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Czesław Lejewski: Propagator of Lvov-Warsaw Ideas Abroad

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Czesław Lejewski studied in Warsaw before the Second World War, after which he settled in England and resumed an academic career, becoming Professor of Philosophy in Manchester. His writings, all articles, continue and extend the ideas of his teachers, especially Stanisław Leśniewski in logic and Tadeusz Kotarbiński in metaphysics.

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Works by Czesław Lejewski Mentioned in the Paper

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Simons, P. (2018). Czesław Lejewski: Propagator of Lvov-Warsaw Ideas Abroad. In: Garrido, Á., Wybraniec-Skardowska, U. (eds) The Lvov-Warsaw School. Past and Present. Studies in Universal Logic. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65430-0_35

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