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Ludwik Fleck and the Influence of the Philosophy of Lwów

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Cognition and Fact

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 87))

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In this work, I will investigate the question of the intellectual sources which influenced Fleck in the development of his theory of ‘thought-style’ and ‘thought-collective’. In this investigation, I develop the thesis that this influence was of a quite dominating philosophical nature, one exerted by the Polish philosophers working in Lwów between the wars.

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Schnelle, T. (1986). Ludwik Fleck and the Influence of the Philosophy of Lwów. In: Cognition and Fact. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 87. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4498-5_13

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