Próba „odczarowania” teorii wielości rzeczywistości Leona Chwistka — kontekst historyczny
An attempt to ‘disenchant’ Leon Chwistek’s theory of the multiplicity of realities: the historical context

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Leon Chwistek’s The plurality of realities. His theory was one among other theories aiming at presenting a uniform image of reality. Various theories of the multiplicity of realities construc- ted at the same time were a response to the problem in science that appeared at the turn of the 20th century. The author reevaluates Chwistek’s thought from a new research perspective, one which has not been widely discussed to date. In this approach Chwistek turns out to be not only a critical rationalist but also a critical pluralist. By presenting the historical context, the accusation of the bizarreness of Leon Chwistek’s theory of the multiplicity of realities is over- turned. Contrary to other conceptions, Chwistek’s theory does not present itself as isolated and eccentric but as a work belonging to the mainstream of philosophical research of the epoch.

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