Lo studio che presentiamo si muove nell'ambito personaHstico e piu particolarmente nel'ambito del personalismo sviluppato in Polonia sulla base dell'influsso che ha avuto J. Maritain. Come accenna R. Buttiglione, in Polonia si ritrovano due correnti principali del tomismo rinnovato sulla base dell'influsso del personalismo: la prima e la corrente del tomismo tradizionale e la seconda e la corrente del tomismo esistenziale. Il piu eminente rappresentante della prima corrente e M. A. Krąpiec che sviluppa il concetto del tomismo tradizionale, chiamato da (...) R. Buttiglione il tomismo trascendentale. Secondo R. Buttiglione questa sarebbe l'ala piu conservatrice del rinnovamento tomistico in Polonia. Invece il rappresentante piu eminente della seconda corrente piu progressista nello sviluppo tomistico in Polonia era K. Wojtyla, l'attuale Sommo Pontefice Giovanni Paolo II. Questa corrente che sviluppava il tomismo esistenziale, si caratterizzava per la possibilita di rinnovare il tomismo o il personalismo tomista con le filosofie moderne e particolarmente con la fenomenologia. (shrink)

Lo studio che presentiamo si muove nell'ambito personaHstico e piu particolarmente nel'ambito del personalismo sviluppato in Polonia sulla base dell'influsso che ha avuto J. Maritain. Come accenna R. Buttiglione, in Polonia si ritrovano due correnti principali del tomismo rinnovato sulla base dell'influsso del personalismo: la prima e la corrente del tomismo tradizionale e la seconda e la corrente del tomismo esistenziale. Il piu eminente rappresentante della prima corrente e M. A. Krąpiec che sviluppa il concetto del tomismo tradizionale, chiamato da (...) R. Buttiglione il tomismo trascendentale. Secondo R. Buttiglione questa sarebbe l'ala piu conservatrice del rinnovamento tomistico in Polonia. Invece il rappresentante piu eminente della seconda corrente piu progressista nello sviluppo tomistico in Polonia era K. Wojtyla, l'attuale Sommo Pontefice Giovanni Paolo II. Questa corrente che sviluppava il tomismo esistenziale, si caratterizzava per la possibilita di rinnovare il tomismo o il personalismo tomista con le filosofie moderne e particolarmente con la fenomenologia. (shrink)

Zainteresowanie społecznym nauczaniem Kościoła wynika między innymi z faktu, że stawia ono siebie w ciągłym dialogu ze współczesną myślą społeczną. Dialog z ideologią liberalną zajmuje tu niewątpliwie znaczycie miejsce. Wynika to z faktu, ze współczesne próby rozwiązania kwestii społecznej w krajach o ustabilizowanej demokracji nawiązują czysto do liberalnych rozwiązań zarówno w sferze życia społeczno-politycznego, jak i społeczno-ekonomicznego. Katolicka nauka społeczna wychodzi naprzeciw wyzwaniom społecznym, politycznym, ekonomicznym i kulturowym współczesnych społeczeństw, państw i narodów z dziedzictwem własnej myśli społecznej, który Kościół reprezentował (...) w całej swojej historii, szczególnie od encykliki „Rerum Novarum" Leona XIII do „Centesimus Annus" Jana Pawła II, Uwzględniając wyniki analizy trudnych spraw społecznych, Kocioł w swoim nauczaniu poszukuje wciąż aktualnych rozwiązań, nawiązując do własnej historii i tradycji. (shrink)

Zainteresowanie społecznym nauczaniem Kościoła wynika między innymi z faktu, że stawia ono siebie w ciągłym dialogu ze współczesną myślą społeczną. Dialog z ideologią liberalną zajmuje tu niewątpliwie znaczycie miejsce. Wynika to z faktu, ze współczesne próby rozwiązania kwestii społecznej w krajach o ustabilizowanej demokracji nawiązują czysto do liberalnych rozwiązań zarówno w sferze życia społeczno-politycznego, jak i społeczno-ekonomicznego. Katolicka nauka społeczna wychodzi naprzeciw wyzwaniom społecznym, politycznym, ekonomicznym i kulturowym współczesnych społeczeństw, państw i narodów z dziedzictwem własnej myśli społecznej, który Kościół reprezentował (...) w całej swojej historii, szczególnie od encykliki „Rerum Novarum" Leona XIII do „Centesimus Annus" Jana Pawła II, Uwzględniając wyniki analizy trudnych spraw społecznych, Kocioł w swoim nauczaniu poszukuje wciąż aktualnych rozwiązań, nawiązując do własnej historii i tradycji. (shrink)

Katoicka nauka spoleczna koncentruje się wokół zagadnień godności osoby ludzkiej oraz wynikających z niej uprawnień indywidualnych i spolecznych. Jednym ze szczególnych uprawnień jest prawo do wolności obywatelskiej, wyrażające się w wolności działania, myślenia, przekonań religijnych i możliwości budowania spoleczeństwa obywatelskiego. Prawo do wolności jest często rozpatrywane także w kontekście różnych filozoficznych koncepcji, a zwłaszcza w filozofii liberalnej. We współczesnej historii Polski tego rodzaju myśl wolnościowa związana była z istnieniem opozycyjnych ugrupowań dysydenckich i politycznych. Interesującym zagadnieniem z punktu widzenia powstawania neoliberalnej (...) idei wolnosci w ramach opozycji demokratycznej przed 1989 rokiem w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej jest zwrócenie uwagi na dwa podstawowe elementy myslenia na przekór komunistycznej tradycji. Pierwszym z tych zagadnieh jest problematyka autonomii jednostki. Drugie zagadnienie natomiast mozna okreslic mianem spoleczehstwa obywatelskiego. (shrink)

II concetto della persona umana secondo Karol Wojtyła si deve vedere sullo sfondo della moderna antropologia filosofica, la cui nota caratteristica e di considerare l'uomo come unita corporale-spirituale, contrariamente alla concezione tradizionale - come essere composto di anima e di corpo. Da questo risulta che l'accento si sposta dalle concezioni dualistiche dell'uomo alle concezioni unitarie. In questa concezione non si livella la differenza tra l'anima e il corpo, ma solo si presenta in altro modo il rapporto tra loro.

II concetto della persona umana secondo Karol Wojtyła si deve vedere sullo sfondo della moderna antropologia filosofica, la cui nota caratteristica e di considerare l'uomo come unita corporale-spirituale, contrariamente alla concezione tradizionale - come essere composto di anima e di corpo. Da questo risulta che l'accento si sposta dalle concezioni dualistiche dell'uomo alle concezioni unitarie. In questa concezione non si livella la differenza tra l'anima e il corpo, ma solo si presenta in altro modo il rapporto tra loro.

W wyniku przemian społecznych w wielu krajach demokratycznych, a zwłaszcza w Stanach Zjednoczonych jako kolebce demokracji, dostrzega się zmiany nie tylko ideowe, ale i obrazu samego społeczeństwa, podkreślając choćby zmiany tradycyjnych cnót mieszczańskich społeczeństwa kapitalistycznego. W tym kontekście warto więc zauważyć, ze wszelkie przeobrażenia i „nowinki" odbywają się na bazie poszanowania podstawowych zasad systemu, tj. demokracji, wolnego rynku oraz wyraźnej dominacji drogi ewolucyjnej, a nie rewolucyjnej, co dla czytelnika polskiego może stanowić pozytywny aspekt wychowawczy. W niniejszym studium teoretyczne koncepcje filozoficzne (...) filozofów Johna Rawlsa i George'a C. Lodge'a są zestawione z działalnością polityka praktyka Johna Fitzgeralda Kennedy’ego, który choć nie jest filozofem teoretykiem, to jednak należy do głównych przedstawicieli tzw. liberalizmu jakościowego. Jego pozycja w życiu społeczno-politycznym Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki Północnej umożliwiła spopularyzowanie tego nurtu liberalnego w życiu publicznym społeczeństwa amerykańskiego. (shrink)

Katoicka nauka spoleczna koncentruje się wokół zagadnień godności osoby ludzkiej oraz wynikających z niej uprawnień indywidualnych i spolecznych. Jednym ze szczególnych uprawnień jest prawo do wolności obywatelskiej, wyrażające się w wolności działania, myślenia, przekonań religijnych i możliwości budowania spoleczeństwa obywatelskiego. Prawo do wolności jest często rozpatrywane także w kontekście różnych filozoficznych koncepcji, a zwłaszcza w filozofii liberalnej. We współczesnej historii Polski tego rodzaju myśl wolnościowa związana była z istnieniem opozycyjnych ugrupowań dysydenckich i politycznych. Interesującym zagadnieniem z punktu widzenia powstawania neoliberalnej (...) idei wolnosci w ramach opozycji demokratycznej przed 1989 rokiem w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej jest zwrócenie uwagi na dwa podstawowe elementy myslenia na przekór komunistycznej tradycji. Pierwszym z tych zagadnieh jest problematyka autonomii jednostki. Drugie zagadnienie natomiast mozna okreslic mianem spoleczehstwa obywatelskiego. (shrink)

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION The present volume of "Poznari Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities", entitled "Consciousness: methodological ...

The effects of handling on the exploratory activity of rats in settings varying in level of sensory stimulation1 This study tests the assumptions of need for stimulation theory. According the main hypothesis of this theory, the stimulus seeking activity of an organism in an unfamiliar environment is affected by two main temperamental traits: emotional reactivity and need for stimulation. In a familiar setting, the influence of emotional reactivity disappears, while the need for stimulation persists. Two experiments were run in which (...) animals' emotionality was manipulated by means of presence or absence of handling and the level of environmental stimulation was manipulated by varying the intensity of light to which the animals were exposed. Sixty male Wistar rats were tested in the first experiment. Stimulus seeking activity was registered in the Skinner-type chambers where animals could switch the light on by every head dip into one of two holes, the so-called experimental hole. Animals were tested in five 30-minute sessions repeated every 48 hours. As predicted, the effect of emotionality on exploration emerged at the beginning of the experiment, whereas the effect of the level of environmental stimulation on the total number of head-dips emerged in all the experimental sessions. The second experiment involved 40 rats and followed a similar design, but the stimulus seeking activity was measured in the situation where the animals could switch the light off by dipping their heads into the experimental hole. Contrary to predictions, the experimental factors had no significant effect on the animals' stimulus seeking activity. Only the results of the first experiment confirm the assumptions of need for stimulation theory. (shrink)

Chciałem Go pożegnać. Kilkakrotnie próbowałem napisać choć parę słów. O Nim samym. Okazało się, że nie potrafię. Udało mi się tylko przedstawić Jego poglądy na reizm Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego, ale uczyniłem to gdzie indziej. Muszę tu poprzestać na ofiarowaniu Mu tego, co napisałem na Jego dziewięćdziesiąte urodziny, w osiemdziesięciolecie naszej przyjaźni.

Jerzy Perzanowski s ideas were based on an original blend of logic and ontology in what he called onto/logic, where the slash is meant to suggest a quotient of ontology by logic. Perzanowski began as a logician, his early works being on modal logic, then gradually shifted his interest to logical philosophy, meaning not so much philosophy of logic as philosophy informed by logic. Perzanowski was a rare breed of analytical philosopher who thought that a philosophical theory of everything (...) was worthwhile. In this systematic spirit, he began with method. He presented his method of total analysis and synthesis quite simply: reduce the object of research to its simplest possible constituents, and then combine them in some way. Better still, combine them in every possible way, thereby producing a space of possibilities analogous to (and in certain cases identical with) the logical space. Thus, analysis and synthesis differ from a trivial disassembly and reassembly.". (shrink)

The idea of rejection of some sentences on the basis of others comes from Aristotle, as Jan Łukasiewicz states in his studies on Aristotle's syllogistic [1939, 1951], concerning rejection of the false syllogistic form and those on certain calculus of propositions. Short historical remarks on the origin and development of the notion of a rejected sentence, introduced into logic by Jan Łukasiewicz, are contained in the Introduction of this paper. This paper is to a considerable extent a summary of papers (...) which are not easily available, even to the Polish reader: (1) J. Słupecki, Funkcja Łukasiewicza (Łukasiewicz’s function), Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Seria B, nr 3 (1959), 33-40; (2) U. Wybraniec-Skardowska, Teoria zdań odrzuconych (Theory of Rejected Sentences), (doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Jerzy Słupecki, published as a monograph), Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej w Opolu, Studia i Monografie, Nr 22 (1969), 5-131; (3) G. Bryll, Kilka uzupełnień teorii zdań odrzuconych (Some supplements to the theory of rejcted sentences), Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej w Opolu, Studia i Mnografie, Nr 22 (1969), 153-154. The paper also contains a good number of results which have not been published yet. Chapter I contains results presented in the papers (1)-(3). It provides an extension of Alfred Tarski’s theory of deductive systems presented by him in the papers [1930]: Fundamentale Begriffe der Methodologie der deduktiven Wssenschaften, I and Über einige fundamentale Begriffe der Metamathematik. The enriched theory is marked with T. The most essential new concept in T is the function Cn-1, whose definition was given by Słupecki in (1) on the basis of the so-called Tarski’s general theory of deductive systems. It has the form: y e Cn-1X iff Ex e X (x e Cn {y}), where Cn is Tarski’s consequence operation. In accordance with the definition: A sentence y is rejected on the basis of the sentences of the set X iff at least one of sentences of X is a consequence of y (is deducible from y). The intuitive meaning of the rejection function Cn-1: on the basis of false sentences we can reject false sentences only (while by means of the consequence operation Cn on the basis of true sentences we can deduce true sentences only). The function Cn-1 is a generalization of the notion of rejected sentences which was introduced into logic by Łukasiewicz. The essential property of the rejection function Cn-1 is that it satisfies the axioms of general Tarski’s consequence Cn, so it is a consequence operation, called the rejection consequence. In addition, it is an additive and normal operation. In Chapter I, there are given notions analogous to those of the theory of deductive systems, but they are written down by means of the symbol ‘Cn-1’ and not ‘Cn’. There are established the properties of introduced notions and differences and analogies taking place between them and properties of respective notions of the theory T. There are also given generalizations of the notions of ‘decidable system’ and ‘consistent system’ used by Łukasiewicz. The short Chapter II contains axioms of the system T’ which is equivalent to the system T. The only difference between sets of primitive notions of these systems consists in the appearance of the function Cn-1 in the system T’ instead of the function Cn. This chapter reproduces the results given in (2), but they are partially simplified. (shrink)

The axiom of canonicity was introduced by the famous Polish logician Roman Suszko in 1951 as an explication of Skolem's Paradox and a precise representation of the axiom of restriction in set theory proposed much earlier by Abraham Fraenkel. We discuss the main features of Suszko's contribution and hint at its possible further applications.

The paper analyzes the philosophical consequences of the recent discovery of direct violations of the time–reversal symmetry of weak interactions. It shows that although we have here an important case of the time asymmetry of one of the fundamental physical forces which could have had a great impact on the form of our world with an excess of matter over antimatter, this asymmetry cannot be treated as the asymmetry of time itself but rather as an asymmetry of some specific physical (...) process in time. The paper also analyzes the consequences of the new discovery for the general problem of the possible connections between direction of time and time-asymmetric laws of nature. These problems are analyzed in the context of Horwich’s Asymmetries in time: problems in the philosophy of science argumentation, trying to show that existence of a time–asymmetric law of nature is a sufficient condition for time to be anisotropic. Instead of Horwich’s sufficient condition for anisotropy of time, it is stressed that for a theory of asymmetry of time to be acceptable it should explain all fundamental time asymmetries: the asymmetry of traces, the asymmetry of causation, and the asymmetry between the fixed past and open future. It is so because the problem of the direction of time has originated from our attempts to understand these asymmetries and every plausible theory of the direction of time should explain them. (shrink)

Civil society was defined in various ways. Among others, J. Locke, G.W.F. Hegel and A. de Tockeville presented the most relevant characteristic of what civil society is or could be. For the purpose of the paper we distinct civil society and the state. To the first one we assign spontaneity and diversity, the second we treat as procedural and homogeneous. In the paper we will stand for the thesis: civil society is the nest of virtues and as such characterized plays (...) one of the most prominent parts in contemporary social and political reality. The problem is not that presently civil society does not exist. The problem is that once it was established within the state, it has been developed in such a way that it became a hybrid combined from the state and what could be called apolitical human activity. The core of the problem is that the hybrid is more political than apolitical. To the essence of civil society belong: existence of free associations of any kind, economy free from political coerce as much as it could be and public sphere of opinion, all organized in such a political way that the political power is limited by division of it to three independent institutions: a legislature, an executive and a judiciary and also by the law. A ground for apolitical human social activities was prepared by J. Locke in his political theory. The state is one of possible emanations of apolitical society in the state of nature. Montesquieu expanded such a vision of society that it exists within the state but the state itself is limited by division of political power and civil rights which allow the members of the society to protect their freedom and dignity. Moral civil society we are developing protect the citizens from overwhelming influence of the state and particular egoisms of individuals. As such it promotes moral activity, it brings trust to the public sphere and it protects human dignity. (shrink)

The paper tries to demonstrate that the process of the increase of entropy does not explain the asymmetry of time itself because it is unable to account for its fundamental asymmetries, that is, the asymmetry of traces (we have traces of the past and no traces of the future), the asymmetry of causation (we have an impact on future events with no possibility of having an impact on the past), and the asymmetry between the fixed past and the open future, (...) To this end, the approaches of Boltzmann, Reichenbach (and his followers), and Albert are analysed. It is argued that we should look for alternative approaches instead of this, namely we should consider a temporally asymmetrical physical theory or seek a source of the asymmetry of time in metaphysics. This second approach may even turn out to be complementary if only we accept that metaphysics can complement scientific research programmes. (shrink)

Quantum mechanics (QM) predicts probabilities on the fundamental level which are, via Born probability law, connected to the formal randomness of infinite sequences of QM outcomes. Recently it has been shown that QM is algorithmic 1-random in the sense of Martin–Löf. We extend this result and demonstrate that QM is algorithmic $$\omega$$ -random and generic, precisely as described by the ’miniaturisation’ of the Solovay forcing to arithmetic. This is extended further to the result that QM becomes Zermelo–Fraenkel Solovay random on (...) infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. Moreover, it is more likely that there exists a standard transitive ZFC model M, where QM is expressed in reality, than in the universe V of sets. Then every generic quantum measurement adds to M the infinite sequence, i.e. random real $$r\in 2^{\omega }$$, and the model undergoes random forcing extensions M[r]. The entire process of forcing becomes the structural ingredient of QM and parallels similar constructions applied to spacetime in the quantum limit, therefore showing the structural resemblance of both in this limit. We discuss several questions regarding measurability and possible practical applications of the extended Solovay randomness of QM. The method applied is the formalization based on models of ZFC; however, this is particularly well-suited technique to recognising randomness questions of QM. When one works in a constant model of ZFC or in axiomatic ZFC itself, the issues considered here remain hidden to a great extent. (shrink)

Science and Convention: Essays on Henri Poincare's Philosophy of Science and The Conventionalist Tradition contains essays concerned with Henri Poincare's philosophy of science, physics in particular, and with the conventionalist tradition in philosophy that he revived and reshaped, simultaneously with, but independently of, Pierre Duhem. Separating five essays as chapters, the book discusses the main ideas of the philosophy (Essays 1 and 5), traces at least some of its historical background (Essays 1, 2, and 3), and provides some of its (...) developments (Essays 2 and 4). (shrink)

The aim of this paper is to make presentism a dynamic view of reality by basing it on a notion of dynamic existence, that is, on a notion of existence which has a dynamic character. The paper shows that both of the notions of existence which are used in metaphysical theories of time have a static character and, while such a notion is useful for eternalists, it is useless for presentists if they want to make their view able to remain (...) in agreement with our everyday experience and self-consistent. It is demonstrated that both empirical and theoretical arguments indicate that the presentist should replace the notion of this static existence with the notion of a dynamic existence and that this maneuver allows the presentist to treat his/her existential thesis as equivalent to the thesis that time flows. Not only does this strategy allow us to express presentism in a simple, homogenous way which remains in agreement with our experience, but also permits us to solve some of the difficult problems which presentism faces, such as, for example, the objection of triviality and the question about the rate of time passage. Moreover, such an approach to presentism allows us to solve fundamental metaphysical problems concerning time such as the problem of the openness of the future and the fixity of the past, direction of causation, and relations between presentism and persistence through time by endurance. (shrink)

The present note is intended to draw the reader's attention to the analysis of the relation between Newtonian Mechanics and Special Relativity Mechanics (henceforth to be referred to as NM and SRM), given by Philipp Frank, one of the classics of Logical Empiricism (in Frank [1938]). Frank's analysis of the relation between NM and SRM is interesting in many ways. Firstly, it shows clearly that problems of disruptive changes and of conceptual disparity were known to and discussed by Logical Empiricists (...) and that, therefore, some of them at least were not at all blinded to 'dynamic' problems of changes in actual science by their view of physical theories as interpreted axiomatic systems and did not deal with those theories as 'static, frozen in logical mold'. Secondly, it reveals some of the reasons for the Logical Empiricist rejection of what came to be known later as the incommensurability claim. (shrink)

The paper consists of two parts. The first critically analyses Meyer’s [2005] version of the triviality objection to presentism (according to which, presentism is either trivial or untenable), and tries to show that his argument is untenable because – contrary to what he claimed – he did not take into account the entire possible spectrum of interpretations of the presentist’s thesis. In the second, positive part of the paper, it is shown that a leading form of tensed theory of time (...) postulates the same ontology as presentism and that it avoids the triviality problem which means that it can be used to generate an alternative formulation of presentism which is no longer vulnerable to the triviality objection. (shrink)