Abstract

The paper includes a critical analysis of some presentations of certain philosophical aspects concerning Antoni Kępiński's theory of psychiatry, paying special attention to the discourse referring to its ethical and axiologi­cal implications.

The study reveals numerous interpreta­tions connected with attaching slightly or completely different meanings to the same terma used by Kępiński, emphasizing the im­portance of some questions and ignoring the other - also present in the writings of the au­thor subject to analysis. Moreover, signifi­cant differences result from the fact that some commentators add their own philosophi­cal inclinations to Kępiński's views.

Considerable interpretation differences concern such questions as: place and role of the informative metabolism concept in Kępiń­ski's theories of psychiatry and anthropology, the problems of axiological world as a specific modality of human existence, and conscience with its role in the inner structure of a human being. The above mentioned problems, de­scribed by well-known experts and commentators of Kępiński’s ideas, are dealt with and understood in many various ways. Taking into account some remarks and stipulations formulated during analysis of separate questions and concerning proper under standing of Kępiński’s writings, the author proposes to adept the notion  of „moral subjectivity” as the main interpretation category. It may allow for a deeper analysis of philosophical implications concerning Kępiński’s theory of psychiatry.