In standard textbooks, analytical philosophy is often defined as an Anglo-American endeavor. Sometimes, the "continental" center of early analytical philosophy is referred to as the Vienna Circle. However, the Lvov-Warsaw School is a center of early analytical philosophy that emerged in the late 19th century in Lwów, and in the second decade of the 20th century, it branched out to Warsaw, developing independently of both Anglo-American centers and the Vienna Circle. A livelier exchange of ideas between different centers of analytical philosophy, including the Lvov-Warsaw School and Anglo-American philosophers, began in the 1930s. Representatives of the Lvov-Warsaw School visited English and American centers, while thinkers such as Willard van Orman Quine and Ernest Nagel visited Poland. The exchange of thoughts also occurred through meetings at international philosophical congresses, as well as through publications and correspondence. After the dramatic years of World War II, some representatives of the Lvov-Warsaw School found themselves in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia, where they continued their academic careers, contributing on the one hand to preserving the legacy of the Lvov-Warsaw School and on the other hand, co-creating Anglo-American analytical philosophy.
The conference aims to explore the relationship between the scientific philosophy in the style of the Lvov-Warsaw School and analytical philosophy practiced in Anglo-Saxon countries. This involves examining both the similarities and differences in styles and methods of practicing philosophical sciences, as well as investigating the history of the exchange of ideas between these centers.
The papers presented during the conference will address the following issues in the context of the relationship between the Lvov-Warsaw School and Anglo-American analytical philosophy:
- Concepts of analytical philosophy, scientific philosophy, and logical philosophy;
- Formal and informal methods of analytical philosophy;
- Analytical metaphysics;
- Epistemology, philosophy of mind and action;
- Philosophy of language and philosophy of science;
- Philosophy of God and religion;
- Ethics and praxeology;
- Aesthetics;
- History of the exchange of thoughts and interpersonal relations between different philosophical centers.
The present conference is the 14th in the series of events organized every year on the occasion of Kazimierz Twardowski's birth anniversary (October 20).
The first seven conferences took place in Bydgoszcz:
Józef Maria Bocheński: between Logic and Wisdom (2012)
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz: from Semiotics to Metaphysics (2013)
Outstanding Women in the Lvov-Warsaw School (2014)
Janina and Tadeusz Kotarbińskis: Rationality in Thought and Action (2015)
150th Anniversary of Kazimierz Twardowski: Master and Teacher (2016)
Logic and Philosophy in the Lvov-Warsaw School (2017)
Next six conferences took place in Warsaw:
Kazimierz Twardowski and Philosophy in Central Europe (2018)
The Legacy of Kazimierz Twardowski (2019)
Roman Ingarden and the Lvov-Warsaw School (2020)
The World of Values in the Lvov-Warsaw School (2021)
History in/of the Lvov-Warsaw School (2022)
Independent Ethics in the Lvov-Warsaw School (2023)
From 2019, the conferences are co-organized by the Committee for Philosophical Disciplines, Polish Academy of Sciences.
More info about the previous conferences - see the website of the Lvov-Warsaw School Research Center: slw.uw.edu.pl.