Area of Competence

philosophy, philosophy the social sciences, philosophy of politics, philosophy of sciences, methodology (Allgemeine Wissenschaftslehre).

Higher Education

 

  • 1979-1985    Faculty of Philosophy, Catholic University of  Lublin (Philosophy; English and history of  art as a secondary studies). 1985 M.A. in Philosophy.
  • 1985-                       M.A. degree in Philosophy The Existence and the Essence of Values. Metaphilosophical Debates in the Recent Polish Philosophy, under the supervision of prof. Stanisław Kamiński.
  • 1985-1990    Catholic University of Lublin, University Scholarship for doctoral research.
  • 2003             Ph.D. Dissertation in Philosophy "The Intentiolnal Subject and Explanation in the Social Sciences. Methodological Approach"' - prof.  Andrzej Bronk (KUL), prof. Józef Herbut (KUL), and prof. Marek Ziółkowski (UAM)

 

Professional Affiliations
  • 1990-           PTF, Polskie Towarzystwo Filozoficzne (Polish Philosophical Society).
  • 1997-           GAP, Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie.
  • 1997-           PTLiFN, Polskie Towarzystwo Logiki i Filozofii Nauki (Polish Association of Logic and Philosophy of Science).
  • 1999-           PTS, Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne (Polish Semiotic Societiety).
  • 2004 - TN KUL - Learned Society of The  Catholic Universtity od Lublin

 

Professional Position
  • 1990-           teaching assistant at the Department of Logic and Theory of Knowledge, Catholic University of Lublin.
  • 2005 - senior lecturer, Chair of the Metaphilosophy, Department  of Logic and Theory of Knowlege

 

Research Experience
  • 1986 (07.15-10.15)  research assistant (wissenschaftliche hilfskraft) of the Znaniecki Projekt at the Facultof            Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Prof. Dr. Richard Grathoff.
  • 1990-1991                participation in the project of Prof. Dr. Antoni B. Stępień (KUL), Recent Problems of Justification in Philosophy with the paper Alfred Schutz and the Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences (mimeo).
  • 1999-2000               research grant awarded from the Committee of Scientific Research (registration number 1 H01A 018 17): Lebenswelt and Science: Alfred Schütz and the Problem of Epistemological Status of the Social Sciences.

 

Teaching Experience
  • 1986-           tutorial classes in Semiotics and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences for students of the Faculty of Arts (Lettres).
  • 1991-1992    lecture and tutorial classes Methodology and Philosophy of Social Sciences for students of Sociology (fila of KUL at Stalowa Wola).
  • 1992-1998    tutorials in philosophy of science for philosophy and environmental protection (conservation) students of 2nd year (for lecture of prof. A Bronk and prof. Z. Hajduk).
  • 1992-1995    tutorials in elements of philosophy of science for sociology and educational sciences students of 2nd year (for lecture of prof. Andrzej Bronk).
  • 1990-1993    tutorials in semiotics and elements of formal logic for educational sciences 1st year students (for lecture of prof. A. Bronk).
  • 1996-            tutorials in translation of English texts in Analytical Philosophy

 

Miscellaneous Activities
  • 1982-                       collaboration with the Publishing House and the monthly W DRODZE (Poznań)
  • 1990-1995    member of Lublin Selection Commission of GFPS (Gemeinschaft zur Förderung von Studienaufhalten polnischer Studierenden in Deutschland e.V.)
  • 1994-                       member of GFPS-Polska, Polsko-Niemieckiego Stowarzyszenia Naukowo-Kulturalnego (Polish-German Cultural and Scientific Association).
  • 1995-                       supervisor of KUL Group of PTTK (the Polish Tourist Association).

 

Scholarships Abroad
  • 1986 (15.07-15.10) research assistant (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) the Znaniecki Projekt at the Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany -- Prof. Dr. Richard Grathoff.
  • 1987 (30.01-30.05) studies od French (L'Université de la Sorbonne) as well as researches of my own at the Library of Maison des Sciences de L'Homme; (the scholarship from L'Association des Amis de KUL - L' Université Catholique de Lublin à Paris).
  • 1989 (10.04-30.09) studies of philosophy and sociology at the Universität zu Köln; i.e. visits to Husserls Archivs in Köln, and in Belgium Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve (prof. J. Taminiaux) and to Sozialwissenschaftliche Archiv at the University of Konstanz (prof. Th. Luckmann and I. Srubar) - scholarship of the GFPS (Gemeinschaft zur Förderung von Studienaufhalten polnischer Studierender in Deutschland e.V.).
  • 1990 (04.17-04.27) postgraduate course „Micro-Macro Link in Contemporary Sociological Theory"w Inter-University Centre of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrownik.
  • 1991 (01.09.-30.09) research visit at the Sociology Faculty of Bielefeld University (prof. R. Grathoff, dr. I. K. Helling, dr. S. Vaitkus) - scholarship of the GFPS (Gemeinschaft zur Förderung von Studienaufhalten polnischer Studierenden in Deutschland e.V.).
  • 1992 (05.10-19.12) research scholar (chercheur libre) at Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale (prof. Philippe van Parijs) at L' Université Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve.
  • 1996 (13.03-20.06) postgraduate studies (DES - diplôme d'enseignement supérieur) „Théorie de la connaissance dans la philosophie moderne et contemporaine" (University of Genewa and Neuchâtel) - prof. prof. Jonathan Barnes, Richard Glauser, Kevin Mulligan, Philip Pettit.