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Book SynopsisThe Lvov-Warsaw School was one of the most important currents in the 20th-century analytical movement. Kazimierz Twardowski, a student Franz Brentano and a professor of philosophy in Lvov, was the founder and at the same time an outstanding representative of the School. The papers included into the volume present comprehensively Twardowski’s views and indicate what his lasting contribution to philosophy consists of.
Table of Contents Opening Word Varieties of Scientific Philosophy From Modest Proposals to Implausible Conceptions Tadeusz Szubka part 1 Philosophy and Humanities 1 Judgement and Inference The Relevance of Twardowski’s Distinction between Actions and Products for Philosophy Maria van der Schaar 2 Twardowski’s Action/Product Distinction and Philosophy Jan Woleński part 2 Anti-Psychologism 3 The Influence of Twardowski’s Distinction between Actions and Products on Ingarden’s Act-Based Conception of Meaning Sébastien Richard 4 Twardowski’s Psychologism and the Ontology of Truth Dariusz Łukasiewicz part 3 Intentionality and Persistence 5 Idiogenetic Theory of Emotions Arkadiusz Chrudzimski 6 Czeżowski et al. on Persistence Mariusz Grygianiec part 4 Truth and Usefulness 7 Absoluteness of Truth and the Lvov-Warsaw School Twardowski, Kotarbiński, Leśniewski, Łukasiewicz, Tarski, Kokoszyńska Jan Woleński 8 Pragmatism and Pragmatic Motives in the Lvov-Warsaw School Anna Brożek part 5 Anti-Irrationalism 9 Why Totally Unjustified Convictions Persist? Twardowski on the Nature of Prejudice Johannes L. Brandl 10 Twardowski and the Rationality of Beliefs Ryszard Kleszcz part 6 Logic and Education 11 Formal and Informal Logic in the Lvov-Warsaw School as a Heritage of Twardowski Anna Brożek 12 For Logical Education The Resonance of Twardowski’s Ideas in the Views of Selected Members of the Lvov-Warsaw School Marcin Będkowski Closing Word Twardowski in Poland and in the World Anna Brożek and Jacek Jadacki Index of Names
