Ulrich Schrade (21 July 1943 in Patricken /

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

(now Patryki,

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 ...

) – 15 November 2009 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) 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 ...

educationist Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Var ...

and

ethicist An ethicist is one whose judgment on ethics and ethical codes has come to be trusted by a specific community, and (importantly) is expressed in some way that makes it possible for others to mimic or approximate that judgment. Following the advice of ...

. Born in Patryki. In the years 1961-1966 he studied economics under Boleslaw Kasprowicz at the Higher School of Economics in Sopot, Poland); from 1966-1969 he worked at the creation of the tire plant in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...

; in the years 1969-1974 he studied philosophy under Bogusław Wolniewicz at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields o ...

. Since 1974 he worked at the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences at the

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...

. At this university he is considered to be the founder of a specific current of philosophy of science and technology and a major contributor to the theory of higher education. Until his death he was holding the following positions: * Head of the Department of Philosophy * Head of Pedagogical Seminary * Head of the Postgraduate Pedagogical Studies at the

. He was a member of the Disciplinary Commission of the Higher Education Council and board member of the Polish Philosophical Society. The core of his scientific interests were the general problems of anthropology and axiology and education theory. He was a professor at the

and has also worked as a visiting professor at th
Akademia Humanistyczna in Pułtusk
(''Pultusk Academy of Humanities'').

Awards

Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Złoty Krzyż Zasługi), 2005Decree of the President of the Republic of Poland on 10 September 2004 concerning awards
, Medal of the National Education Commission (Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej)

Works

* Idea humanizmu w świetle aksjologii Henryka Elzenberga. (''The idea of humanism in the light of Henryk Elzenberg's axiology.''), 1986 * Etyka. Główne systemy, (''Ethics. The major systems''), 1992 * Nurty filozofii współczesnej. (''Currents of contemporary philosophy''), three editions, 1997, 2003, 2010
Międzywojenna polska myśl narodowa. Od patriotyzmu do globalizmu.
''(Polish national idea of the interwar period. From patriotism to globalism)'', 2004 * Dydaktyka szkoły wyższej. Wybrane problemy, (''College didactics. Selected Problems''), 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrade, Ulrich 1943 births 2009 deaths People from Olsztyn County People from East Prussia Polish people of German descent Polish ethicists 20th-century Polish philosophers