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Logic, Formal Methodology and Semantics in Works of Ryszard Wójcicki

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For decades Ryszard Wójcicki has been a highly influential scholar in the community of logicians and philosophers. Our aim is to outline and comment on some essential issues on logic, methodology of science and semantics as seen from the perspective of distinguished contributions of Wójcicki to these areas of philosophical investigations.

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  1. Department of Logic, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

    Grzegorz Malinowski

  2. Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

    Jan Woleński

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Dedicated to Ryszard Wójcicki on his 80th birthday

From the first author: I truly thank you, Ryszard. The fact that I was your PhD student means a lot to me, both privately and professionally.

Special issue in honor of Ryszard Wójcicki on the occasion of his 80th birthday

Edited by J. Czelakowski, W. Dziobiak, and J. Malinowski

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Malinowski, G., Woleński, J. Logic, Formal Methodology and Semantics in Works of Ryszard Wójcicki. Stud Logica 99, 7 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-011-9344-0

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