Philosophy at the University of Warsaw

The Editorial Team of the “Philosophical Education” bi-annual journal is pleased to invite you to our second 2026 webinar continuing the 2024-2025 series of online meetings that will serve to present the upcoming issues and some of the particular articles to the wider public.

This webinar will be dedicated to presenting some of the articles
accepted for publication in the upcoming “Philosophical Education”
issue nr 81/2026 and will precede the official publishing of the
volume about hermeneutical and methodological strategies of Thomas Aquinas as a philosopher.

The schedule of the webinar:

• Presentation of the idea of the issue by dr Marcin Trepczyński
• Presentation of the article “Aquinas’ metaphysical use of the metaphor of distance, proximity and conjunction” by Father Alexander Judson Yeung (LC)

The author and editors will happily answer the questions of the participants and engage in discussion concerning the theses of the articles.

The webinar will take place on May 27 2026, 18:00 CET – the submissions for participation in the webinar are to be sent via email at [email protected].

Go to Vancouver for the 5th World Congress on Logic and Religion (September 23-27, 2026). It will be an amazing event. We will also be there! See more: https://www.5wocolor.com/

SAVE THE DATE. On May 21, we will have an online lecture by Diego Feinmann. See more below:

The next meeting of the Sign-Language-Reality seminar in the academic year 2025/26 will take place:

Thursday, the 21st of May 2026, 17.00, Central European Time

Diego Feinmann

(IPI PAN)

will deliver a talk:

Reassessing the Link between Relevance and Informativeness

Abstract:

The dominant view in cognitive science and formal pragmatics is that relevance is a matter of informativeness: a sentence is relevant if it is informative, and irrelevant otherwise. In this talk, I consider both non-probabilistic and probabilistic approaches to relevance, and conclude that, insofar as they entail that informativeness is a necessary condition for relevance, they are bound to fail: it is possible for a sentence to be uninformative and yet be perceived as a relevant contribution. Time permitting, I will also discuss some experimental work on this topic (forthcoming, with Sonia Ramotowska).

About the speaker:

Diego Feinmann is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where his research focuses on the formal semantics and pragmatics of natural language. His publication record includes work in leading venues such as Journal of Semantics, Linguistics and Philosophy, Snippets, Journal of Logic, Language and Information, and Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. Across papers on homogeneity and vagueness, domain restriction, relevance, and non-maximality, his work combines technical precision with a strong feel for foundational questions at the semantics–pragmatics interface.

Speaker's webiste: https://www.diegofeinmann.com/

The seminar will be held online, to join the meeting, please use the information below:

Join Zoom Meeting https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/92716044372?pwd=0l7PETAOwqQDBKTMCnheYQN7ag7zx1.1

Meeting ID: 927 1604 4372 Passcode: 697648 The meeting opens at 4:45 pm, the talk starts at 5 pm.

https://www.pts.edu.pl/seminarium

The happening “Life Goes On” brought together students and alumni of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, and the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.

Held on April 22, 2026, on Earth Day and Water Day, as part of the “Bioethical Arboretum” symposium, the work unfolded simultaneously at the botanical gardens of the University of Warsaw and the University of Zagreb, bringing together performance and sculpture in public space in a shared, though distant, experience. In both gardens, the movement was structured as a passage through corresponding locations – the fountain, greenhouse, flower garden, alpinarium, arboretum, and systematic field – with the direction reversed between the two cities.
In Zagreb, the procession symbolically unfolded from life toward death, and in Warsaw from death toward life. In Warsaw, performers first disassembled the spatial installation – an arrangement of sculptural “wild arrows” (willow rods, latex, photoluminescent pigments) – and then proceeded in a procession, gradually stepping out to occupy designated locations. In Zagreb, the procession began without performers, incorporating them one by one along the path to ultimately complete the installation.
At moments throughout the performance, performers introduced playful interventions that shifted the direction and dynamics of movement, opening space for shared experience and reflection on the relation between body and space.

Zagreb performers: Buga Kranželić, Jurica Pakračić, Iva Huette, Leona Gubijan, Sven Kezele

Warsaw performers: Justyna Sałacińska, Helena Krawiec, Ilina Kaczorowska, Irena Moszyńska, Nicole Pawlukiewicz
Photography: Antoni Jeśmanowicz (Warsaw), Zvonimir Ferina (Zagreb)

“Life Goes On” was co-created by Croatian sculptor Manuela Pauk and Matija Vigato (University of Zagreb), currently on a short-term CEEPUS mobility in Warsaw under the supervision of Tadeusz Ciecierski.

Dr. Katarzyna Bielińska will deliver an online guest lecture, "What Is Peripheral Philosophy?", this Thursday morning (May 7th) at the Faculty of Philosophy at Gadjah Mada University in Yogayakarta, Indonesia. Register for the lecture here: http://ugm.id/PhiloTalk05

Dr. Bielińska was invited by philosophers from this university to discuss her recently published article, "What Is Peripheral Philosophy?" (Springer Nature: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11406-025-00934-6), as part of the "PhiloTalk Online Lecture."

Guests of the conference "Maximus the Confessor: The Salvation of Nature" (organized by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw) are already visiting Krakowskie Przedmieście. The conference will start at 3:00 PM at the Faculty of Artes Liberales (Dobra 72). The program is extremely interesting - check it out: https://filozofia.uw.edu.pl/en/2026/04/maximus-the-confessor-2026/

We would like to inform you about the opportunity to take part in workshops organized as part of the project Thought Sharing in Action — both in person in Barcelona and online. More information is available here: https://www.upf.edu/web/thought-sharing-in-action/tsa-colloquium-april-30

We would also like to remind you that the deadline for submitting applications for the September workshop “Truth, Use-Conditions, Hyperintensionality: Visegrad Inspirations in Philosophy of Language” is April 30: https://philevents.org/event/show/145234

TSA Colloquium April 30 - Thought Sharing in Action: A Naturalistic Approach - UPF This talk begins with two familiar cases. In one, we walk through a museum together, pause in front of a painting, and move on. Hours later, I remark, “That figure in the corner was unsettling,” and you immediately understand what I mean, even though neither of us is now looking at the painting....

In just a week (April 23-24) at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland), a magnificent conference will conclude the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the birth of whom?... A certain descendant of the Counts Aquinas, who accomplished quite a bit in philosophy and used it in an extremely interesting way, including... commenting on the Gospel of Matthew.

More: https://www.torunaquinas.pl/

With the arrival of spring, Miasteczko na Styku Kultur – Cultural HotSpot UW, Organized by Welcome Point, University Volunteer Centre, Student Government, and the Faculty of Asian and African Cultures Student Council is back!

📅 21 May 2026
📍 Main Campus, University of Warsaw

The largest multicultural event at UW, attracting great interest every year, returns in a refreshed format! Join the Multicultural Team and help co-create a vibrant programme full of cultural activities.

Do you have an idea to share your creativity and knowledge with the UW community? Your cultural activity can cover traditions, language, art, customs, places of interest, or handicrafts. Make it engaging, inspiring, and interactive!

→ Apply to join this year’s Multicultural Team:
https://www.wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/en/cultural-hotspot-uw-application-2026/
🕒 Deadline: 23 April 2026 (Thursday)

Need inspiration for your Cultural HotSpot activity?
Join the Ideas Workshop – 14 April

Refine your activity idea, get feedback, and meet others from different countries and cultures who are part of the Cultural HotSpot UW community.

→ Details & application for the workshop:
https://www.wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/en/ideas-workshop-cultural-hotspot-uw/
🕒 Deadline: 12 April 2026 (Sunday)

📧 Questions? [email protected]

We are proud to announce that the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw has been ranked among the top 150 philosophy departments in the world in the prestigious QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranking.

This is a huge achievement of our students, doctoral candidates, alumni, researchers, lecturers, and administrative staff. We are delighted that our collective work has been recognized. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this success.