Observation, Hypothesis, Introspection (Poznañ Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 87) (Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences & the Humanities)

Adam Wiegner's Work Belongs To Polish Analytical Philosophy, But It Falls Outside Of Its Main Current, The Lvov-warsaw School, Which Was Influenced By Hume's Ideas. Wiegner, Influenced By Neo-kantianism, Developed A Non-humean Conception Of Holistic Empiricism, Which Anticipates Some Of The Ideas Of K. R. Popper And W. V. O. Quine. Some Of His Ideas Remain Original To This Day. His Main Research Interests Included Epistemology, Philosophy Of Mind, Philosophy Of Science Especially Philosophy Of Psychology, Analytical History Of Philosophy, And Interpretation Of Traditional Logic In Terms Of Mathematical Logic.--book Jacket. Introduction -- Observation, Hypothesis, Introspection -- Holistic Empiricism -- Other Epistemological And Methodological Contributions -- Philosophy Of Mind And Philosophy Of Psychology Adam Wiegner ; Translated By Katarzyna Paprzycka ; Edited By Izabella Nowakowa. Includes Bibliographical References. CONTENTS......Page 6 Introduction: Adam Wiegner's Nonstandard Empiricism......Page 8 OBSERVATION, HYPOTHESIS, INTROSPECTION......Page 26 Translator's Note......Page 28 List of Selected Translational Decisions......Page 32 HOLISTIC EMPIRICISM......Page 34 A Note on Holistic Empiricism (1964)......Page 36 The Problem of Knowledge in light of L. Nelson's Critical Philosophy (1925)......Page 38 The "Proton Pseudos" in Wundt's Criticism of R. Avenarius' Philosophy (1963)......Page 92 Philosophical Significance of Gestalt Theory (1948)......Page 96 The Idea of a Logic of Knowledge (1934)......Page 100 OTHER EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS......Page 104 Remarks on Indeterminism in Physics (1932)......Page 106 A Note on the Concept of Relative Truth (1964)......Page 122 On the so-called "Relative Truth" (1963)......Page 124 On Abstraction and Concretization (1960)......Page 138 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY......Page 146 On the Nature of Mental Phenomena (1933)......Page 148 On the Debate about Imaginative Ideas (1932)......Page 192 On the Subjective and Objective Clarity in Thought and Word (1959)......Page 198 References......Page 212 Original Sources......Page 218 Appendix: Wiegner's Conception of Holistic Empiricism......Page 220 1. Adam Wiegner's philosophical work belongs to the Polish brand of analytical philosophy, the Lvov-Warsaw School  though to its rather peripheral branches.