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:
- Modeling of Abductive Reasoning (Principal Investigator; the project funded by National Science Centre, Poland, Sonata-Bis grant, DEC-2013/10/E/HS1/00172).
- European network for argumentation and public policy analysis (Short Term Scientific Missions manager; COST action CA17132).
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:
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- 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).
- modules taught for BA/MA students:
research visits:
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- 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.
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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.