Maria Kokoszyńska-Lutmanowa and Witkacy’s “Last in Life Abhandlung on Logic”

Abstract

The article is an attempt to introduce the figure of Maria Kokoszyńska-Lutmanowa and her relationship with Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. The article presents the Polish researcher. Her relations with Witkacy are not widely known, but they are worth recalling and researching. From the existing information, there emerges an image of an intellectual acquaintance, important for both of them. On the basis of Witkiewicz’s correspondence and notes left in the margins of Kokoszyńska’s texts, an attempt was made to describe this relationship. A considerable difficulty was the fragmentation of available factual sources. These contacts were a direct impulse for Witkiewicz to start working on an extensive dissertation on logic, which was to be the culmination of his reflections on this subject. I conclude with an anecdote from Witkacy’s life, which may be related to the protagonist of the text. The article is therefore a contribution to the biography of Witkacy, but at the same time an attempt to recall the figure of an important female researcher.