Published : 2025-09-30

Stefan Swieżawski – The Condition of Possibility for the Historiography of Philosophical Problems

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The article addresses the problem of justifying the concept of historiography of philosophical problems understood as analogically identical throughout history. Initially, the author situates this concept in the context of the so-called Lublin School, pointing to the historical and philosophical background in which Stefan Swieżawski and Mieczysław Krąpiec formulated their idea of ​​a “philosophical history of philosophy”, oriented towards the systematic study of recurring metaphysical questions. Then, the article considers Hans-Georg Gadamer’s criticism of the historical identity of philosophical problems, suggesting that the analogical identity proposed by Swieżawski can find theoretical support in the theory of analogy, developed in Thomism and by Izydora Dąmbska. The author also discusses specific examples of historical-theoretical research (Marek J. Siemek, Arthur O. Lovejoy, and Stanisław Judycki), showing how certain philosophical questions retain their identity despite historical transformations. Finally, the author considers the possibilities of extending and strengthening the arguments for such a historiography of problems in the light of Fernand Braudel’s concept of “long duration”.

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historiography of philosophical problems, analogical identity, metaphysics, theory of analogy, longue durée, philosophical history of philosophy



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Roczniki Filozoficzne · ISSN 0035-7685 | eISSN 2450-002X
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