curriculum vitae

personal details:
name: Mariusz Urbański
date of birth: June 30, 1972
e-mail: murbansk [at] gmail.com

education:
1991 – 1995 Institute of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań.
MA programme: Philosophy, Logic

degrees:

  • 2011 habilitation in Cognitive Science
    Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
    Dissertation: Rozumowania abdukcyjne. Modele i procedury [Abductive Reasoning. Models and Procedures]
    referees: prof. dr hab. Adam Grobler (Opole University), prof. dr hab. Wojciech Suchoń (Jagiellonian University, Cracow), prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Tworak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), prof. dr hab. Urszula Żegleń (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń)
  • 2001 PhD in Philosophy
    Institute of Philosophy, Tadeusz Kotarbiński Pedagogical University, Zielona Góra (became University of Zielona Góra in 2001)
    PhD thesis: Tabele syntetyczne a logika pytań [Synthetic Tableaux and the Logic of Questions]
    supervisor: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Wiśniewski, referees: prof. dr hab. Jacek Paśniczek (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin), prof. dr hab. Jerzy Pogonowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań).
  • 1995 MA in Philosophy
    Institute of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
    MA thesis: Logika temporalna z kwantyfikatorem możliwego istnienia [Temporal Logic with Quantifier of Possible Existence]
    supervisor: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Wiśniewski.

professional experience:

  • academic positions:
    • 2014 – recent: Department of Logic and Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Associate Professor)
    • 2005 – 2014: Department of Logic and Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Assistant Professor)
    • 2001 – 2005: Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, University of Zielona Góra (Assistant Professor)
    • 1995 – 2001: Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, Tadeusz Kotarbiński Pedagogical University, Zielona Góra (Teaching and researching assistant)
  • administrative positions:
    • 2019 – recent: Dean, Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
    • 2014 – recent: Head, Reasoning Research Group (Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
    • 2012 – 2020: Head, Department of Logic and Cognitive Science (Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
    • 2016 – 2019: Director, Institute of Psychology (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
    • 2012 – 2016: Deputy Director of Scientific Affairs (Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
    • 2012 – 2016: chairman of the election commission, Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
    • 2005 – 2012: Cognitive Science Curriculum Manager (Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
    • 2003 – 2005: Philosophy Curriculum Manager (Institute of Philosophy, University of Zielona Góra)
  •  others:
    • 2009 – recent: member of the editorial board, Studia z Kognitywistyki i Filozofii Umysłu
    • 2006 – 2011: board member, Polish Society for Cognitive Science

current grants:

scholarships:

  • Foundation for Polish Science Scholarship (as a part of prof. A. Wiśniewski’s FPS Award), 2002-2005.

awards:

  • Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University Award, 2010, 2012, 2014
  • Director of the AMU Institute of Psychology Teaching Award, 2008.
  • Rector of the University of Zielona Góra Award (for the PhD thesis), 2002.

teaching experience:

    • modules taught for BA/MA students:
      • Introduction to Logic (core for cognitive science students),
      • General Semiotics (core for philosophy students),
      • Formal Logic (basic and advanced, core for cognitive science and philosophy students),
      • Pragmatic Logic (core for philosophy students),
      • Proof Methods (core for cognitive science students, elective for philosophy students),
      • Concept Creation and Reasoning (core for cognitive science students),
      • Logic and Cognition (core for cognitive science students),
      • Logic (core for students of history and of education),
      • Philosophy (core for students of education).
    • modules taught for BSc/MSc students:
      • Classical and Non-classical Logics (core for BSc Artificial Intelligence students),
      • Logic Based Representations for Software Agents (core for MSc Intelligent and Multiagent Systems students).
    • modules taught for PhD students:
      • Logic and Cognition (PhD Programme Language, Society, Technology and Cognition).

research visits:

      • Institute for Logic, Language and Information, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November-December 2012.
      • Harrow School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, UK, September-December 2004.
      • Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Belgium, June-July 2004.
      • Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Belgium, September 2003.
      • Section of Theoretical Philosophy of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, January-February 2002.
      • Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Belgium, September 2001.

referee’s reports:
”Journal of Philosophical Research”, ”Studia Logica”, ”Logique et Analyse”, ”Logic and Logical Philosophy”, ”Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetorics”, ”Australasian Journal of Philosophy”, ”Polish Psychological Bulletin”, ”Logos i Ethos”, ”Nauka”, ”Filozofia Nauki”.
Foundation for Polish Science, Austrian Science Fund, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), European Commission, ICAISC, Met-Arg, European Conference on Argumentation, ArgDiaP, Logic & Cognition.