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The Development of Philosophy and Marxism-Leninism in Poland Since the War

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Studies in Soviet Thought

Part of the book series: Sovietica ((SOVA,volume 7))

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The last sixty years have perhaps constituted the most remarkable period in the history of philosophy in Poland. Never before were so many talents and abilities attracted to philosophy, to make valuable contributions toward its development. Poland, after the First World War, having regained its own statehood and organised its institutions of teaching and research, became one of the important centres of philosophical inquiry 2. Polish logicians (L. Chwistek, S. Leśniewski, J. Łukasiewicz, A. Tarski) and philosophers (K. Ajdukiewicz, T. Czezowski, T. Kotarbiński, Z. Zawirski) promoted new trends and opened fresh fields of research. They reared the second generation of logicians and philosophers, who have continued the tradition established by the founders of the Warsaw school. Among those internationally known are the logicians, J. M. Bocheński, A. Grzegorczyk, S. Jaśkowski, A. Lindenbaum 3, J. Łoś, A. Mostowski, H. Rasiowa, J. Słupecki, B. Sobociński, M. Wajsberg 3, and the philosophers, J. Hosiasson 3, M. Kokoszyrńska, J. Kotarbińska, H. Mehlberg, M. Ossowska and S. Ossowski 4.

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    J. M. Bocheński Ph.D. S.T.D. (Professor of the History of Contemporary Philosophy and Director of the Institute of East-European Studies) (Professor of the History of Contemporary Philosophy and Director of the Institute of East-European Studies)

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    T. J. Blakeley Ph.D. (Assistant-Professor) (Assistant-Professor)

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Jordan, Z. (1961). The Development of Philosophy and Marxism-Leninism in Poland Since the War. In: Bocheński, J.M., Blakeley, T.J. (eds) Studies in Soviet Thought. Sovietica, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3266-7_10

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