Education
He attended the lectures of Henri Bergson and Charles Sanders Peirce among others
He attended the lectures of Henri Bergson and Charles Sanders Peirce among others
Sarailiev was the first pragmatist in Eastern Europe and also a "very early pragmatist". 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). After a short stay in Germany (1916-1918), Sarailiev started teaching Philosophy in the Sofia University "Saint Kliment Ohridski".
His lectures placed accent on Immanuel Kant, George Berkeley, Henri Bergson and Thomas Carlyle.
Sarailiev traveled through the United Kindgdom (1924-1925) and the United States (1931-1933). 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"
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. Ivan Mladenov, Ivan Sarailiev - purviat bulgarski pragmatist?!, Demokraticheski pregled, 32, pp.
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Ivan Mladenov.
– In: Peirce Project Newsletter, 2000, Volume 3, № 2, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 2000. Kristian Bankov. Professor Ivan V. Sarailiev, ezikat i semiotikata (Professor Ivan V Sarailiev, language and semiotics).
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