Izydora Dąmbska
Polish philosopher (1904–1983)
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Izydora Maria Józefa Dąmbska (3 January 1904 – 18 June 1983) was a philosopher, logician, epistemologist, translator and poet related to the Lwów–Warsaw school.[1] She was student and assistant of Kazimierz Twardowski.[1]
Izydora Dąmbska | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 January 1904 |
| Died | 18 June 1983 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Lviv |
| Kazimierz Twardowski | |
Biography
She came from the nobility; the daughter of Stanisław Dąmbski (1865–1941), and Antonina née Zaleska.[1]
She studied philosophy (at the seminar of Kazimierz Twardowski, at Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Roman Ingarden and Mścisław Wartenberg)[2] and Polish philology (at Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński, Juliusz Kleiner and Ryszard Gansiniec) at the University of Lviv.[3] In 1927 she obtained doctorate in philosophy upon dissertation Teoria sądu E. Gobblota[2] written under the supervision of Kazimierz Twardowski.[1]
From 1926 to 1930, she was an assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Lviv.[2] In 1930–1931 she went on an eight-month research trip to Austria, Germany and France; visiting Vienna, Berlin and Paris;[1][2] the trip was financed from the scholarship of the Fund for National Culture.[1][2] After returning, she worked at the University Library in Lviv and in secondary education, teaching introductions to philosophy, pedagogical subjects, and the Polish language.[2] She passed professorial exam for teachers in 1927.[2]
From 1928, she was a member of the Polish Philosophical Society;[2] she was a member of its board from 1937.[1][2] In 1938–1939, together with Daniela Gromska, she edited the journal Ruch Filozoficzny.[2] At the same time, she collaborated on compiling a Polish philosophical bibliography for the publishing house of the International Institute of Philosophy and for the American publisher Philos. Abstracts.[2]
In 1946 she obtained habilitation at the University of Warsaw upon dissertation Irracjonalizm a poznanie naukowe.[2] From autumn of 1946 she lectured at the University of Warsaw.[2] Zbigniew Herbert dedicated her a poem Potęga smaku.[1]
Works
- O narzędziach i przedmiotach poznania. Z teorii instrumentalnego poznania. O filozofii lingwistycznej. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1967.
- Dwa studia o Platonie. Wrocław: Ossolineum. 1972.
- Znaki i myśli. Wybór pism z semiotyki, teorii nauki i filozofii. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1975.
- O konwencjach i konwencjonalizmie. Wrocław: Ossolineum. 1975.
- Knowledge, Language and Silence. Selected Papers. Leiden-Boston: Brill-Rodopi. 2015.
- Tadeusz Półchłopek, ed. (2023). Wiersze młodzieńcze. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. ISBN 978-83-8277-127-5.
Editions
- Szkice filozoficzne. Romanowi Ingardenowi w darze. Warszawa. 1964.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kazimierz Twardowski, O zadaniach etyki naukowej. Wykładów z etyki część III. Warszawa. 1973.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kazimierz Twardowski, Wykłady z etyki. Warszawa. 1974.
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Translations
- Witwicki, Władysław (1939). La foi des éclairés. Translated by Izydora Dąmbska. Paris: Libraire Félix Alcan.