Hipotetyczna metafi zyka kultury
The hipothetical metaphysics of culture

Summary/Abstract: Forming any statement about culture we enter metaphysics, understood as a refl ectionon the substance of being taken in its entirety. That is why every theory of culture is metaphysical orhas metaphysical foundation, which still is worth taking into consideration. Though Karl Popper hasseparated theory and metaphysics drawing the line of falsifi ability between them, he also stressedimportance of metaphysical horizon in scientifi c practice. Similar approach to the subject couldbe found in the work of Mścisław Wartneberg’s, Polish philosopher from the turn of 19th century,especially in his concept of the hypothetical metaphysics. This proposition is worth of rethinkingin order to refl ect on metaphysical nature of modern and possible theories of culture.

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