The Origins of Karol Wojtyła’s Philosophical Anthropology as Recorded in Coll.[atio] and Corr.[igenda] Included in the Notes for his Habilitation Thesis

Abstract

The article presents excerpts from new and rich archival material on Karol Wojtyla's habilitation thesis. In addition, its purpose is to present the first strictly philosophical point from which a systematic reconstruction of the evolution of Wojtyla's philosophical views on the question of the person or more broadly on anthropological issues can be made. The thesis of the analysis is that from the beginning of his philosophical inquiries, Wojtyla was critical of phenomenology and read it from a Thomistic point of view. The analysis presented undermines the thesis that Wojtyla, from the beginning of his philosophical inquiries, was fascinated by phenomenology.