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:

      • School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Westminster, UK, July 2023.
      • 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:
”Australasian Journal of Philosophy”, ”Axiomathes”, ”Filozofia Nauki”, ”Journal of the American Philosophical Association”, ”Journal of Logic, Language and Information”, ”Journal of Philosophical Research”, ”Logic Journal of the IGPL”, ”Logic and Logical Philosophy”, ”Logique et Analyse”, ”Logos i Ethos”, ”Nauka”, ”Polish Psychological Bulletin”, ”Studia Logica”, ”Studia Semiotyczne”, ”Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetorics”, ”Synthese”.
Foundation for Polish Science, Austrian Science Fund, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), COST, European Commission, ICAISC, Met-Arg, European Conference on Argumentation, ArgDiaP, Logic & Cognition.