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Polish Philosophy in the Inter-War Period and Ludwik Fleck’s Theory of Thought-Styles and Thought-Collectives

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Cognition and Fact

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The aim of this article is to contribute to an understanding of the genesis, significance and reception of Ludwik Fleck’s theory of thought-styles and thought-collectives (Fleck, 1935, 1935a, 1936) by considering its epis-temological content in relation to the philosophy in Poland in the nineteen thirties.

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Giedymin, J. (1986). Polish Philosophy in the Inter-War Period and Ludwik Fleck’s Theory of Thought-Styles and Thought-Collectives. In: Cognition and Fact. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 87. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4498-5_10

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