Tadeusz Czeżowski (July 26, 1889 – March 28, 1981) was a Polish

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

and

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. He is considered one of the most prominent members of the Lviv-Warsaw School.

Biography

Czeżowski was born in

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Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

on July 26, 1889. He was the son of a high-ranking state official a previous Prefect who later became the Counsellor of the Governorate of Galicia. In 1907, he studied philosophy, mathematics, and physics at the

University of Lviv The University of Lviv ( uk, Львівський університет, Lvivskyi universytet; pl, Uniwersytet Lwowski; german: Universität Lemberg, briefly known as the ''Theresianum'' in the early 19th century), presently the Ivan Franko Na ...

. His mother, Helena Kusche, was considered part of the ''petite bourgeoisie'' of the city. He became a student of

Kazimierz Twardowski Kazimierz Jerzy Skrzypna-Twardowski (20 October 1866 – 11 February 1938) was a Polish philosopher, psychologist, logician, and rector of the Lwów University. He was initially affiliated with Alexius Meinong's Graz School of object theory. ...

, who conferred to Czeżowski his doctorate in philosophy in 1914 after completing his dissertation entitled, ''Teoria klas'' (Theory of Classes). He also became a member of the Lwów–Warsaw School of Logic. After qualifying as mathematics and physics teacher, he started teaching in a Lviv grammar school in 1912. From 1923 to 1939 he was a professor at

Stefan Batory University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

, and from 1945 to 1960 a professor at

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU ( pl, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473.Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. In 1948 he became editor of the magazine ''Ruch Filozoficzny''. He died in

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in 1981. He was named a member of the

Righteous Among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sav ...

in 1963.

Works

* ''O metafizyce, jej kierunkach i zagadnieniach'' (On Metaphysics, its directions and problems) (1948) * ''Logika'' (1949) * ''Odczyty filozoficzne'' (1958 and 1969) * ''Filozofia na rozdrożu'' (1966) * ''Pisma z etyki i teorii wartości'' (1989) * ''Knowledge, Science, and Values. A Program for Scientific Philosophy'' Edited by Leon Gumanski, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2000

References

External links

Polish Philosophy Page: Tadeusz Czeżowski
at the

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1889 births 1981 deaths Writers from Vienna Polish logicians Academic staff of Vilnius University Academic staff of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 20th-century Polish philosophers {{Poland-academic-bio-stub