Knowledge, language, and silence : selected papers / by Izydora Dąmbska ; edited by Anna Brozek, Jacek Jadacki ; translated from the Polish by Katarzyna Cullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dąmbska, Izydora.

Contributor:

Brożek, Anna.

Series:

Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 105.

Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 105

Polish analytical philosophy, 1389-6768

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Polish--20th century.

Philosophy, Polish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Izydora Dąmbska (1904-1982) was a Polish philosopher; a student of Kazimierz Twardowski, and his last assistant. Her output consists of almost 300 publications. The main domains of her research were semiotics, epistemology and broadly understood methodology as well as axiology and history of philosophy. Dąmbska’s approach to philosophical problems reflected tendencies that were characteristic of the Lvov-Warsaw School. She applied high methodological standards but has never limited the domain of analyzed problems in advance. The present volume includes twenty-eight translations of her representative papers. As one of her pupils rightly wrote: “Dąmbska’s works may help everyone [...] to think clearly. Her attitude of an unshaken philosopher may help anyone to hold oneself straight, and, if necessary, to get up after a fall”.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Anna Brożek and Jacek Jadacki

On the Need to Philosophize / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Meaning of the History of Science for Philosophy / Izydora Dąmbska

On Duality in the Aspect of Being and Cognition and on the Tendency to Overcome this Duality as the Basis for Philosophical Trends and Standpoints / Izydora Dąmbska

A Few Remarks on Cognitive Values / Izydora Dąmbska

Is Intersubjective Similarity of Sensory Impressions a Necessary Assumption in Natural Sciences? / Izydora Dąmbska

Irrationalism and Scientific Cognition / Izydora Dąmbska

Conventionalism and Relativism / Izydora Dąmbska

Skepticism and Agnosticism in Contemporary Epistemology / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Kinds of Skepticism / Izydora Dąmbska

Philosophical Skepticism and the Scientific Method / Izydora Dąmbska

On Some Methods of Justifying Sentences about Future Events / Izydora Dąmbska

A Few Remarks on Reasoning by Analogy / Izydora Dąmbska

Laws of Physics and the Postulate of Truthfulness of Scientific Statements / Izydora Dąmbska

On Prospective Definitions / Izydora Dąmbska

Logical Division and Definition / Izydora Dąmbska

Some Notions of Grammar in View of Logic / Izydora Dąmbska

On Semiotic Conventions / Izydora Dąmbska

Symbol / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Philosophy of Proper Names / Izydora Dąmbska

Regarding the So-Called Empty Names / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Semantics of Adjectives / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Semantics of Conditional Sentences / Izydora Dąmbska

The Conception of Language and Truth / Izydora Dąmbska

On Namelessness / Izydora Dąmbska

Silence as an Expression and as a Value / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Semiotic Functions of Silence / Izydora Dąmbska

On the Notion of Understanding / Izydora Dąmbska

When I Think of the Word “Freedom”. / Izydora Dąmbska

Editorial Afterword: Izydora Dąmbska – A Steadfast Thinker / Anna Brożek and Jacek Jadacki

Bibliography / Izydora Dąmbska

Name Index / Izydora Dąmbska.

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ISBN:

90-04-31267-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004312678 DOI