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On the shoulders of Ludwik Fleck? On the bilingual philosophical legacy of Ludwik Fleck and its Polish, German and English translations

Translator, 2016
ABSTRACTThis article discusses the language problems resulting from translations of the bilingual philosophical legacy of Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961). Since Fleck wrote in both Polish and German, some specific problems can be encountered which no single source can resolve, as both the Polish and German texts are of equal value and it is impossible to say ...
Pawel Jarnicki
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Ludwik Fleck on proto-ideas in medicine

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2000
'Proto-idea' was a central concept in the thinking of the Polish microbiologist and philosopher of science Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961). Based on studies of the origin of the modern concept of syphilis, Fleck claimed that many established scientific facts are best understood as interpretations of prescientific, somewhat hazy 'proto-ideas' in the framework ...
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Ludwik Fleck's 'On the Question of the Foundations of Medical Knowledge'

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 1981
According to Fleck, a fact is not something objectively given but rather a social event. Scientific facts are no exception, as can be seen through the annals of medicine. Fleck argues that if the physical sciences initially appear to be immune to such social conditioning, this misconception can be corrected by recognizing the similarities between the ...
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Ludwik Fleck

2020
The paper examines the epistemology of the Polish philosopher Ludwik Fleck considered by Thomas Kuhn as his precursor, with particular reference to two key concepts of his thought, the thought-style and the thought-collective of which the modes of functioning are analyzed.
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