski P. (2016), Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz

Jedynak, A. (2003), Ajdukiewicz

Olech, A. (2013), Semantyczna teoria poznania

Wójcicki, R. (1999), Ajdukiewicz. Teoria znaczenia

Przegląd filozoficzny 2013 nr 4 (poświęcony Ajdukiewiczowi)

The person who has completed the course knows the main results of Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz’s works, is familiar with the achievements of the Lvov-Warsaw School, and knows how to compare them with the results achieved in other centers of analytic philosophy, especially the British Analytic School and the Vienna Circle.

The person who has completed the course independently reconstructs the problems and discussions undertaken by Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz and other representatives of the Lvov-Warsaw School

The person who has completed the course is aware of the value of the philosophical heritage of Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz and the formation to which he belonged, and knows that it is worth striving to preserve and develop this heritage.

Each participant is required to: (a) participate regularly and actively in classes; (b) prepare one or two papers per academic year (based on the indicated text); (c) prepare 2-3 class reports per academic year (the exact number of reports and depends on the number of enrolled participants).

Number of excusable absences allowed: 4