Kazimierz Twardowski’s letters to Ludwik Finkel

Abstract

This edited collection of correspondence written by an eminent Polish philosopher Kazimierz Twardowski (1866–1938), the creator of Lvov-Warsaw philosophical school consists of 38 letters and cards written to the well-known historian and the rector of the Lvov University, Ludwik Finkel (1858–1930). They refer to over thirty-year-long period (1899–1930) of friendship between these two scientists exchanging remarks on not only current scientificorganizational matters but also socio-political ones and private ones. The importance of this friendship also lies in the fact that it lasted mostly at the time not included in Twardowski’s personal journal. The basis of the collection are the letters from the State Archives of the Lvov District in Lvov, preserved in L. Finkel’s inheritance.