Romanas Plečkaitis

Romanas Plečkaitis (11 August 1933 – 17 August 2009) was a Lithuanian philosopher, logic, philosophy, and history researcher, holding the titles of Doctor habil and Professor. He is known for translating the main works of Immanuel Kant into the Lithuanian language. Plečkaitis also authored works on the history of Lithuanian philosophy and logic issues, producing over 300 publications in various academic journals. He significantly contributed to the academic community by developing 27 PhDs. Despite initially being unable to pursue higher education due to financial constraints after graduating from The Kalvarijos Gymnasium, he worked as an editor for a local newspaper before enrolling in the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute to study logic and psychology. He graduated with highest honors in 1956 and began lecturing at the institute until 1963, focusing on improving scientific qualifications and organizing doctoral dissertations. Influenced by his dissertation supervisor, Vosylius Sezeman, Pleckaitis became interested in the evolution of Lithuanian philosophy, particularly scholastic logic. His doctoral dissertation, "Scholastic logic and its decline in Lithuania," marked him as a founder of systematic investigation into the history of Lithuanian philosophy. He later worked at Vilnius University, becoming a professor in 1971, and published "Philosophy of feudalism in Lithuania" in 1975, which received a state recognition award. He also served as the head of the Lithuanian institute of philosophy and sociology and the head of history of Lithuanian philosophy.