From a study of practice to a philosophy of practicality

Tadeusz Kotarbiński's Contribution to the lvov-warsaw school of philosophy

Wojciech W. Gasparski

pp. 135-154

in: Anna Broek, Friedrich Stadler, Jan Woleński (eds), The significance of the Lvov-Warsaw school in the European culture, Berlin, Springer, 2017

Abstract

The Lvov-Warsaw School of Philosophy, or LWSP for short, was a world-famous group of eminent Polish philosophers who made an outstanding contribution to twentieth century philosophy. One of its leading figures was Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886–1981). This paper is intended as an overview of his contribution to the achievements of the school. Let us start from a brief description of the intellectual context of philosophical studies as seen by the school's originator Kazimierz Twardowski and characterized by a pupil of his:

Cited authors

Twardowski Kazimierz

Kotarbiński Tadeusz