Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz

Bio: Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Philosophy of logic & Philosophy of science. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4 citations.

John Anderson’s development of (situational) realism and its bearing on psychology today:

Abstract: In 1927, the Scottish philosopher John Anderson arrived in Australia to take up the chair of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. By the late 1930s, the "macrostructure" of his realist system was in place. It includes a theory of process and a substantial metaphysics, one that opposes positivism, linguistic philosophy and all forms of idealism. However, beyond Australia it remains largely unknown, despite its bearing on a number of current issues in psychology and the social sciences generally. This article outlines Anderson's transition from Hegelian idealism to realism, describes aspects of his ontology and epistemology, compares some of Anderson's ideas with Dewey's pragmatism and explains their relevance to present-day psychology.

Memory and its offspring: Realism and the “specious present”:

Abstract: Without memory we could not recall events, nor could we imagine, image, or expect things. Representationist accounts of memory claim that to remember is to access stored representations of past eve...

Ajdukiewicz on justifying the laws of logic

Abstract: The issue of the justification of the laws of logic has been under discussion since the end of the nineteenth century. However, in many works devoted to this problem Ajdukiewicz’s achievements are left unmentioned. It can be shown that in certain periods of the development of his views, he tried to present various attempts at solving the problem of the justification of the laws of logic.