Bibliografia prac drukowanych księdza Józefa Tischnera

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Father Józef Stanisław Tischner (his pen names were: Wawrzek Chowaniec, Molinista, Józek Szkolny, Jegomość Józek), was born in Stary Sącz, in 1931, in a family of teachers: Józef and Weronika Chowaniec. After having finished high school in Nowy Targ in 1949, he studied at the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In 1950 he entered the Archbishop Major Seminary in Kraków and studied at the Faculty of Theology, Jagiellonian University. He was ordained in 1955. In the years 1955-1957 he studied philosophy at the Academy of Catholic Theology, where he worked as an assistant at the Chair of the History of Modem Philosophy, directed by Prof. Kazimierz Kłósak. He continued his studies at the Jagiellonian University, and at the same time he worked in a parish. In 1963 he received a doctor’s degree in philosophy on the basis of the dissertation entitled “Ja transcendentalne w filozofii Edmunda Husserla” [The Transcendental Self in the Philosophy of Edmund Husserl], written under supervision of Prof. Roman Ingarden. From the academic year 1963/64 he lectured on history of modem philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Kraków. He finished the habilitation procedure in 1972 r. at the Faculty of Christian Philosophy, the Academy of Catholic Theology, on the basis of the habilitation dissertation entitled “Fenomenologia świadomości egotycznej” [Phenomenology of Egotic Consciousness]. The next year he became an associate professor at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Kraków, where he lectured on modern and contemporary philosophy as well as the theory of cognition. In the years 1978-1982 he was director of the Institute of Philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Kraków. He was conferred the title of professor in 1980. In the years 1980-1997, apart from courses at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology, and then as director of the Chair of Philosophy of Man, at the Faculty of Philosophy, the Pontifical Academy of Theology, he lectured on philosophy of human drama at the Faculty of Play Directing, Ludwik Solski State Theatre School in Kraków (till 1999) and on hermeneutics at the Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University. His research was focused on philosophical anthropology and axiology. He was one of leading Polish scientists in the field of philosophy of dialogue. In 1981, together with Hans-Georg Gadamer and Krzysztof Michalski, he founded the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (Institut fur die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) and he was its founding president. He was twice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Kraków. He was a correspondent member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (from 1997); he participated in the meetings of scientists and intellectuals with Pope John Paul II in Castel Gandolfo. He was awarded honorary degree of the University of Łódź (1995) and the Pedagogical University in Kraków (1996). He was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (1999). He was connected with the Solidarity Movement from its very beginnings. He was a well-known preacher and a valued spiritual leader. He died in Kraków in 2000 and was buried in Łopuszna near Nowy Targ. Józef Tischner, outstanding Polish philosopher, had considerable scholarly achievements. He was a very popular author and feature writer. His articles appeared in various periodicals in Poland and abroad. His works were so numerous that we are still finding new articles, published in regional and local press and in foreign periodicals, both scientific and popular ones, which are not well known. All these publications are added to his bibliography. Therefore, the present bibliography of printed works of Father Józef Tischner is far from being complete. Nevertheless, it could be useful both for philosophers, historians of culture and science as well as for students.