Biography:Katarzyna Kijania-Placek
Katarzyna Kijania-Placek | |
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| Born | 13 January 1968 |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
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| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan Woleński |
Katarzyna Justyna Kijania-Placek (born 13 January 1968) is a philosopher specializing in philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophical logic and theory of truth, professor at the Jagiellonian University.[1][2][3]
Biography
In 1994 she graduated with a master's degree in philosophy from the Jagiellonian University.[1] In 1999 she obtained doctorate[1] upon dissertation Konsensualne kryterium prawdy. Analiza logiczna, written uder the supervision of Jan Woleński.[4] In 2013 she obtained habilitation,[1] and in 2024 she obtained the title of professor.[1] She supervised one doctoral dissertation.[1]
She heads the Philosophy of Language and Mind Workshop (Pracownia Filozofii Języka i Umysłu) at the Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University (pl).[3] From 2016 to 2019 she was a member of the Committee of Philosophical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (pl).[1] From 2010 to 2011, she was a member of the ministerial Council of Young Scientists.[3] From 2000 to 2002, she was a member of the board of the Polish Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science.[3] From 2018 to 2024, she directed the interdisciplinary Jagiellonian Center for Law, Language and Philosophy;[3] later she became member the center's board.[5]
She published in journals such as Philosophical Studies, Journal of Semantics, Synthese and Erkenntnis.[3] She is the author of the polysemous theory of proper names, which takes into account multiple types of systematic uses of proper names.[3]
Books
- Prawda i konsensus. Logiczne podstawy konsensualnego kryterium prawdy. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. 2007. ISBN 83-233-1320-2.
- Pochwała okazjonalności. Analiza deskryptywnych użyć wyrażeń okazjonalnych. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Semper. 2012. ISBN 978-83-7507-109-2.
Editor
- The history and philosohy of Polish logic: essays in honour of Jan Woleński. History of Analytic Philosophy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. ISBN 978-1-137-03090-0. Co-edited with Tomasz Placek and Kevin Mulligan.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Katarzyna Kijania-Placek". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. https://ludzie.nauka.gov.pl/ln/profiles/918LHJhoQUL. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ "Katarzyna Kijania-Placek". filozofia.uj.edu.pl. https://filozofia.uj.edu.pl/katarzyna-kijania-placek. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Kijania-Placek". ncn.gov.pl. https://ncn.gov.pl/o-ncn/rada-ncn/struktura-rady/katarzyna-kijania-placek. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ "Konsensualne kryterium prawdy. Analiza logiczna". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. https://ludzie.nauka.gov.pl/ln/profiles/918LHJhoQUL/research-work/a3118937-51b5-43fa-ad94-de51e6d41da6?activeFunction=AUTHOR. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ "People". pjf.uj.edu.pl. https://pjf.uj.edu.pl/team. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
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