Roman Ingarden

Roman Ingarden
Portrait of Roman Ingarden by Witkacy
Born5 February 1893
Died4 June 1970 (aged 77)
EducationUniversity of Göttingen
University of Freiburg (PhD, 1918)
Lwów University (Dr. phil. hab., 1925)
ChildrenRoman Stanisław Ingarden
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolPhenomenology
Realist phenomenology
Neoplatonism[1]
Doctoral advisorEdmund Husserl
Main interests
Aesthetics, epistemology, formal ontology, nature vs nurture
Notable ideas
Ontology of the work of art

Roman Witold Ingarden (/ɪnˈɡɑːrdən/; 5 February 1893 – 14 June 1970) was a Polish philosopher who worked in aesthetics, ontology, and phenomenology.

Before World War II, Ingarden published his works mainly in the German language and in books and newspapers. During the war, he switched to Polish out of solidarity with his homeland after the German invasion,[2] and as a result, his major works in ontology went largely unnoticed and undetected by the wider world and philosophical community. Nevertheless, Ingarden's writings have made some indirect cultural impact through the writings of his student and eventual Pope, Karol Wojtyla.

  1. ^ Moran, Dermot; Parker, Rodney K. B. (February 2016). Studia Phaenomenologica: Vol. XV / 2015 - Early Phenomenology. Zeta Books. ISBN 9786066970211.
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