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Philosopher-Insurgent – ​​we recall the figures

Marcin Trepczyński

Last year, on the occasion of the anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, we recalled the figure of Philosopher-Insurgent Prof. Jerzy Pelc. This year, we are commemorating Prof. Andrzej Grzegorczyk in our social media, inviting you to supplement the information with details. More below.

A year ago, in our media, we encouraged you to read the biography of Prof. Jerzy Pelc (1924-2017), a long-time lecturer at our faculty and previously a soldier of the Warsaw Uprising (pseudonym “Warecki”): https://www.1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy/jerzy-pelc,55365.html

This year, we are recalling Prof. Andrzej Grzegorczyk (1922-2014), philosopher and mathematician, long-time employee of the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1950-1974) and the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw (1960-1968), and from 1974 – of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where from 1982 he headed the Ethics Workshop. He was 21 years old when he became a soldier of the “Gustaw” battalion in the Warsaw Uprising. He was wounded on August 13, 1944 in the explosion of a “trap tank” on Kilińskiego Street in Warsaw. Right after the war, in the years 1946-1948, he was an assistant to Władysław Tatarkiewicz and secretary of the editorial office of “Przegląd Filozoficzny”. We encourage you to visit his short bio: https://www.1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy/andrzej-grzegorczyk,15796.html

This time we invite you to supplement our note (and the information contained in the biography) with memories or additional information about Prof. Grzegorczyk from the period of the Warsaw Uprising. We encourage you to add them in the comments to the post “Philosopher-Insurgent” on our FB profile, PL: https://www.facebook.com/filozofiaNaUW/, EN: https://www.facebook.com/philosophyUW/

On this occasion, we also encourage you to familiarize yourself with the details of the events that took place on the 10th anniversary of Prof. Grzegorczyk’s death. Grzegorczyk was organized by the Scientific Circle of the History of Polish Philosophy, operating at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw:

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