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Kotarbinski, Tadeusz (1886–1981)


Subject Philosophy

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405106795.2004.x


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Polish nominalist philosopher and logician, Professor at the Universites of Warsaw and Lodz and President of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Kotarbinski developed a radical nominalism that he called “reism” to distinguish between genuine names that designate bodies and apparent names that appear to refer to things such as properties, numbers, mental states, and events, but can be eliminated from discourse. His praxiology systematized ethical prescriptions under general principles aiming to protect others from suffering. His major works include Gnosiology (1929) and Praxiology: The Science of Efficient Action (1955). ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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