In this reminiscence I present some personal and little-known memories of my Father Tadeusz Kotarbiński. Among others, I dwell on his personality, the family atmosphere he created, his teaching talents, and his attitude towards the authorities of his times. I also speak about his artistic skills (notably his pencil drawings and poetry), his everyday language and the language of his lectures, as well as his hobbies like mushrooming, Polish bowling, and others.

"I reached the chair of philosophy via logic. Teaching logic became the field of my activity as a university professor of philosophy, a member of other humanistic faculties. Emphasis is here placed on the words 'teaching' and 'humanistic'. For my lectures and classes were conceived as an organon in the classical sense of the term, for philosophers as well as for those who, having completed their course of study, would espouse the cause of disseminating humanistic knowledge and thinking, particularly future (...) secondary school teachers. Somewhat later my activity embraced also law students. My linguistic equipment proved to, be very helpful in this respect. For it seems especially important when the problems of an organon of this kind are.. (shrink)

1. Directives méthodologiques de Descartes. — 2. Définition de la méthodologie générale. Trois sections de la praxéologie : détermination des notions, typologie et critique des notions, partie normative. — 3. Détermination des notions praxéologiques. — 4. Typologie et critique des actions : a) Description et enregistrement des diverses formes de l’action ; b) exemples de progrés pratique ; c) exemples de pathologie de l’action. — 5. Normes de la méthodologie générale. — 6. Élements praxéologiques des autres sciences. — 7. Ce (...) qu’on peut encore faire dans ce domaine. — 8. Rapport de la praxéologie à l’éthique. (shrink)

A quick method to learn how to converse in Japanese -- title page.