Ingarden’s Criticism of Twardowski’s Philosophical Programme and the Reception of Phenomenology in the Lvov-Warsaw School

This paper examines Roman Ingarden’s criticism of Kazimierz Twardowski’s philosophical programme. According to Ingarden, the style of philosophizing cultivated by Twardowski prevented his students from engaging in complex philosophical problems. Ingarden’s writings suggest that, as a result, they ignored phenomenology. The paper argues that Ingarden’s criticism is not entirely accurate. Members of the Lvov-Warsaw School were familiar with Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology, and although they often criticized it, they recognized its value. Moreover, it can be demonstrated that Husserl’s ideas influenced several of Twardowski’s students.