Investigations in the Theory of Knowledge at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities / Polish Analytical Philosophy)

Hetmański, Marek (EDT)/ Pomorski, Jan (EDT)/ Trompiz, Patrick (TRN)

Brill（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 308 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004722057

Full Description

This collection consists of texts by four authors—Narcyz Łubnicki, Ludwik Fleck, Leon Koj, and Zdzisław Cackowski—who formed the first two generations of philosophy at the Marie Curie-Skłodowska University. They deal with the problems of human cognitive processes and activities, the structure of everyday and scientific knowledge, including its justification and normativity, extensional and intensional logic, semiotics and pragmatics, as well as the issue of human experience considered from the perspective of ethics and philosophical anthropology. The reader will learn about the history of the initiation and development of the science-oriented, anti-dogmatic, postulative method, and pragmatic directions of philosophical research conducted over half a century.

Contents

List of Figures

Notes on the Original Publications

1 Introduction: Narcyz Łubnicki, Ludwik Fleck, Leon Koj, and Zdzisław Cackowski

Four Founders of Philosophical Research at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
 Marek Hetmański, Jan Pomorski, Jacek Paśniczek, Zbysław Muszyński, and Józef Dębowski

Part 1 Philosophy of Science and Methodology

2 Key Aspects of the Positivist Worldview

 Narcyz Łubnicki

3 How Did the Bordet-Wassermann Test Emerge? And How Does Any Scientific Discovery Come About?

 Ludwik Fleck

4 Dissolving Metaphysical Problems by Applying the Postulate Method

 Narcyz Łubnicki

Part 2 Theory of Knowledge and Epistemology

5 On Ultimate Justification

 Narcyz Łubnicki

6 On the Justification of Beliefs

 Leon Koj

7 The Theory of Knowledge: Its Subject Matter and Scope. Knowledge as Fact, Necessity, Possibility

 Zdzisław Cackowski

8 Continuity and Discontinuity in Human Cognition

 Zdzisław Cackowski

9 Epistemological Obstacle

 Zdzisław Cackowski

Part 3 Semantics, Semiotics and Philosophical Logic

10 Introduction to Intensional Semantics

 Leon Koj

11 Disputes Surrounding Extensional Semantics

 Leon Koj

12 An Event-Based Conception of Signs

 Leon Koj

13 The Uniqueness of Human Action: Mediation, Problem-Orientation, Symbolism

 Zdzisław Cackowski

14 The Material Nature of Signs and the Function of Meaning

 Zdzisław Cackowski

Part 4 Axiology and Philosophical Anthropology

15 Epistemological Issues in Ethics

 Narcyz Łubnicki

16 Action, Counteraction, Valuation

 Zdzisław Cackowski

17 The Definition of Obligation

 Leon Koj

18 Pain, Suffering and Human Consciousness

 Zdzisław Cackowski

Index of Terms and Names