Adam Mahrburg

Adam Mahrburg was a philosopher and theoretician of knowledge. He taught in Warsaw's secret university and published in learned and popular journals."Mahrburg, Adam," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 2, p. 818.

He reduced philosophy to the theory of knowledge. He regarded science as a tool for ordering and anticipating phenomena and for effective action. He was an exponent of determinism.

• Teoria celowości ze stanowiska naukowego (The Theory of Purpose from a Scientific Standpoint, 1888),
• Co to jest nauka (What Is Science? 1897)

• History of philosophy in Poland
• List of Poles

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• "Mahrburg, Adam," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, vol. 2, 1974, p. 818.
• Jan Zygmunt Jakubowski, ed., Literatura polska od średniowiecza do pozytywizmu (Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to Positivism), Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1979, {{ISBN|83-01-00201-8}}.
• Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii (History of Philosophy), volume 3: Nineteenth-Century and Contemporary Philosophy, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1978, p. 178 and passim.

• [http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Pisma_filozoficzne/Tom_1/ Mahrburg Adam, Pisma filozoficzne, Tom 1] (Adam Mahrburg, Philosophical Writings, volume 1)

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