PHILOSOPHER

Tadeusz Kotarbiński

1886 - 1981

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Tadeusz Marian Kotarbiński (Polish: [kɔtarˈbij̃skʲi]; 31 March 1886 – 3 October 1981) was a Polish philosopher, logician and ethicist. A pupil of Kazimierz Twardowski, he was one of the most representative figures of the Lwów–Warsaw School, and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU) as well as the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). He developed philosophical theory called reism (Polish: reizm) and an ethical system called independent ethics. Kotarbiński also contributed significantly to the development of praxeology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tadeusz Kotarbiński is the 1,101st most popular philosopher (down from 1,096th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Poland (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tadeusz Kotarbiński ranks 1,101 out of 1,267. Before him are Alexander Men, Jean Cavaillès, Ivan Kireyevsky, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski. After him are Albert Razin, Hermann Gunkel, Rosi Braidotti, John Hick, Buddhapālita, and Wilhelm Gesenius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Tadeusz Kotarbiński ranks 221. Before him are Angela Piskernik, John M. Stahl, Clemens Holzmeister, Albert Ehrenstein, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, and Ture Nerman. After him are Władysław Tatarkiewicz, John Cromwell, Reinhold Schünzel, Seigō Nakano, Francis Biddle, and Paul Paray. Among people deceased in 1981, Tadeusz Kotarbiński ranks 169. Before him are William Gopallawa, Isao Kimura, Antonio Berni, Mikhail Zharov, Beulah Bondi, and Jakob Bender. After him are Gustaf Dyrssen, Mark Donskoy, Jaap Bakema, Elemér Kocsis, Guy Butler, and Anita Loos.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Tadeusz Kotarbiński ranks 940 out of 1,694. Before him are Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503), Tommy Wiseau (1955), Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925), Adam Zamenhof (1888), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), and Janusz Kamiński (1959). After him are Adam Asnyk (1838), Jan T. Gross (1947), Bolesław Leśmian (1877), Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Frederick Jagiellon (1468), and O. E. Hasse (1903).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Tadeusz Kotarbiński ranks 29. Before him are Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Leo Baeck (1873), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Stanisław Staszic (1755), Jerzy Żuławski (1874), and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503). After him are Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886), and Michał Heller (1936).

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