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The symposium for which this contribution was prepared invited reflection on the role of the Lvov–Warsaw School not just within the areas which it mainly touched, namely philosophy and logic, but in the wider European cultural context. It is natural to interpret this context as being confined historically to the School’s heyday, the period between Twardowski’s appointment as professor extraordinarius in Lvov in 1895, and the German attack on Poland in 1939. There is of course much to be said about the figures, works, views, attitudes and influences of the School in this period, as well as its partial continuation after 1945 and its precursors and preparation in Imperial Austria. Many of those present at the symposium have contributed decisively to this work of historical exposition and assessment.
The author wishes to thank an anonymous referee for helpful corrections and additions allowing the paper to be improved.
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The Significance of the Lvov–Warsaw School in European Culture, Warsaw, 29–30 September 2014. The symposium and the present article are parts of the project supported by the Foundation for Polish Science.
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Jordan had the amazingly detailed knowledge in his head.
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Here I am talking about philosophy as such, not the study of the history of philosophy.
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J. Ladyman, “Science, Metaphysics and Method”, in: Philosophical Studies 160, 2012, pp. 31–51.
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K. Ajdukiewicz, “Der logistische Antiirrationalismus in Polen”. Erkenntnis 5, 151–64.
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K. Twardowski, K, “Przemówienie prof. dra Kazimierza Twardowskiego wygłoszone na Zebraniu Jubileuszowym Polskiego Towarzystwa Filozoficznego we Lwowie dnia 12. lutego 1929 r.”, in: Księga pamiątkowa Polskiego Towarzystwa Filozoficznego we Lwowie. Lvov: Polskie Towarzystwo Filozoficznego we Lwowie 1931, 1–5.
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I. Dąmbska, “Irracjonalizm a poznanie naukowe”, Kwartalnik Filozoficzny 14, 83–118, 185–212.
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Simons, P. (2017). Logical Philosophy, Anti-irrationalism, and Gender Equality: Three Positives of the Lvov-Warsaw Enlightenment. In: Brożek, A., Stadler, F., Woleński, J. (eds) The Significance of the Lvov-Warsaw School in the European Culture. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52869-4_1
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