. . . Adam Schaff, the member of the central committee of the ruling party with particular responsibility for ensuring the dominance of the orthodox faith in the intellectual and cultural field. [1950's ; etc ?]

From Introduction to Semantics 1960 by Adam Schaff

In his splendid exposition of the foundation of semantics in the article "The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semantics" Alfred Tarski wrote:

[etc]

Comment That is the beginning of the chapter on general semantics. About two pages follow of inaccurate and invalidative remarks. The accolades given by this 'marxist' writer to Tarski are certainly no credit to the latter.

WPT, rev.

 

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...     Books can be read in two ways. First — in search of what is wrong and stupid in them, "prey" for criticism — this is the manner of reading typical of those who do not know how to avail themselves of the achievements of science. But one can also read them in a quite different manner, looking for what is new, stimulating and calculated to promote science, despite all the errors and falsehoods, which may be quite numerous in given cases. This way of reading books is characteristic of people who know how to make use of science. If a scientific work includes even a single new and creative thought to stimulate scientific inventiveness, then it must not be lost, it must not be allowed to be drowned in the ocean of errors.

That postulate must cause us firmly to reject our practices, of many years standing, in the matter of criticism of non-Marxist views in philosophy.   (Etc.)

( page 93 )

Comment ' . . . looking for what is new, stimulating and calculated to promote science, despite all the errors and falsehoods, which may be quite numerous in given cases. This way of reading books is characteristic of people who know how to make use of science.'

What about 'errors and falsehoods, which may be quite numerous in given cases' of authors who engage in deliberate disinformation ?

The only 'science' which seems possible in such cases is the science of discovering the 'errors and falsehoods'. But this, according to this 'marxist', is no science. These cobwebs were being spun with sorts of mastery and method.

Without arguing whether this be or be not science, one does discover patterns of 'errors and falsehoods'. This book on 'semantics' by this 'marxist' does point out to some precedents of Mr. A. Schaff ; and, whoever may have patience for such studies, the omissions in it may be indicative of the actual designs of the 'marxist' — rather than what has been actually said.

WPT. 13 Oct 2004

Author Schaff, Adam. Title Einf�hrung in die Semantik. Hrsg. u. mit e. Nachw. von Georg Klaus. Publisher Frankfurt, Europ�ische Verlagsanst.; Wien, Europa-Verl. (1969). Description 326 p. 21 cm. Series Kritische Studien zur Philosophie Note Translation of Wstęp. do semantyki. Note Bibliography: p. 356-371. Language German

Author Schaff, Adam. Title Introduction � la s�mantique ... Publisher Paris, �ditions Anthropos, 1968. Description x, 336 p. 22 cm. Language French

Author Schaff, Adam Title Introducci�n a la sem�ntica. Publisher M�xico : Fondo de Cultura Econ�mica, [1966] Description 399 p. ; 21 cm. Note Trad. del Ingl�s. Language Spanish

Author Schaff, Adam. Title Vvedenie v semantiku. Perevod s polʹskogo M. I︠A︡. Glovinskoĭ, N. G. Komleva, V. F. Konnovoĭ. Vstup. statʹi︠a︡ V. A. Zvegint︠s︡eva. Redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ A. A. I︠A︡kusheva. Publisher Moskva, Izd-vo inostrannoĭ lit-ry, 1963. Description 374 p. 21 cm. Note At head of title: Adam Shaff. Translation of: Wstęp do semantyki. Note Includes bibliography. Language Russian

Author Schaff, Adam. Uniform Title [ Wstep do semantyki. English] Title Introduction to semantics. Publisher Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1962] Description 395 p. 23 cm. Language English

Author Schaff, Adam Title Wstęp do semantyki Edition [Wyd. 1.] Publisher Warszawa, Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1960 Description 544 p. 21 cm

Author Schaff, Adam. Uniform Title [ Jẹzyk a poznanie. English] Title Language and cognition. Introd. by Noam Chomsky. Edited by Robert S. Cohen. Based on a translation by Olgierd Wojtasiewicz. Publisher New York, McGraw-Hill [1973, c1964] Description x, 194 p. 21 cm. Note Translation of Jẹzyk a poznanie. Note Bibliography: p. 155-179. ISBN 0070550808 Language English

Author Schaff, Adam. Uniform Title [ Marksizm a jednostka ludzka. English] Title Marxism and the human individual. Introd. by Erich Fromm. Edited by Robert S. Cohen. Based on a translation by Olgierd Wojtasiewicz. Publisher New York, McGraw-Hill [1970] Description xii, 268 p. 21 cm. Note Translation of Marksizm a jednostka ludzka. Note Includes bibliographical references. Language English

Bibliographic

Schaff, Adam A philosophy of man; [essays] �9

Schaff, Adam Introduction to semantics. �9

Schaff, Adam. M�ditations sur le socialisme / 2001

Schaff, Adam. La nueva izquierda / 1999

Filosof�a e lingua : a loita polas palabras. 1997

Schaff, Adam. Moje spotkania z nauką Polską / 1997

Schaff, Adam. Medytacje / 1997

Schaff, Adam. Pora na spowiedź / 1993

Debate sobre el socialismo / 1990

Schaff, Adam. Perspektywy wsp�łczesnego socjalizmu / 1990

Schaff, Adam. Perspektiven des modernen Sozialismus / 1988

Carrillo, Santiago. Problemas de la transici�n : las condiciones de la Revoluci�n Socialista / 1985

Schaff, Adam. Wohin f�hrt der Weg? : die gesellschaftlichen Folgen der zweiten industriellen Revolution / 1985

Schaff, Adam Polen heute / 1984

Schaff, Adam. Einf�hrung in die Erkenntnistheorie / 1984

Microelectronics and society : for better or for worse : a report to the Club of Rome / 1982

Schaff, Adam Die kommunistische Bewegung am Scheideweg / 1982

Schaff, Adam Le mouvement communiste � la crois�e des chemins / 1982

Schaff, Adam. Alienation as a social phenomenon / 1980

Schaff, Adam. Stereotypen und das menschliche Handeln / 1980

Schaff, Adam. Structuralism and Marxism / 1977

Schaff, Adam. Historia y verdad / 1976

Schaff, Adam History and truth / 1976

Soziolinguistik / 1976

Schaff, Adam. Szkice o strukturalizmie / 1975

Schaff, Adam. Gengo to ninshiki / 1974

Schaff, Adam. Sprache und Erkenntnis : und Essays �ber die philosophie der Sprache / 1974

Schaff, Adam. Structuralisme et marxisme / 1974

Luk�cs, Gy�rgy, 1885-1971 Sobre o conceito de consci�ncia de classe / 1973

Der Mensch--Subjekt und Objekt. 1973

Der Mensch--Subjekt und Objekt. Festschrift f. Adam Schaff. 1973

Schaff, Adam. Language and cognition. 1973

Schaff, Adam Ensayos sobre filosof�a del lenguaje / 1973

Schaff, Adam. Gramatyka generatywna a koncepcja idei wrodzonych. 1972

Schaff, Adam Histoire et v�rit�; essai sur l'objectivit� de la connaissance historique. 1971

Schaff, Adam Theorie der Wahrheit. Versuch einer marxistischen Analyse / 1971

Schaff, Adam. Marxism and the human individual. 1970

Schaff, Adam. Historia i prawda. 1970

Schaff, Adam. Geschichte und Wahrheit. (�bers. v. Elida Maria Szarota.) 1970

Schaff, Adam. Einf�hrung in die Semantik. 1969

Schaff, Adam. Langage et connaissance. 1969

Schaff, Adam Langage et connaissance. Suivi de six Essais sur la philosophie du langage. 1969

Schaff, Adam. Essays �ber die Philosophie der Sprache. 1968

Schaff, Adam. Introduction � la s�mantique ... 1968

Schaff, Adam. Le Marxisme et l'individu, contribution � la philosophie marxiste de l'homme. 1968

Schaff, Adam A philosophy of man; [essays 1968

Schaff, Adam. A philosophy of man. 1968

Schaff, Adam. Szkice z filozofii języka. 1967

Schaff, Adam Introducci�n a la sem�ntica. 1966

Schaff, Adam. Marx oder Sartre? : Versuch einer Philosophie des Menschen / 1966

Schaff, Adam. Sprache und Erkenntnis. 1965

Schaff, Adam. Marksizm a jednostka ludzka : przyczynek do marksistowskiej filozofii człowieka / 1965

Schaff, Adam, 1913- Marksizm a jednostka ludzka / 1965

Schaff, Adam. Marx oder Sartre? : Versuch einer Philosophie des Menschen / 1965

Schaff, Adam. Filozofia człowieka. 1965

Schaff, Adam. Marxismus und das menschliche Individuum. 1965

Schaff, Adam. Marx oder Sartre? : Versuch einer Philosophie des Menschen / 1964

Schaff, Adam. Marx oder Sartre? : Versuch einer Philosophie des Menschen / 1964

Schaff, Adam. Język a poznanie. 1964

Schaff, Adam. Ningen no tetsugaku : Marukusu shugi to jitsuzon shugi / 1964

Schaff, Adam. Vvedenie v semantiku. 1963

Schaff, Adam. A philosophy of man; [essays] 1963

Schaff, Adam. Introduction to semantics. 1962

Schaff, Adam. Filozofia człowieka; marksizm a egzystencjalizm. 1962

Schaff, Adam. Marksizm a egzystencjalizm. 1961

Schaff, Adam. La philosophie humaine. 1961

United States. Joint Publications Research Service. Conflict of humanisms, 1961

Schaff, Adam. Title Wstęp do semantyki. Edition [Wyd. 1.] Publisher Warszawa : Pan�stwowe Wydawn. Naukowe, 1960. Description 544 p. 21 cm.
[ One of the most thoroughly lying texts ever, translated into several languages, the harm done unestimable. (WPT)]

Schaff, Adam La concepci�n del individuo en la filosofia 1960

Uniwersytet Warszawski. Gł�wne zagadnienia i kierunki filozofii; wykłady na Uniwersyteci Warszawskim, 1957-1958. 1960

Schaff, Adam. Obʺektivnyĭ kharakter zakonov istorii : nekotorye problemy marksistskoĭ metodologii istoriografii / 1959

Schaff, Adam. La teoria della verit� nel materialismo e nell'idealismo : questioni generali / 1959

Schaff, Adam. Title Z zagadnień marksistowskiej tekorii prawdy / Adam Schaff. Edition [Wyd. 2.] Publisher Warszawa : Książka i Wiedza, 1959. Description 479 p. 21 cm. Note Includes bibliography.

Schaff, Adam. Aktualne zagadnienia polityki kulturalnej w dziedzinie filozofii i socjologii. 1956

Schaff, Adam. Obiektywny charakter praw historii, z zagadnień marksistowskiej metodologii historiografii, 1955

Schaff, Adam. Title Zu einigen Fragen der marxistischen Theorie der Wahrheit. [Die deutsche �bersetzung wurde bearb, von Professor Dr. Klaus] Edition 1. Aufl. Publisher Berlin, Dietz, 1954. Description 507 p. 21 cm. Note Translation of Z zagadnień marksistowskiej teorii prawdy. Language German

Schaff, Adam Nekotorye Problemy Marksistsko-Leninskoi Teorii Istiny 1953