Antoni B. Stępień: stanowisko filozoficzne i działalność dydaktyczna

Abstrakt

The article presents the philosopher A. B. Stępień (born 1931). In the first part, against the background of philosophical trends of the 20^th century, the main components of A. B. Stępień's philosophical standpoint are characterised. The author of the article includes among them: in epistemology − anti-sceptical, anti-relativist and realist views; in metaphysics − theism and stress on the possibility of rational argumentation for existence of God; in axiology − objectivist views, especially in the field of existence of moral values and norms derived from them. The next part of the article is devoted to a discussion of A. B. Stępień's didactic activities with a special stress on his contribution to the development of Polish philosophy after World War II.