Antoni Kępiński’s antropology and his research approach Antoni Kępiński argued that human essence by its very nature is unspecified; as long as human lives and acts there is no way to determine its essence, its nature is inscrutable — uncertain. Therefore he thought that cognition of another human being is infinite. Infinity of cognition derives from that uncertainty. By making attempts to understand human nature Kępiński notes that the task, which is cognition of another human, requires different research approach than the one that applies in natural science. How Kępiński sees and understands human being determines his specificity of research approach.
The article presents reflection on the problem of cognition of another person in Kępiński’s point of view. The work helps to understand the relation of patient-doctor. The author analyzes two categories: dialogue and meeting. Both of them are fundamental categories in Kępiński’s theory. The author asks, and at the same time shows what needs have to be fulfilled, so the dialogue could happen. He also considers limits of cognition of another person in the experience of personal contact.
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