Jan Wolenski

Biographic Data

ID1287320
NAMEJan Wolenski
GIVEN NAMESJan
FAMILY NAMEWolenski
SIGNATUREWOLENSKI J
AFFILIATIONSJagiellonian University
ORCID0000-0001-7676-7839
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS59
TOTAL CITATIONS41
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT9
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Polish Logicians on Social Functions of Logic

    Jan WolenskiARTICLEHistory and Philosophy of Logic2024

    The paper examines the interplays between logic and politics in the Polish School of Logic starting from 1914. The Polish School of Logic flourished between 1920 and 1939. Philosophically, it was influenced by Kazimierz Twardowski (1866–1938). For Twardowski logic is fundamental for every kind of human activity, professional and private and this means that every argument should be formulated and proceed by correct inferential rules. These rules i…

  • Kilka uwag o uboju rytualnym

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEZoophilologica2023

    Artykuł polemizuje z tekstem Pawła T. Skoczygłowy, mianowicie z tezami że (a) orzeczenie Trybunał Konstytucyjnego z 10 XII 2014 r. o dopuszczalności uboju rytualnego w Polsce jest właściwe; (b) ubój rytualny jesr usprawiedliwiony moralnie; (c) rytualne zabijanie zwierząt bez ogłuszania jest procederem stosunkowo humanitarnym. W szczególności, po pierwsze, Trybunał Konstytucyjny wykroczył poza petitum wniosku złożonego przez Związek Gmin Wyznaniow…

  • Szkoła lwowsko-warszawska a polska teoria prawa

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEStudia Prawnicze / The Legal…2023

  • Theory or philosophy of law

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLERuch Prawniczy Ekonomiczny i…2023

    The article discusses the theory of law in terms of the extent to which it is part of jurisprudence, on the one hand, and a philosophical pursuit, on the other. The question is explored considering the historical development of the legal sciences and the situation of Polish theory of law in the latter half of the twentieth century. Also, the author relies on the analysis of selected theoreticallegal concepts, notably the so-called multiplane theo…

  • Foundations of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice. The Case of Polish Mathematical School

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEStudia Historiae Scientiarum2022

    The foundations of mathematics cover mathematical as well as philosophical problems. At the turn of the 20th century logicism, formalism and intuitionism, main foundational schools were developed. A natural problem arose, namely of how much the foundations of mathematics influence the real practice of mathematicians. Although mathematics was and still is declared to be independent of philosophy, various foundational controversies concerned some m…

  • Metalogical Remarks on Induction

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEAxiomathes2021

    The problem of induction belongs to the most controversial issues in philosophy of science. If induction is understood widely, it covers every fallible inference, that is, such that its conclusion is not logically entailed by its premises. This paper analyses so-called reductive induction, that is, reasoning in which premises follow from the conclusion, but the reverse relation does not hold. Two issues are taken into account, namely the definiti…

  • Beyond logic there is only nonsense

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEStudies in East European Thought2021References: 2

    This paper provides an interpretation of Father Bocheński’s saying “Beyond logic there is only nonsense.” He considered the battle against superstitions of various kinds as one of the most important intellectual and social duties. The phrase in itself suggests that logic is a weapon in the mentioned battle. Logic is understood broadly, that is, as semantics, formal logic and the methodology of science, and was considered by Bocheński as the main …

  • Lvov-Warsaw School: Historical and Sociological Comments

    Open AccessJan WolenskiCHAPTERInterdisciplinary Investigations…2019

  • Semantics and Truth

    Open AccessJan WolenskiBOOKSemantics and Truth2019

  • Interdisciplinary Investigations into the Lvov-Warsaw School

    Open AccessAnna Drabarek, Jan Wolenski et al.BOOKInterdisciplinary Investigations…2019Cited by: 1

  • O teorii i filozofii prawa Leona Petrażyckiego

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEStudia Historiae Scientiarum2018

    Leon Petrażycki był przede wszystkim teoretykiem prawa, jednym z najwybitniejszych w XX w. Wypowiadał się na wiele innych tematów, w szczególności filozoficznych, metodologicznych, psychologicznych i socjologicznych. W każdej z tych dziedzin głosił poglądy niebanalne i warte uwagi, nie tylko w świetle horyzontów poznawczych jego czasów, ale również z dzisiejszego punktu widzenia. Idea polityki prawa, tj. rozważania i przewidywania społecznych sku…

  • The Significance of the Lvov-Warsaw School in the European Culture

    Open AccessAnna Brożek, Friedrich Stadler et al.BOOKThe Significance of the…2017

  • Brentanian Motives in Kazimierz Twardowski and His Students

    Open AccessJan WolenskiCHAPTERThe Significance of the…2017

  • Tradition of the Lvov-Warsaw School: Ideas and Continuations

    Anna Brożek, Alicja Chybińska et al.BOOKTradition of the Lvov-Warsaw School2016

    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: “Logic and Semiotics”, “Metaphysics and Ontology”, and “Psychology and Sociology”

  • Ajdukiewicz on analyticity

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEStudies in East European Thought2016References: 2

    This paper presents the development of Ajdukiewicz’s conception of analytic sentences. Starting from his pre-war radical conventionalism, the presentation proceeds to Ajdukiewicz’s moderate aposteriorism and, finally, to radical aposteriorism. Various accounts of analyticity by Ajdukiewicz are mentioned and briefly commented on. At the end of the paper, Ajdukiewicz’s influence on Polish philosophy in regard to the issue of analyticity is pointed …

  • Logic in Poland in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEEuropean Review2015References: 2

    A. Fraenkel and Y. Bar-Hillel in their classic Foundations of Set Theory (published in 1958) wrote ‘There is probably no country which has contributed, relatively to the size of its population, so much to mathematical logic and set theory and Poland. Leaving the explanation of this curious fact to sociology...’. 1 However, the development of logic (and any other scientific field as well) in a given country, is not a linear function of the size of…

  • Logic in Poland after 1945 (until 1975)

    Open AccessJan Wolenski, Victor W Marek et al.ARTICLEEuropean Review2015

    This paper summarizes logical investigations in Poland in the years 1945–1975 conducted by logicians living and working in the country. We concentrate on mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics. Thus, we omit works in semantics (except logical model theory) and methodology of science; that is, other branches of general logic (logic sensu largo ). We also skip investigations into the history of logic, one of the favorites of Polish l…

  • Józef M. Bocheński and the Cracow Circle

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLEStudies in East European Thought2013Cited by: 2References: 2

    Józef M. Bocheński began his philosophical career as an eclectic philosopher, then switched to Thomism and finally became a representative of the analytic school. As a Thomist he wanted to reform this orientation by the resources of modern formal logic. This tendency culminated in the establishment of the Cracow Circle (established in 1936) whose members were Bocheński, Jan F. Drewnowski, Jan Salamucha, and Bolesław Sobociński. However, the progr…

  • Where does logic meet semiotics

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLESemiotica2012

    This paper examines relations between formal logic and semiotics. The latter is understood traditionally as consisting of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The view that is presented follows classical approaches offered by Tarski, Carnap, and Quine. In particular, formal methods are extensively used. The main argument is that any formal analysis of language must proceed in partly informal metalanguage. This fact decides that pragmatic aspects of…

  • The Theory of Ontic Modalities – By Uwe Meixner

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLETheoria2010

  • The Golden Age of Polish Philosophy

    Open AccessShahid Rahman, Manier Marion et al.BOOKThe golden age of Polish philosophy2009

  • Degrees of Belief

    Open AccessVincent F Hendricks, Dirk Dalen et al.BOOKDegrees of Belief2009

  • The Rise and Development of Logical Semantics in Poland

    Jan WolenskiCHAPTERThe golden age of Polish philosophy2009

  • Nominalism and Its Aftermath: The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman

    Open AccessVincent F Hendricks, Dirk Dalen et al.BOOKNominalism and Its Aftermath2009

  • Applications of Squares of Oppositions and Their Generalizations in Philosophical Analysis

    Open AccessJan WolenskiARTICLELogica Universalis2008