Ivan Sarailiev (June 1, 1887, in Sofia – May 23, 1969, in Sofia) was a Bulgarian philosopher related to the school of pragmatism.;[1] he finished his major book Pragmatism in 1938 quoting from Charles Sanders Peirce’s Collected Papers.[2] Sarailiev was the first pragmatist in Eastern Europe and also a "very early pragmatist".[3] He also introduced the idea of implied reader in his reception theory as early as in Savremennata nauka y religiata (1931) (Contemporary Science and Religion).
Ivan Sarailiev | |
|---|---|
 Sarailev in 1918 | |
| Born | June 1, 1887 |
| Died | May 23, 1969 (aged 81) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Occupation(s) | philosopher, professor |
After graduating from high-school in Sofia in 1905, Sarailiev won a scholarship in the Sorbonne, Paris, and in 1909 he continued his studies in the Oxford University. He attended the lectures of Henri Bergson and Charles Sanders Peirce among others. After a short stay in Germany (1916-1918), Sarailiev started teaching Philosophy in the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". His lectures placed accent on Immanuel Kant, George Berkeley, Henri Bergson and Thomas Carlyle.[4]
Sarailiev traveled through the United Kingdom (1924-1925) and the United States (1931-1933).[5] The communists taking of power in Bulgaria brought Sarailiev's travels to an end and isolated him from international scholarly community and he was also banned from publishing"[3]
Other important books of his include: Rodovi idei (1919), Za volyata (1924) (Essay on Will) and Socrat (1947) (Socrates). He also translated Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley in 1914.
Works
edit- Ivan Mladenov, Ivan Sarailiev - purviat bulgarski pragmatist?!, Demokraticheski pregled, 32, pp. 634–637.
- Ivan Mladenov. Ivan Sarailiev — An Early Bulgarian Contributor to Pragmatism. – In: Peirce Project Newsletter, 2000, Volume 3, № 2, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2000.
- Kristian Bankov. Prof. Ivan V. Sarailiev, ezikat i semiotikata (Prof. Ivan V. Sarailiev, language and semiotics). – In: Ivan Sarailiev. Usilieto da usnavash. Sofia, 2004
- Yasen Zahariev. Filosofia i biografia (Philosophy and Biography). Sofia: New Bulgarian University, 2012, 176 с. (ISBN 978-954-535-713-8).
- Andrey Tashev. Pragmatizmat i Ivan Sarailiev. Kam korenite na semiotichnoto mislene v Balgaria (Pragmtism and Ivan Sarailiev. Towards the Roots of Semiotic Thought in Bulgaria). Sofia: Marin Drinov, Sofia University Press, 2013, 252 с. (ISBN 978-954-322-667-2; 978-954-07-3589-4).
References
edit- ^ Ivan Mladenov. Ivan Sarailiev — An Early Bulgarian Contributor to Pragmatism. – In: Peirce Project Newsletter, 2000, Volume 3, № 2, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2000.
- ^ Cobley, Paul, ed. (2011). Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 288–289. ISBN 978-1-85984-908-8.
- ^ a b Cobley, Paul, op. cit.
- ^ Andrey Tashev. The Whisper of Thought and the Reflection of Ideas, LiterNet, 14.07.2010, № 7 (128). (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Life and Philosophical Ideas of Ivan Sarailiev
External links
edit- Andrey Tashev. The Whisper of Thought and the Reflection of Ideas, LiterNet, 14.07.2010, № 7 (128). (in Bulgarian)
- Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs, Paul Cobley (ed), De Gruyter Mouton, 2011, pp. 288-289
- Life and Philosophical Ideas of Ivan Sarailiev
- Ivan Mladenov. Ivan Sarailiev — An Early Bulgarian Contributor to Pragmatism. – In: Peirce Project Newsletter, 2000, Volume 3, № 2, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2000