Antoni Kępiński – a Man, Philosopher, Physician. Biographical Impressions and Inspirations for Pedagogical Activity
Antoni Kępiński – a Man, Philosopher, Physician. Biographical Impressions and Inspirations for Pedagogical Activity

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to reconstruct the basis of the therapeutic concept of Antoni Kępiński, one of the most outstanding Polish psychiatrists, along with considering the possibility of relating the main assumptions of axiological psychiatry, as well as the phenomenological and existential foundations underlying his way of perceiving the relationship with the patient, to more general, pedagogical relationships in the process of upbringing. For this purpose, I will analyze critical events (turning points) in the psychiatrist’s biography, theoretical inspirations that are a source of reflection as well as the subsequent development of the concepts of mental health, illness and individual well-being. Then I will reflect on which of them can be an inspiration for contemporary pedagogical thinking and activities.

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