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Świętochowskiego pozytywistyczne dumania nad nauką jako motorem postępu cywilizacyjnego
Świętochowski’s Positivist Musings on Science as the Engine of Civilizational Progress

Author(s): Barbara Szotek
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: science; functions of science; positivism; scientism; Aleksander Świętochowski; evolution of positivism

Summary/Abstract: Positivist philosophy is focused on the problem of science and especially on its cognitive results and applications. We can say that Polish intellectual circles of this era glorified science. In her article, Barbara Szotek presents this phenomenon through the figure of Aleksander Świętochowski, the most famous representative and ideologist of scientific positivism. His works best illustrate the evolution of positivist views on science and its social role.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 1-20
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish