Anthony Kempinski (Entoni, Ignacy-Tadeusz Kępiński): medical and Scientific activities of Famous Рolish psychiatrist

Abstract

This article is devoted to the life path, medical, humanitarian, and scientific activity of a famous polish psychiatrist, philosopher, and scientist Anthony Kempinski. In his scientific works a wide range of problems is researched, which are related not only to psychopathology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology but also to philosophy, ethnography, psychology, and sociology. Anthony Kempinski is famous in a world's science for works in a theory of information metabolism and psychiatric axiology. During last years of life, the scientist was working particularly active, when he was already terminally ill. But his thoughts and ideas go through decades and find their followers even in a modern scientific world. Poland highly appreciates works of self-devoted psychiatrist and famous scientist. Let’s recall Ukrainian psychiatric community about this brilliant individual – the son of our beautiful country.