This callectian 'Of essays is, generally speaking, a cantinuatian of the
themes that I have discussed in my baak Z metodologicz- nych problemow
interpretacji humanistycznej.l Naturally, by continuatian I mean a
resumptian 'Of certain questions that were already dealt with in the
previous baok. But I treated them rather summarily there, and naw I will
present them in greater detail. While daing so, I will have to face new
issues, which were ignared previously, but which have ta be salved, at
least tentatively, in 'Order ta make it passible for me ta elabarate
more fully the suggestions made a few years aga. Along with this reason,
a sec and 'One can be added ta explain why in these Essays an the Theary
'Of Scientific Cognitian I tackle new problems, treated na mare than
marginally in Z metodologicznych problemow interpretacji humanistycznej.
The current elaboration of my earlier, incipient suggestians is based an
the assumptions which may well serve as a starting paint for an
investigation 'Of mare general questions funda- mental far epistemalogy
and frequently far mula ted within its scope. Ta make at least a partial
use of the oppartunity, I cancentrated an some of these questians,
especially in the later chapters 'Of this baok.