Adam Schaff

Adam Schaff

Adam Schaff (March 10, 1913, Lwów – November 12 2006) was a Polish Marxist philosopher.

Life

Schaff studied law and economics at the "Ecole des Sciences Politiques et Economiques" in Paris, and philosophy in Poland, specializing in epistemology. In 1945 he received a philosophy degree at Moscow University, and in 1948 he returned to Warsaw University. He was considered the official ideologue of the Polish United Workers' Party.

After Stalin's 1953 death, Schaff became close to Leszek Kołakowski's school, which had more of an existentialist and phenomenological slant. Through some of his latter works, Schaff attempted to reconcile Marxist historical determinism with Sartre's existential indeterminism, arguing that man could only become free and able to shape his own life and history as he became conscious of the determinisms to which he is subject.

He suggested that Wojciech Jaruzelski should receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Schaff was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the Club of Rome.

Works

* "Word and Concept"
* "Language and Cognition"
* "Problems of the Marxist Theory of Truth"
* "A Philosophy of Man"

See also

* History of philosophy in Poland
* Marxism
* Young Marx
* List of Poles


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