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The volume aims to show the variety of research currents of the Lvov-Warsaw School and the ways in which these currents are developed today. The content of the book is divided into three parts. The first part provides an overview of the logico-semiotical achievements of the Lvov-Warsaw School. It also includes analyses of specific problems: categorial grammar, theory of truth, theory of reasoning and semiotic defects. The second part presents some metaphysical and ontological views of Twardowski, Kotarbiński, Ajdukiewicz, Bocheński and Lejewski. In the third part, specific features of psychological and sociological branches of the Lvov-Warsaw School are discussed. Contributors include: Anna Brożek, Wojciech Buszkowski, Alicja Chybińska, Mariusz Grygianiec, Aleksandra Horecka, Stepan Ivanyk, Jacek Jadacki, Ryszard Kleszcz, Natalia Miklaszewska, Wioletta Miśkiewicz, Teresa Rzepa, Piotr Surma, Jan Woleński, and Marta Zaręba.

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Anna Brożek Born in Cracow (Poland). A pianist and a philosopher (titular professor). She is the author of seven books (i.a. Kazimierz Twardowski. Die Wiener Jahre, Springer 2011; Theory of Questions, Rodopi 2011) and a few dozen of articles in logical semiotics, methodology, ontology, history of Polish philosophy, and musicology. Alicja Chybińska Born in Gdańsk (Poland). She is a doctoral student working on semiotic defects at the Institute of Philosophy, Warsaw University. She is the author of several papers concerning semiotics, methodology, and history of Polish philosophy. Jacek Jadacki Born in Puchaczów (Poland) A pianist and a philosopher (titular professor). He is the author of many books (i.a: From the Viewpoint of the Lvov-Warsaw School, Rodopi 2003; Polish Analytical Philosophy, Semper 2009; Being and Duty, Copernicus Center Press 2013) and a few hundred papers of various domains of philosophy. Jan Woleński Born in Radom (Poland). A philosopher and theorist of law (titular professor; member of the Polish Academy of Science). He is the author of over a dozen of books (i.a. Logic and Philosophy in the Lvov-Warsaw School, Kluwer 1989; Epistemology. Vol. I-III, in Polish, Aureus 2000; Historico-Philosophical Essays, Copernicus Center Press 2012) and over a thousand articles concerning almost all domains of philosophy.

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