Philosophy of Leopold Blaustein

Witold Płotka, is Associate Professor at Institute of Philosophy of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He was a visiting researcher at the Husserl-Archiv of the University of Cologne. His publications include articles on, for instance, the theory of intentionality, theory of knowledge, and the history of the phenomenological movement in Poland. He is a co-editor (together with Thomas Byrne) of the Special Issue of the “Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology” (9 (2), 2020) dedicated to Ingarden’s philosophy and (together with Patrick Eldridge) Early Phenomenology in Central and Eastern Europe: Main Figures, Ideas, and Problems (2020). He published two books on phenomenology. He is the winner of “The 2011 CARP Directors’ Memorial Prize in Honour of José Huertas-Jourda.” He is member of the Husserl Circle, a former Secretary of the Polish Phenomenological Association, co-founder and present President of the Central and East European Society for Phenomenology (CEESP). Recently he published studies in the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences and Frontiers in Psychology.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Blaustein and His Times.- 3 Psychological Themes in Blaustein’s Philosophy.- 4 The Basics of Blaustein’s Descriptive Psychology in the Context of Twardowski’s Theory of Presentations.- 5 Analysis of Blaustein’s Critique of the Phenomenological Method.- 6 An Examination of Husserl’s Theory of Content.- 7 A Reappraisal of Blaustein’s Exposition of Husserl’s Theory of Content.- 8 Aesthetic Experiences and Their Objects.- 9 Toward a Phenomenology of Media.- 10 Conclusion.