In The Captive Mind, Czesław Miłosz describes two mechanisms of intellectual enslavement, namely ... more In The Captive Mind, Czesław Miłosz describes two mechanisms of intellectual enslavement, namely Murti-Bing pills and Ketman. Although these mechanisms are similar, in reality they function somewhat differently. I believe that the former, Murti-Bing pills, leads to more significant enslavement than the latter, namely Ketman. This is because the former blurs the distinction between fiction and reality, while the latter can coexist with the awareness of the deceitful nature of communist propaganda and even with a cynical attitude. Both mechanisms generate a double identity, albeit each in a different way. It seems, moreover, that while Miłosz describes universal phenomena occurring in different societies and at different times, these are particularly intense precisely in the communist totalitarian state.
Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie. Filozofia, 2018
Kazimierz Twardowski and Tadeusz Czeżowski expressed convergent views on the relationship between... more Kazimierz Twardowski and Tadeusz Czeżowski expressed convergent views on the relationship between science and worldview. Both stressed the need to have a comprehensive view of the universe and the place of the man in it, but they also claimed that such a view cannot be treated as a scientific one. Any given view of the world has only the character of a personal confession of faith and therefore should not be imposed on anyone.
In The Captive Mind, Czesław Miłosz describes two mechanisms of intellectual enslavement, namely ... more In The Captive Mind, Czesław Miłosz describes two mechanisms of intellectual enslavement, namely Murti-Bing pills and Ketman. Although these mechanisms are similar, in reality they function somewhat differently. I believe that the former, Murti-Bing pills, leads to more significant enslavement than the latter, namely Ketman. This is because the former blurs the distinction between fiction and reality, while the latter can coexist with the awareness of the deceitful nature of communist propaganda and even with a cynical attitude. Both mechanisms generate a double identity, albeit each in a different way. It seems, moreover, that while Miłosz describes universal phenomena occurring in different societies and at different times, these are particularly intense precisely in the communist totalitarian state.
Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie. Filozofia, 2018
Kazimierz Twardowski and Tadeusz Czeżowski expressed convergent views on the relationship between... more Kazimierz Twardowski and Tadeusz Czeżowski expressed convergent views on the relationship between science and worldview. Both stressed the need to have a comprehensive view of the universe and the place of the man in it, but they also claimed that such a view cannot be treated as a scientific one. Any given view of the world has only the character of a personal confession of faith and therefore should not be imposed on anyone.
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