TWELFTH POLISH CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY

PHOTOS

Photographic documentation of the Congress is available here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAVE3g.

 

FOOTAGES

 

 

POSTER

 

The University of Łódź, Polish Philosophical Society and Committee on Philosophical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences invite professional philosophers as well as philosophy lovers from Poland and abroad to participate in the Twelfth Polish Congress of Philosophy, the biggest philosophical event in Poland. The Congress will take place from 11th to 16th September 2023 (on the centennial of the First Polish Congress of Philosophy organised in 1923 at the University of Lvov) in the bulding of the Faculty of Philology (Pomorska Street 171/173). One can get there from Fabryczna Railway Station and Kaliska Railway Station by taking the tram 12 or 18.

The organizers expect approximately 700 participants from all Polish universities and from abroad. The papers for thematic sections can be presented in Polish or English. The plenary lectures, debates, discussion panels and symposia will be mainly in Polish except for the plenary lecture of our special guest, prof. Husan Haack, which will be given in English. Moreover, the organizers plan simultaneous English translation of some main events. Strictly philosophical events will be accompanied by some cultural activities (a concert, performances, etc.).

See you in Łódź.

With kind regards

prof. Janusz Maciaszek
Director of the Institute of Philosophy
Chair of the Organizing Committee

All sessions of the Congress will be held at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Łódź (plan of the building) located on 171/173 Pomorska St. in Łódź.

GROUP PHOTO

A group photo af all present participants of the Congress will be taken on Wenesday (19th September) at 2:30 p.m. in lecture hall A1.

 

CONGRESS RECEPTION POINT

The reception point of the Congress will be located on the ground floor of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Łódź (see the map of the building) and open:

• on Monday (11th September) between 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
• from Tuesday (12th September) till Friday (15th September) between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

At the mentioned times all registered participants of the Congress can collect their folders with conference materials or discuss with the organisers of the Congress whenever necessary.

 

from Monday 11.09, 11:00 a.m., on the ground floor of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Łódź (see the map of the building).

 

DETAILED CONGRESS SCHEDULE

The detailed schedule of the Congress is available at https://easychair.org/smart-program/12PZF/. All requests for changing the day and hour of a talk should be directed to section chairs.

There will be no printed version of the detailed schedule of the Congress, so we recommend all participants to test the electronic program, available on the website linked above, prior to the Congress.

 

LOCATION OF THE DORMITORIES

The dormitories are located in close proximity to the Faculty of Philology (where the Congress will be held), in the student campus called "Lumumbowo":

Participants who booked accommodation in double rooms, will be allotted a room in the STUDENT DORM NO. 2, while participants who booked a single room, will be allotted a place in the STUDENT DORMS NO. 2 and NO. 3.

Exact information about the number of the student dorm and room that a participant was allotted can be obtain upon check in or by sending a query to: tomasz.sieczkowski@uni.lodz.pl.

In all the dormitories there are kitchen suites which will be made available to the participants who booked accommodation therein. Moreover, in direct proximity to the campus and the Faculty of Philology there are several restaurants and cafes:

• Bufet Olimp
• Przystanek Coffee
• Jaga Cafe
• ArcheVita
• Jacek Placek.

MAIN ORGANISER OF THE CONGRESS

 

CO-ORGANISERS

 

MEDIA PATRONAGE

 

PARTNERS

1. Section of Philosophical Anthropology
   contact: dr hab. Michał Zembrzuski (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw) (email: m.zembrzuski@uksw.edu.pl)
2. Section of Teaching Ethics and Philosophy
   contact: Ewelina Grądzka, MA (The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow) (email: ewelina.gradzka@doktorant.upjp2.edu.pl)
3. Section of Epistemology and Metaphilosophy
   contact: Bartosz Kośny, MA (University of Wrocław) (email: bartosz.kosny@gmail.com)
4. Section of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
   contact: dr hab. Mateusz Salwa (University of Warsaw) (email: mateusz.salwa@uw.edu.pl).
5. Section of Normative Ethics and Metaethics
   contact: mr Krzysztof Piętak (University of Warsaw) (email: krzysztof.pietak@student.uw.edu.pl)
6. Section of Applied Ethics
   contact: dr Karolina Napiwodzka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) (email: karolina.napiwodzka@amu.edu.pl)
7. Section of Philosophy of Action
   contact: prof. Piotr Tomasz Makowski (Queen's University Belfast / University of Warsaw) (email: p.makowski@qub.ac.uk)
8. Section of Philosophy of Feminism and Gender Studies
   contact: Michał Bomastyk, MA (Nicolaus Copernicus University) (email: mbom@umk.pl)
9. Section of Philosophy of Culture
   contact: Hanna Przybysz, MA (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) (email: hanna.przybysz@amu.edu.pl)
10. Section of Polish Philosophy
    contact: Alicja Chybińska, MA (University of Warsaw) (email: a.chybinska@uw.edu.pl)
11. Section of Philosophy of Law
    contact: prof. M. Zirk-Sadowski (University of Łódź)
12. Section of Philosophy of Nature
    contact: dr Andrzej Zykubek (Catholic University of Lublin, UMK) (email: andrzej.zykubek@kul.pl, andrzej.zykubek@umk.pl)
13. Section of Philosophy of Religion
    contact: dr Marek Pepliński (University of Gdańsk) (email: marek.peplinski@ug.edu.pl)
14. Section of Social and Political Philosophy
    contact: prof. Bartosz Kuźniarz (University of Białystok) (email: b.kuzniarz@uwb.edu.pl)
15. Section of Philosophy of Technology and New Technologies
    contact: dr Tomasz Walczyk (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin) (email: tomasz.walczyk@mail.umcs.pl)
16. Section of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science
    contact: dr Piotr Kozak (University of Białystok) (email: p.kozak@uwb.edu.pl)
17. Section of History of Modern Philosophy from the 16th to 19th century
    contact: prof. Tomasz Kupś (Nicolaus Copernicus University) (email: tomasz.kups@umk.pl)
18. Section of History of European and Byzantine Pre-Modern Philosophy
    contact: prof. Magdalena Bieniak (University of Waraw) (email: magdalena.bieniak@uw.edu.pl) 
    – History of Ancient Philosophy
    contact: prof. Dorota Zygmuntowicz (Polish Academy of Sciences) (email: dzygmunt@ifispan.edu.pl)
    – History of Medieval Philosophy
    contact: prof. Hanna Wojtczak (University of Silesia) (email: hanna.wojtczak@us.edu.pl)
    – History of Renaissance Philosophy
    contact: prof. Krystyna Krauze-Błachowicz (University of Warsaw) (email: kmkrauze@uw.edu.pl)
19. Section of Logic
    contact: dr Piotr Sękowski (University of  Łódź) (email: piotr.sekowski@filhist.uni.lodz.pl)
20. Section of Methodology and Philosophy of Science
    contact: dr Tomasz Łach (Catholic University of Lublin) (email: tomasz.lach@kul.pl)
21. Section of Ontology and Metaphysics
    contact: prof. Marek Piwowarczyk (Catholic University of Lublin) (email: marek.piwowarczyk@kul.pl)
22. Section of Non-Western Philosophical Traditions (detailed description, section schedule, summary (in Polish))
    chair: dr Maciej Stanisław Zięba (Zaozhuang University, China) (email: mszieba@poczta.pl)
    secretary: prof. Ołena Łucyszyna (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences) (email: olucyszyna@iksio.pan.pl)
23. Section of Semiotics and Philosophy of Language
    contact: dr hab. Krzysztof Posłajko (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) (email: krzysztof.poslajko@uj.edu.pl)

Registration is mandatory for everyone who would like to actively participate in the 12th Polish Philosophical Congress, that is, both for those submitting an abstract and for auditors, participants of panel discussions, symposia etc. One should register using the online form that one will find in the following link (which will be activated on the day of acceptance/rejection notification):

REGISTRATION

In the above form one can choose the type of the conference fee, provide invoice details and book meals for the time of the Congress. The registration period will close on the same day as the conference fee payment period, that is, on the 30th June 2023. The registration form has now been closed. All participants who have not been able to register so far are requested to contact the organisers.

Additionally, participants who would like to submit an abstract to one of the thematic sections should do that by the  23rd April 2023  11th June 2023 (deadline extended) using the form in the link below:

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

To submit an abstract one needs to have an EasyChair account (setting one up should take no more than 2 minutes). Each participant can submit at most 1 abstract to a section, and at most 2 abstract in total.

Please mind that submitting an abstract and registering for the congress are two separate procedures.

Types of fees:

• basic conference fee – it covers participation in the Congress and all co-located events, using the Congress infrastructure, conference materials, coffee breaks, organisation activities.
• meals fee – paid if a participant orders meals for the duration of the Congress.
• accommodation fee (for the whole duration of the Congress) – paid if a participant books accommodation in a university dormitory and gets a confirmation of the availability of places (detailed instructions are given below).

A basic conference fee of:

• 450 zł for faculty and research staff
• 300 zł for students (including Ph.D. students) and retired staff

together with a meals fee (in case a participant orders meals) in the amount resulting from the number of ordered meals (more details can be found here) and an accommodation fee (in case a participant books university accommodation) of:

• 415 zł for a place in a double room
• 555 zł for a single room

should be paid by the 30th June 2023 r. via a bank transfer to the following account:

Owner: University of Lodz

IBAN: PL88 1240 6292 1111 0011 2082 5188

BIC/SWIFT: PKOPPLPW

with the following description:

"12th Polish Philosophical Congress – conference fee (STAFF/STUDENT/PHD STUDENT) + meals (DATES) + accommodation (ROOM TYPE) – PARTICIPANT'S FORNAME AND SURNAME",

where variables in uppercase should be replaced with concrete values, the part written in blue should only be added if one has ordered meals, and the part written in green should only be added if one has booked the university accommodation (for the entire duration of the Congress) and received a confirmation from the organisers that the place had been booked.

For example, for a participant named Jane Jones who, paying a staff conference fee and not ordering meals, the description will look as follows:

"12th Polish Philosophical Congress – conference fee (staff) – Jane Jones",

whereas for a participant named John Smith, who is a Ph.D. student,  wants to order meals for the days between 12th and 15th September 2023, and book accommodation in a double room, the description will be:

"12th Polish Philosophical Congress – conference fee (phd student) + meals (12–15.09) + accommodation (double room) – John Smith".

Invoices for the payments will be successively issued after the 18th of July and sent electronically to email addresses given in the registration form. Unfortunately, according to the Polish law, (VAT Act, art. 106i par. 7) invoices can be issued at most 60 days before the service they concern is provided. Due to organisational reasons pro-forma invoices will not be issued after the 14th of July.

Abstract submission will not be opened for the 2nd round in the Section of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art and the Section of Philosophical Anthropology (in both cases the number of accepted abstracts has reached the limit in the 1st round).

Łódź is in the very centre of Poland, not far from Warsaw. It has an airport, served by budget airlines from London Stansted, London Luton, Brussels,

Dublin, Alicante, and Milan, 15 minutes away from the city centre by bus or taxi. It is very well connected to Warsaw and its two airports: Chopin and Modlin. There are direct buses from both airports to Łódź. There are regular direct trains from Warsaw Zachodnia and Warsaw Central Stations, both of which are connected to Chopin Airport by trains and buses. Travel by rail in Poland is comfortable, reliable and cheap. Łódź has several railway stations, of which Łódź Fabryczna is the most central one. It is less than 10 minutes away by foot from the Philosophy Department. Buses arrive at Łódź Kaliska, which is 15 minutes from the city centre by tram.

Łódź is a pleasant town and well worth a visit. It has an interesting industrial history and was called 'The Polish Manchester'. The Muzeum Sztuki (Museum of Art) houses an outstanding collection of modern and contemporary art, which has its roots in one of the world's oldest collections of this kind. There
are also a number of other museums dedicated to industrial history and heritage.

Joseph Roth's first novel Savoy Hotel is set in Łódź. The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2018, Olga Tokarczuk, is not from Łódź, but the Polish Nobel Prize winner in 1924 Władysław Stanisław Reymont authored the novel The Promised Land also set in Łódź.