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Roman Ingarden

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Roman Witold Ingarden lived from 5 February 1893 to 14 June 1970 and was a Polish philosopher who worked in aesthetics, ontology and phenomenology. Before the Second World War he published mainly in German, but during the war he switched to Polish out of solidarity with his homeland following the German invasion, with the result that his major works in ontology went largely unnoticed by the wider philosophical world; his writings nonetheless made an indirect cultural impact through his student Karol Wojtyla, who later became Pope.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1893 1
Defining MomentSourced to the subject's own account
In The Literary Work of Art, Ingarden argued that a literary work of art is a purely intentional object and a product of the author's conscious acts, a thesis that contributed to the development of reader-response criticism. 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1893-02-05 1
Notable PublicationSourced to the subject's own account
The Literary Work of Art (Das literarische Kunstwerk, 1931) 1
Office HeldSourced to the subject's own account
Professor of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Krakow; banned from teaching in 1949 as an alleged enemy of materialism and reappointed in 1957 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1970 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1970-06-14 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Krakow, Austria-Hungary 1
Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account
Krakow 1
TraditionSourced to the subject's own account
Phenomenology, realist branch; worked in aesthetics and ontology, a student of Edmund Husserl 1
Classification
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
Austria-Hungary (Historical) 1
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1. Roman Ingarden (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Biography section
    Ingarden was born in Krakow, Austria-Hungary, on February 5, 1893.
  • lead section
    Roman Witold Ingarden (5 February 1893 to 14 June 1970) was a Polish philosopher who worked in aesthetics, ontology, and phenomenology.
  • Works section
    Ingarden argued that a literary work of art is a purely intentional object and is a product of the author's conscious acts. This work would contribute to the development of the literary theory called reader-response criticism
  • Biography section, death
    Ingarden died on June 14, 1970, in Krakow as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Biography section, death year
    Ingarden died on June 14, 1970, in Krakow as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Biography section, place of death
    Ingarden died on June 14, 1970, in Krakow as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Biography section, Literary Work of Art
    He became well known for his work on The Literary Work of Art (Das literarische Kunstwerk. Eine Untersuchung aus dem Grenzgebiet der Ontologie, Logik und Literaturwissenschaft, 1931).
  • Biography section, Jagiellonian teaching ban
    In 1949, however, he was banned from teaching due to his alleged idealism, supposedly being an enemy of materialism. In 1957 he was reappointed at the Jagiellonian University after the ban was lifted
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