Ivan Sarailiev | |
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Born | |
Died | May 23, 1969 Sofia, Bulgaria | (aged 81)
Nationality | Bulgarian |
Occupation(s) | philosopher, professor |
Ivan Sarailiev (June 1, 1887, in Sofia – May 23, 1969, in Sofia) was a Bulgarian philosopher related to the school of pragmatism.; [1] he finished his major book Pragmatism in 1938 quoting from Charles Sanders Peirce’s Collected Papers. [2] Sarailiev was the first pragmatist in Eastern Europe and also a "very early pragmatist". [3] He also introduced the idea of implied reader in his reception theory as early as in Savremennata nauka y religiata (1931) (Contemporary Science and Religion).
After graduating from high-school in Sofia in 1905, Sarailiev won a scholarship in the Sorbonne, Paris, and in 1909 he continued his studies in the Oxford University. He attended the lectures of Henri Bergson and Charles Sanders Peirce among others. After a short stay in Germany (1916-1918), Sarailiev started teaching Philosophy in the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". His lectures placed accent on Immanuel Kant, George Berkeley, Henri Bergson and Thomas Carlyle. [4]
Sarailiev traveled through the United Kingdom (1924-1925) and the United States (1931-1933). [5] The communists taking of power in Bulgaria brought Sarailiev's travels to an end and isolated him from international scholarly community and he was also banned from publishing" [3]
Other important books of his include: Rodovi idei (1919), Za volyata (1924) (Essay on Will) and Socrat (1947) (Socrates). He also translated Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley in 1914.
Ivan Sarailiev | |
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Born | |
Died | May 23, 1969 Sofia, Bulgaria | (aged 81)
Nationality | Bulgarian |
Occupation(s) | philosopher, professor |
Ivan Sarailiev (June 1, 1887, in Sofia – May 23, 1969, in Sofia) was a Bulgarian philosopher related to the school of pragmatism.; [1] he finished his major book Pragmatism in 1938 quoting from Charles Sanders Peirce’s Collected Papers. [2] Sarailiev was the first pragmatist in Eastern Europe and also a "very early pragmatist". [3] He also introduced the idea of implied reader in his reception theory as early as in Savremennata nauka y religiata (1931) (Contemporary Science and Religion).
After graduating from high-school in Sofia in 1905, Sarailiev won a scholarship in the Sorbonne, Paris, and in 1909 he continued his studies in the Oxford University. He attended the lectures of Henri Bergson and Charles Sanders Peirce among others. After a short stay in Germany (1916-1918), Sarailiev started teaching Philosophy in the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". His lectures placed accent on Immanuel Kant, George Berkeley, Henri Bergson and Thomas Carlyle. [4]
Sarailiev traveled through the United Kingdom (1924-1925) and the United States (1931-1933). [5] The communists taking of power in Bulgaria brought Sarailiev's travels to an end and isolated him from international scholarly community and he was also banned from publishing" [3]
Other important books of his include: Rodovi idei (1919), Za volyata (1924) (Essay on Will) and Socrat (1947) (Socrates). He also translated Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley in 1914.