Anti-irrationalism, Its Value and Philosophical Implications

Ryszard Kleszcz

doi:10.14394/filnau.2022.0003

Autor

Ryszard Kleszcz University of Łódź, Institute of Philosophy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4618-6598

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14394/filnau.2022.0003

Słowa kluczowe:

anti-irrationalism, rational beliefs, metaphilosophy, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Izydora Dąmbska

Abstrakt

The article examines the concept of anti-irrationalism coined by the members of the Lvov-Warsaw School. The term “anti-irrationalism” comes from Ajdukiewicz, who used it to define the specificity of the School as a whole. For Ajdukiewicz, anti-irrationalism, which values cognition with intersubjective qualities, is contrasted with irrationalism. The article discusses Twardowski’s tripartite division of beliefs into rational, “irrational,” and “non-rational.” Against this background, the article explores Dąmbska’s view on irrationalism, which is divided by her into several subcategories.
Finally, the author considers the question of anti-irrationalism as a metaphilosophical standpoint in the context of the question of a worldview.

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