The book introduces Tadeusz Kotarbinski's philosophy of action into the mainstream of
contemporary action-theoretical debates. Piotr Makowski shows that Kotarbinski-Alfred Tarski's
teacher and one of the most important philosophers of the renowned Lvov-Warsaw school-proposed
a groundbreaking original and (in at least a few respects) still fresh perspective in action
theorizing. The book examines and develops Kotarbinski's ideas in the context of the most
recent discussions in the philosophy of action. The main idea behind Kotarbinski's action
theory-and thus behind this book-is the significance of the philosophical investigations of
the general conditions of effectiveness efficiency and economy of intentional actions.
Makowski presents and reinterprets Kotarbinski's views on these dimensions of our activities
and sheds new light on the most important areas of action theory.
