The philosopher Roman Witold Ingarden was an important contributor to phenomenology, ontology, and aesthetics, who defended realist phenomenology against Husserl’s later transcendental idealism. In aesthetics, he elaborated a theory of the literary work according to which literary works have a complex structure and exist as intentional objects.
Ingarden’ Theory of the Literary Work. 5
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Citation: Wolenski, Jan. "Roman Witold Ingarden". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12591, accessed 03 May 2024.]
