Lexicon of Polish Logicians 1900-1939

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvAndrzej Dąbrowski,Magdalena Hoły-Łuczaj,Andrew Schumann,Konrad Szocik,Jan Woleński,Andrzej Dąbrowski,Magdalena Holy-Luczaj,Andrzej Dabrowski,Jan Wolenski

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This book offers world-unique knowledge about outstanding Polish logicians of the first half of the 20th century. The book shows the achievements of Polish logicians, their influence on the development of science, interactions with philosophers and scientists from other countries, as well as cultural and social consequences. Containing over 140 entries accompanied by photographs of over half the discussed logicians, the volume is a comprehensive list of the period.Topics in the book include many-valued logic, Leśniewski's system, set theory and its foundations, semantic theory of truth, natural deduction, intuitionistic logic, and methodology in philosophy of science. The book is intended for both beginners and advanced researchers of logic, both students and logicians, philosophers, historians of ideas and historians of science.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-08
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLogic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
Antal sidor357
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783032160522

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Andrzej Dąbrowski is an Assistant Professor at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow (Poland). His philosophical interests focus primarily on selected problems in epistemology and logic, as well as the broadly understood philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive science. In his research, he pays particular attention to the issues of intentionality and emotion, exploring questions such as how emotions influence cognition and knowledge. He is the author of Intencjonalność i semantyka [Intentionality and Semantics] (Universitas, Kraków 2013) and Źródła, natura i funkcje emocji. Studium teorii impulsji Leona Petrażyckiego w kontekście współczesnych badań [Sources, Nature and Functions of Emotions. A Study of Leon Petrażycki’s Theory of Impulses in the Context of Contemporary Research] (WUW, Warsaw 2019).Magdalena Hoły-Łuczaj is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Wrocław (Poland). With a background in continental philosophy, she works at the intersection of environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology. Her research explores how technical artifacts fit within environmental ethics, aiming to balance the interests of natural beings and human dependence on technology. She is also interested in the history of philosophy, particularly in its Polish context. Her articles have appeared in Environmental Values, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Ethics and the Environment, and other academic journals. She has twice been a Fulbright Scholar—at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (2013/14) and at the University of Georgia in Athens (2021/22).Andrew Schumann is a Professor of the Department of Cognitive Science and Mathematical Modelling at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow (Poland). His interests lie in logic and artificial intelligence, particularly in exploring how formal reasoning can be applied to biological systems. He has participated in the project Physarum Chip: Growing Computers from Slime Mould supported by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-ICT-2011-8). The main objectives are to design and fabricate a distributed biomorphic computing device built and operated by slime mould Physarum polycephalum. He published several books, including: Archaeology of Logic (Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2023), Behaviourism in Studying Swarms: Logical Models of Sensing and Motoring (Springer International Publishing AG, 2019), Talmudic Logic (College Publications, 2012), and others. He has also edited many books, including the following: Swarm Intelligence: From Social Bacteria to Humans (Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2020), Judgements and Truth. Essays in Honour of Jan Woleński (College Publications, 2020), Pragmatic Studies in Judaism (Gorgias Press, 2013); Logic in Central and Eastern Europe: History, Science, and Discourse (University Press of America, 2012); Logic in Orthodox Christian Thinking (Ontos Verlag / De Gruyter, 2012); Logic in Religious Discourse (Ontos Verlag / De Gruyter, 2010); Judaic Logic (Gorgias Press, 2008). His works also appeared in Synthese, Logica Universalis, The Journal of Indian Philosophy, Argumentation, etc.Konrad Szocik is a philosopher, bioethicist, and professor at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow. From 2021 to 2022, he was a visiting fellow at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. His research interests include philosophy, the ethics and bioethics of space exploration, human enhancement, feminism, selected issues at the intersection of futures studies and technology, as well as climate change, population ethics, procreative ethics, and the philosophy of antinatalism. His most recent monographs include Feminist Bioethics in Space (2024) and The Bioethics of Space Exploration (2023), published by Oxford University Press.Jan Woleński is Professor Emeritus of Jagiellonian University in Kraków and Professor of University of Information, Management and Technology in Rzeszow. He is a honorary dr of the University of Łódź. He is a member of several scientific academies and organizations, including Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Philosophical Society, Warsaw Scientific Society, Association of Symbolic Logic, American Mathematical Society, Institut International de Philosophie, European Society of Analytic Philosophy (the President 2005-2008), Academia Europea, Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, Brentano Society and Vienna Circle Society. In 2013, he was awarded by the Scientific Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences established by the Polish Fund for Science. He is working in philosophical logic, epistemology, history of logic and analytic philosophy, legal philosophy and philosophical problems of the Holocaust. He published 46 books and more than 1000 papers, including Logic and Philosophy in the Lvov-Warsaw School (in Polish –1985, English tr. – 1989, Russian tr. 2004, French tr. 2011, Ukrainian tr. 2026). Essays in the History of Logic and Logical Philosophy (1999), Lógica y filosofía (2005, with P. Domínguez), Epistemology. Cognition, Knowledge, Truth and Realism (in Polish 2005), Contemporary Logic and Its Philosophical Applications (Selected Essays) (2011), Historico-Philosophical Essays (2013), Logic and Its Philosophy (2018), Two Essays on the Holocaust (in Polish, 2019) Semantics and Truth (2020).

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz.- Chapter 2. Stefan Banach.- Chapter 3. Władysław Biegański.- Chapter 4. Józef (Innocenty) Maria Bocheński.- Chapter 5. Benedykt Bornstein.- Chapter 6. Leon Chwistek.- Chapter 7. Tadeusz Czeżowski.- Chapter 8. Izydora Dąmbska.- Chapter 9. Samuel Dickstein.- Chapter 10. Jan Drewnowski.- Chapter 11. Samuel Eilenberg.- Chapter 12. Ludwik Fleck.- Chapter 13. Daniela Gromska.- Chapter 14. Bolesław Gawecki.- Chapter 15. Henryk Greniewski.- Chapter 16. Jan Herzberg (or Hercberg).- Chapter 17. Władysław Hetper.- Chapter 18. Henryk Hiż.- Chapter 19. Janina Hosiason-Lindenbaum.- Chapter 20. Roman Ingarden.- Chapter 21. Zygmunt Janiszewski.- Chapter 22. Stanisław Jaśkowski.- Chapter 23. Zbigniew Jordan.- Chapter 24. Stanisław Kaczorowski.- Chapter 25. Jan Kalicki.- Chapter 26. Bronisław Knaster.- Chapter 27. Maria Kokoszyńska-Lutmanowa.- Chapter 28. Antoni Korcik.- Chapter 29. Alfred Korzybski.- Chapter 30. Janina Kotarbińska.- Chapter 31. Tadeusz Kotarbiński.- Chapter 32. Adam Krokiewicz.- Chapter 33. Zygmunt Kruszewski.- Chapter 34. Jerzy Kuczyński.- Chapter 35. Kazimierz Kuratowski.- Chapter 36. Jerzy Kuryłowicz.- Chapter 37. Czesław Lejewski.- Chapter 38. Stanisław Leśniewski.- Chapter 39. Adolf Lindenbaum.- Chapter 40. Jan Łukasiewicz.- Chapter 41. Seweryna Łuszczewska-Romahnowa.- Chapter 42. Edward Marczewski.- Chapter 43. Stanisław Mazur.- Chapter 44. Stefan Mazurkiewicz.- Chapter 45. Henryk Mehlberg.- Chapter 46. Joachim Metallmann.- Chapter 47. Konstanty Michalski.- Chapter 48. Andrzej Mostowski.- Chapter 49. Maria Ossowska.- Chapter 50. Stanisław Ossowski.- Chapter 51. Antoni Pański.- Chapter 52. Józef Pepis.- Chapter 53. Chaïm Perelman.- Chapter 54. Leon Petrażycki.- Chapter 55. Edward Poznański.- Chapter 56. Mojżesz Presburger.- Chapter 57. Jan Salamucha.- Chapter 58. Stanisław Schayer.- Chapter 59. Zygmunt Schmierer.- Chapter 60. Wacław Sierpiński.- Chapter 61. Jan Sleszyński.- Chapter 62. Jerzy Słupecki.- Chapter 63. Franciszek Smolka.- Chapter 64. Marian Smoluchowski.- Chapter 65. Bolesław Sobociński.- Chapter 66. Jerzy Spława-Neyman.- Chapter 67. Edward Stamm.- Chapter 68. Hugo Steinhaus.- Chapter 69. Władysław Szumowski.- Chapter 70. Alfred Tarski.- Chapter 71.Tatarkiewicz, Władysław.- Chapter 72. Kazimierz Twardowski.- Chapter 73. Stanisław Ulam.- Chapter 74. Mordechaj (Mordchaj) Wajsberg.- Chapter 75. Adam Wiegner.- Chapter 76. Witold Wilkosz.- Chapter 77. Aleksander Wundheiler.- Chapter 78. Stanisław Zaremba.- Chapter 79. Zygmunt Zawirski.- Chapter 80. Florian Znaniecki.- Chapter 81. Eustachy Żyliński.