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Wladislaw Tatarkiewicz |
Philosopher, historian of ideas, historian of art and mainly
aesthetician, Tatarkiewicz was a great figure in the Polish humanities.
His main merits embrace three types of activity: a) the ordering of notions
and concepts in the field of history and aesthetics, b) formulating his
own solutions and concepts, c) introducing pluralistic views in all the
domains he was interested in. As a historian of aesthetics, in his monumental
History of Aesthetics (which appeared in the years 1960-67, in three
volumes) Tatarkiewicz introduced a pair of very important concepts: implicite
and explicite aesthetics. They were soon to become very famous and
internationally recognized. The first embraces all views implied in works
of art, while the latter refers to systematic theories.
Tatarkiewicz's
letters to Kazimierz Twardowski
