(in Polish) Seminaria (studia stacjonarne, filozofia) (course group defined by Faculty of Philosophy)

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

(in Polish) The seminar will be devoted to topics connected with the concepts of being, non-being and existence in Ancient Philosophy. The following three sets of topics are planned:

1) Do we find the concept of existence in classical Ancient Greek philosophy? If not, how is the Ancient Greek concept of being different from the contemporary one? What is the meaning of non-being in classical Greek philosophy?

2) What is the understanding of non-being when Christian, Jewish and Pagan philosophers debate the problem of creatio ex nihilo? (creation out of non-being).

3) What is the concept of being in Neoplatonism? Does the concept of hypostasis introduce something comparable to our notion of existence?

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

(in Polish) All around, one hears today that the post–World War II international order has been called into question, that an era of deglobalization is beginning, and that rising radical movements are challenging the old political forms of state and international institutions. So, do we have the philosophical tools to examine and better understand the current situation in international relations? In response to this question, during the seminar we will analyze the philosophical foundations of international relations theories and assess their usefulness from both axiological and practical perspectives. The course will cover various models of international structure (the realist “game of interests,” constructivism, the cosmopolitan approach, etc.) and their associated interpretations of concrete phenomena and empirical case studies—such as humanitarian intervention, development aid to developing countries, epidemiological threats, migration pressures, and more.

Summer semester 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

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Summer semester 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

(in Polish) The seminar shall be devoted to a book by Stephen Schiffer - The things we mean. New York: Oxford University Press. (2003).

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

(in Polish) A combined interdisciplinary seminar devoted to various aspects of the philosophy of language and the general theory of signs. Seminar - according to its long tradition – hosts speakers who specialize in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and action, formal or applied logic, psycholinguistics, linguistics, computer science, sociolinguistics, information theory, theory of cognition and the general methodology of science. It is a continuation of the seminar which was held for over 40 years at the University of Warsaw by Jerzy Pelc. All seminar meetings are also scientific meetings of Polish Semiotic Society. A full list of talks and topics will be announced at the beginning of the academic year. Traditionally, the seminar will host speakers from various academic centers in Poland and around the world. Due to this reason the seminar is planned as an online event.

Schedule: 10 online meetings, Tuesdays, 16.45-19.00

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

The course is designed to identify and discuss various philosophical problems related to and stemming from human sexuality, desire, sex and gender. These problems have not been often addressed by philosophers, at least until more recent times, even though they pertain to some fundamental issues regarding philosophical anthropology, metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and philosophy of culture.

The texts to be analysed represent a great variety of approaches, methodologies, styles and viewpoints. The oldest ones come from Greek Antiquity and the newest date to the second decade of the 21st century. Instead of trying to support any claims made beforehand, the reading will focus on problem-oriented interpretation of the diversified material, searching for links between the broader problem fields and, in case of the older authors, evaluating their contemporary importance.

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

(in Polish) The seminar explores three major types of compatibilism: nomological (causal), logical, and theological. According to nomological compatibilism, free will and moral responsibility are compatible with nomological – particularly physical – determinism. Logical compatibilists maintain that there is no contradiction between the claim that some of our actions are free and the assertion that all true propositions about those actions have always been true. Within the framework of theological compatibilism, it is argued that we are able to act otherwise even if an essentially omniscient God exists. The seminar examines various arguments for and against these forms of compatibilism, while also reflecting on the interconnections among the three debates. Additionally, it assesses the relevance of the Darwinian perspective and the findings of neuroscientific research to certain aspects of these discussions.

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

(in Polish) The aim of this seminar is to explore areas of everyday life that are not usually considered by philosophical aesthetics as aesthetic phenomena.

Summer semester 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

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Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

(in Polish) Celem seminarium „Struktury obliczalne i punktualne” jest zapoznanie studentów z wybranymi zagadnieniami z logiki i teorii obliczeń, ze szczególnym naciskiem na teorię struktur obliczalnych oraz punktualnych.

Winter semester 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

(in Polish) Seminarium będzie poświęcone współczesnym teoriom świadomości. W trakcie semestru omówimy najważniejsze i najbardziej dyskutowane dzisiaj teorie świadomości m.in. Teorię globalnej przestrzeni roboczej (Global Workspace Theory), Teorię myśli wyższego rzędu (Higher Order Thought Theory), Teorię kodowania predykcyjnego (Predictive Coding), Teorię Zintegrowanej Informacji (Integrated Information Theory).

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

The course introduces to the study of linguistic meaning utilizing (a variety of) empirical methods, conducted in the field of philosophy (philosophy of language) and linguistics. The theoretical module will involve elements of lecture and text-reading, and will be devoted to an analysis of selected issues illustrating the significant contribution of experimental methods to the semantic research.

Winter semester 2025/26

• Seminar - 30 hours

Two concepts – harm and suffering – play very important role in majority of systems of ethics. We try to analyze them from different perspectives: as psychological experience, as an empirical fact, as an element of metaphysical construction (evil) -or as moral phenomenon which can influence human relations.

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

The classes will focus on contemporary, non-anthropocentric and post-humanistic approaches in environmental ethics and related concepts of justice

Academic year 2025/26

• Seminar - 60 hours

The interest in biopolitics was born together with geopolitics. The creator of both concepts is Rudolf Kjellén. The concept of biopolitics combined a scientific perspective with a vision of conquest, heralding the First World War. Geopolitics returned in Hausofer's writings, heralding the Second World War. The seminar meetings will be devoted to reconstructing the philosophical conditions of biopolitics and geopolitics. They will be accompanied by the question: does the contemporary return of biopolitical and geopolitical theories also herald war? On the one hand, practices of managing life and death are inextricably linked to the modern project of power. From colonial racial regimes to contemporary algorithms deciding on access to health care - biopolitics is always a tool of geopolitics, and philosophy provides its intellectual foundations. On the other hand - interest in biopolitics and geopolitics grew with the waves of political realism, indicating possible political crises.