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This paper reports some attempts undertaken in Poland in the 1930s to modernize Thomism by means of modern logic. In particular, it concerns J.M. Bocheński and J. Salamucha, the leading members of the CracowCircle. They attempted to give precise logical form to the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas. Other works concerned the concept of transcendentals, the levels of abstraction, and the concept of essence.
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Woleński, J. Polish Attempts to Modernize Thomism by Logic (Bocheński and Salamucha). Studies in East European Thought 55, 299–313 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025396221765
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025396221765