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Casimir Lewy (Polish: Kazimierz Lewy; 26 February 1919 – 8 February 1991) was a Polish philosopher of Jewish descent. He worked in philosophical logic but published scantly. He was an influential teacher; several of his students went on to be prominent philosophers, including Simon Blackburn, Edward Craig, Ian Hacking, and Crispin ...
- Casimir Lewy Library
The Casimir Lewy Library is the library of the Faculty of...
- Casimir Lewy Library
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Lewy attended the Mikolaj Rej School No.XI (combined secondary and sixth form college) in Warsaw. He also attended lectures in philosophy at Warsaw University while still a schoolboy, having been inspired by an article by Polish philosopher Tadeusz Kotarbiński. In 1936 he travelled to Cambridge to improve his English and was admitted to Cambridge t...
After gaining his PhD he lectured in the Faculty of Moral Sciences for the next two years. His next appointment was as Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool (1945–52). But he missed Cambridge and returned in 1952 as University Lecturer in Moral Sciences. He was to remain at Cambridge for the rest of his career. He was appointed Sidg...
Lewy published one book:Meaning and Modality, 1976. After G.E. Moore's death, he edited Moore's Commonplace Book 1919-1953 (1962), and his Lectures on Philosophy (1966). He also edited two posthumous works of C. D. Broad, his Leibniz (1975), and Kant(1978). A list of all Casimir Lewy's papers is available here.
Lewy published very little, but he was a memorable and influential teacher. His Festschrift Exercises in Analysis: Essays by Students of Casimir Lewy, edited by Ian Hacking, contains essays by some of his students who went on to become influential philosophers. "At Cambridge the great influence on all of us in Trinity was Casimir Lewy; he was a Pol...
The Casimir Lewy Library is the library of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. The library is located in the Raised Faculty building on the Sidgwick Site , Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.
The Casimir Lewy Library provides support for philosophical study, teaching and research in Cambridge. The book collection comprises more than 17,000 volumes, focusing on Western analytic philosophy.
Dr Casimir Lewy (1919-1991) spent more than 30 years at Cambridge University as a lecturer in moral science (philosophy) and as a Fellow of Trinity College. In 1985 Exercises in Analysis, which included papers by nine of his former students, was published as a token of their gratitude. The Philosophy Faculty Library was also named in his honour ...
Dr Casimir Lewy (1919-1991) spent more than 30 years at Cambridge University as a lecturer in moral science (philosophy) and as a Fellow of Trinity College.
Casimir Lewy. Philosopher 1919-1991. Remembering Casimir Lewy: the man, his life and his philosophy. Casimir Lewy (1919-1991) Background. Casimir Lewy (Polish: Kazimierz Lewy) was born on 26 February 1919 in Warsaw, Poland to Ludvik Lewy, a doctor, and Izabela, née Rybier.
