Witold Płotka
Biographic Data
| ID | 3065046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Witold Płotka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Witold |
| FAMILY NAME | Płotka |
| SIGNATURE | PŁOTKA W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1984-3078 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Brentano, Ehrenfels, and Twardowski on feelings and the will
This article explores the intersection of the Brentanian theory of mind and the Lvov–Warsaw School, focusing on the question of how to understand feelings and acts of volition within Brentano’s classificatory program of mental phenomena. Brentano famously argued in favor of three classes of mental phenomena, i.e., presentations, judgments, and love-and-hate phenomena; the third class encompasses both feelings and the will. Brentano’s arguments in…
On the Phenomenology of Media in the 1930s
The article explores Blaustein’s phenomenology of media formulated in the 1930s as an output of his research in the field of descriptive psychology. The article discusses the historical background of Blaustein’s research in light of a growing interest in cinema and radio in the 1920s and 1930s. Furthermore, this study addresses the question of Blaustein’s understanding of the method of phenomenology which was, for him, a form of descriptive psych…
The origins and development of Leopold Blaustein’s descriptive psychology
This article critically analyzes the concept of descriptive psychology, which was used by Blaustein as part of his struggles with the Brentanian heritage which shaped the Lvov-Warsaw School. It is argued that because of his studies under the Gestaltists and Husserl, Blaustein was able to redefine the basics of Brentano's and Twardowski's projects of empirical and descriptive psychology. To show the divergent motives present in Blaustein's psychol…
A Critical Analysis of Blaustein’s Polemic Against Husserl’s Method
The aim of the article is to define and investigate an interpretative framework for the philosophy of Leopold Blaustein, a student of Twardowski in Lwów (Lvov, Lviv) and Husserl in Freiburg im Breisgau. The author defends the thesis that it is justified to refer to Blaustein’s philosophy not as phenomenology sensu stricto, but as a phenomenologically-oriented descriptive psychology related but not equivalent to the project expounded by Husserl in…
Early Phenomenology in Central and Eastern Europe
A Controversy Over the Existence of Fictional Objects
This paper explores the structure and elements of the intentional experiences of imagining fictional objects. The author critically examines the argument that whereas Husserl’s theory of imagination cannot do justice to fictional objects, Ingarden’s theory of purely intentional objects provides a basis for the theory of intentionality that explains the status of fictional objects. The paper discusses this argument to show that it is justified onl…
Praxis, the Body, and Solidarity
The article presents main tendencies in the reception of phenomenology in the light of Marxism in Poland in the post-war period. As it is argued, although phenomenology was marginalized and even refused from the Marxist position, a dialogue between both traditions established interesting developments, especially with regard to the problem of the body, and constitution of solidarity as a social phenomenon. The main thesis of the study is that the …
Phenomenology, Community, Participation
This article critically examines Wojtyła’s early theory of solidarity in order to explore main concepts, methods and problems of his phenomenology of solidary actions. By Wojtyła’s ‘early theory’ of solidarity is to be understood his theory formulated in The Acting Person and in the studies connected to the book, published mainly in the 1970’s. The author argues that in his theory Wojtyła describes the first-person account of the experience of so…
Twardowski, Ingarden, and Blaustein on Creative Imagination
The article is a critical elaboration of two phenomenological theories of imagination formulated by Ingarden and Blaustein in their discussion with Twardowski. Ingarden, as well as Blaustein were students of both Twardowski and Husserl, however, they defined imagination in two different contexts: whereas for Ingarden a proper way of analysis of imagination is ontology, for Blaustein imagination is the object of descriptive psychology, connected m…
An Outline of a Phenomenology of Solidarity
The aim of the article is to present main elements, problems and preliminary solutions connected to a phenomenology of solidarity. The article is divided into three parts. In the first part, the author defines the bridge problem as an attempt to bind subjective and intersubjective levels of constitution, and he shows that neither Ingarden nor Tischner can solve the problem. In the second part, the author presents the act of solidarization as a co…
Reduction and the Question of Beginnings in Husserl, Fink and Patočka
The article is an attempt to define reduction as the beginning of philosophy. The author considers such questions as: What motivates a phenomenologist to do reduction? Can one speak of philosophy before reduction? What is the essence of reduction? To answer these questions the author refers to Husserl, Fink and, Patočka, and tries to show that reduction is to be understood as an unmotivated expression of philosopher’s will to overcome evidence in…
Early phenomenology in Poland (1895–1945)
This article presents the development of the phenomenological movement in Poland in the period 1895–1945. It focuses on the early reactions to phenomenology and the later consolidation of the group of phenomenologists in Lvov. The article also explores the context of Polish phenomenology, its main figures, and their texts. The author suggests that early phenomenology in Poland was a pluralistic discipline that developed in polemical discussions, …
Introduction
A Controversy Over the Existence of Fictional Objects
This paper explores the structure and elements of the intentional experiences of imagining fictional objects. The author critically examines the argument that whereas Husserl’s theory of imagination cannot do justice to fictional objects, Ingarden’s theory of purely intentional objects provides a basis for the theory of intentionality that explains the status of fictional objects. The paper discusses this argument to show that it is justified onl…
The origins and development of Leopold Blaustein’s descriptive psychology
This article critically analyzes the concept of descriptive psychology, which was used by Blaustein as part of his struggles with the Brentanian heritage which shaped the Lvov-Warsaw School. It is argued that because of his studies under the Gestaltists and Husserl, Blaustein was able to redefine the basics of Brentano's and Twardowski's projects of empirical and descriptive psychology. To show the divergent motives present in Blaustein's psychol…
Reduction and the Question of Beginnings in Husserl, Fink and Patočka
The article is an attempt to define reduction as the beginning of philosophy. The author considers such questions as: What motivates a phenomenologist to do reduction? Can one speak of philosophy before reduction? What is the essence of reduction? To answer these questions the author refers to Husserl, Fink and, Patočka, and tries to show that reduction is to be understood as an unmotivated expression of philosopher’s will to overcome evidence in…
Early phenomenology in Poland (1895–1945)
This article presents the development of the phenomenological movement in Poland in the period 1895–1945. It focuses on the early reactions to phenomenology and the later consolidation of the group of phenomenologists in Lvov. The article also explores the context of Polish phenomenology, its main figures, and their texts. The author suggests that early phenomenology in Poland was a pluralistic discipline that developed in polemical discussions, …
Introduction
Introduction
Early phenomenology in Poland (1895–1945)
This article presents the development of the phenomenological movement in Poland in the period 1895–1945. It focuses on the early reactions to phenomenology and the later consolidation of the group of phenomenologists in Lvov. The article also explores the context of Polish phenomenology, its main figures, and their texts. The author suggests that early phenomenology in Poland was a pluralistic discipline that developed in polemical discussions, …
An Outline of a Phenomenology of Solidarity
The aim of the article is to present main elements, problems and preliminary solutions connected to a phenomenology of solidarity. The article is divided into three parts. In the first part, the author defines the bridge problem as an attempt to bind subjective and intersubjective levels of constitution, and he shows that neither Ingarden nor Tischner can solve the problem. In the second part, the author presents the act of solidarization as a co…
Reduction and the Question of Beginnings in Husserl, Fink and Patočka
The article is an attempt to define reduction as the beginning of philosophy. The author considers such questions as: What motivates a phenomenologist to do reduction? Can one speak of philosophy before reduction? What is the essence of reduction? To answer these questions the author refers to Husserl, Fink and, Patočka, and tries to show that reduction is to be understood as an unmotivated expression of philosopher’s will to overcome evidence in…
Praxis, the Body, and Solidarity
The article presents main tendencies in the reception of phenomenology in the light of Marxism in Poland in the post-war period. As it is argued, although phenomenology was marginalized and even refused from the Marxist position, a dialogue between both traditions established interesting developments, especially with regard to the problem of the body, and constitution of solidarity as a social phenomenon. The main thesis of the study is that the …
Phenomenology, Community, Participation
This article critically examines Wojtyła’s early theory of solidarity in order to explore main concepts, methods and problems of his phenomenology of solidary actions. By Wojtyła’s ‘early theory’ of solidarity is to be understood his theory formulated in The Acting Person and in the studies connected to the book, published mainly in the 1970’s. The author argues that in his theory Wojtyła describes the first-person account of the experience of so…
Twardowski, Ingarden, and Blaustein on Creative Imagination
The article is a critical elaboration of two phenomenological theories of imagination formulated by Ingarden and Blaustein in their discussion with Twardowski. Ingarden, as well as Blaustein were students of both Twardowski and Husserl, however, they defined imagination in two different contexts: whereas for Ingarden a proper way of analysis of imagination is ontology, for Blaustein imagination is the object of descriptive psychology, connected m…
Early Phenomenology in Central and Eastern Europe
A Controversy Over the Existence of Fictional Objects
This paper explores the structure and elements of the intentional experiences of imagining fictional objects. The author critically examines the argument that whereas Husserl’s theory of imagination cannot do justice to fictional objects, Ingarden’s theory of purely intentional objects provides a basis for the theory of intentionality that explains the status of fictional objects. The paper discusses this argument to show that it is justified onl…
A Critical Analysis of Blaustein’s Polemic Against Husserl’s Method
The aim of the article is to define and investigate an interpretative framework for the philosophy of Leopold Blaustein, a student of Twardowski in Lwów (Lvov, Lviv) and Husserl in Freiburg im Breisgau. The author defends the thesis that it is justified to refer to Blaustein’s philosophy not as phenomenology sensu stricto, but as a phenomenologically-oriented descriptive psychology related but not equivalent to the project expounded by Husserl in…
The origins and development of Leopold Blaustein’s descriptive psychology
This article critically analyzes the concept of descriptive psychology, which was used by Blaustein as part of his struggles with the Brentanian heritage which shaped the Lvov-Warsaw School. It is argued that because of his studies under the Gestaltists and Husserl, Blaustein was able to redefine the basics of Brentano's and Twardowski's projects of empirical and descriptive psychology. To show the divergent motives present in Blaustein's psychol…
Brentano, Ehrenfels, and Twardowski on feelings and the will
This article explores the intersection of the Brentanian theory of mind and the Lvov–Warsaw School, focusing on the question of how to understand feelings and acts of volition within Brentano’s classificatory program of mental phenomena. Brentano famously argued in favor of three classes of mental phenomena, i.e., presentations, judgments, and love-and-hate phenomena; the third class encompasses both feelings and the will. Brentano’s arguments in…
On the Phenomenology of Media in the 1930s
The article explores Blaustein’s phenomenology of media formulated in the 1930s as an output of his research in the field of descriptive psychology. The article discusses the historical background of Blaustein’s research in light of a growing interest in cinema and radio in the 1920s and 1930s. Furthermore, this study addresses the question of Blaustein’s understanding of the method of phenomenology which was, for him, a form of descriptive psych…
Philosophy (12 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art, Aesthetics, and Perception (3 works)