"Philosophy as the Foundation of Knowledge, Action and Ethos"

Spis treści

Janusz Kaczmarek, Ryszard Kleszcz, Introduction 9

CHAPTER I. Kotarbiński as a Rector, Teacher and Person 11

Wojciech Gasparski, The University’s 70th anniversary 13

Tadeusz Gerstenkorn, Professor Tadeusz Kotarbinski and Philosophy at the Time of his Term of Office as Rector at the University of Łódź in a Former Student’s Reminiscences 17

Ryszard Panasiuk, Tadeusz Kotarbiński – a Philosopher and a Teacher 23

CHAPTER II. Knowing 31

Janusz Kaczmarek, Abstract objects: Species, Kinds, Concepts 33

Peter Machamer and Alison Springle, Perceiving and Knowing as Activities 43

Krystyna Misiuna, How to Define the Notion of Knowledge which Solves the Gettier Problem 59

Peter Simons, Confluence: the Galician Origins of Polish Analytic Philosophy 81

Jan Woleński, The Absoluteness of Truth and the Lvov–Warsaw School (Twardowski, Kotarbiński, Leśniewski, Łukasiewicz, Tarski, Kokoszyńska) 97

CHAPTER III. Acting – Believing – Reasoning 111

Dariusz Łukasiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbiński on God and Religion 113

Janusz Maciaszek, The Notion of Action in Kotarbiński’s Praxeology 123

Gunnar Skirbekk, Action and Ethics. A Historical Perspective on the Late Frankfurt School (Apel, Habermas, Wellmer) 137

Andrzej Szostek, Is Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Independent Ethics Program Important Nowadays 153

Urszula M. Żegleń, Between Contingency and Necessity of Human Action. Are We Free in our Choices? 169

CHAPTER IV. What about Humanities? 181

Dawid Misztal, Tomasz Sieczkowski, Ill Fare the Humanities 183

Bartosz Pokorski, An Attempt to Update Edward Dembowski’s Philosophy of Creation 199

Roger Pouivet, Kotarbiński’s Ontology of Humanities 209