dr. habil. Piotr Makowski
A. WORK, FELLOWSHIPS, AND EDUCATION:
WORK:
Position: Associate Professor, specialization: metaethics, action theory
Position: Associate Professor (part-time), specialization: organizations
FELLOWSHIPS:
Position: Visiting Research Fellow, specialization: action theory
Position: Visiting Fellow, specialization: action theory
Position: Fulbright Senior Advanced Research Scholar, specialization: action theory, theory of rationality.
EDUCATION:
Adam Mickiewicz University (2001-2010):
- Habilitation in philosophy – June 26th 2017
Dissertation: “Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Action Theory – Reinterpretive Studies”. Committee: Prof. Katarzyna Paprzycka (UW), Prof. Włodzimierz Galewicz (JU), Prof. Małgorzata Cern (AMU)
- Ph.D. in philosophy – June 7th 2010 (cum laude/with honors)
Dissertation: “Status of Goodness and Duty in Contemporary Naturalistic Ethics”. Supervisor: Prof. Tadeusz Buksiński (AMU). Committee: Prof. Marcin Poręba (University of Warsaw), Prof. Ewa Nowak (AMU)
- B.A. in classical philology – 2006
- M.A. in philosophy – 2005
B. AOS:
- rRutines (organization science)
- Philosophy of action,
- Theories of rationality,
C. AOC:
- Philosophy of science,
- Decision theory,
- Metaethics,
- Pragmatism and neopragmatism,
- Neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics,
- Theories of autonomy (self-governance),
- Kotarbiński’s praxiology,
- Classic practical philosophy (Aristotle, Hume, Kant);
D. RESEARCH PROJECTS:
- 08.2012-08.2015: “Theories of Reasons for Action. A Possibility of Application to the Management Sciences”, Polish National Science Centre Grant UMO-2011/03/B/HS4/04162 – chief executive,
- 01.09.2012-31.03.2013: Practical Rationality: Contemporary Theories of Reasons for Action and Their Implications for the Conception of Prudential Reason, Fulbright Senior Advanced Research at UC Davis;
- 03.2009-03.2011: “Status of Goodness and Duty in Contemporary Naturalistic Ethics” – Supervisory Grant of Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, No. N N101 05963 – main executive (under supervision of professor Tadeusz Buksiński),
E. PUBLICATIONS (2012-2017)[1]:
I. Authored monographs – in English:
Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Action Theory – Reinterpretive Studies, New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2017.
II Authored monographs – in Polish
After Metaethics, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Universitas 2012, pages 290 [revised Ph.D. diss.],
III. Edited volumes – in English:
(2015): Praxiology and the Reasons for Action, P. Makowski, M. Bonecki, K. Nowak-Posadzy (Eds.), [Praxiology: The International Annual of Practical Philosophy and Methodology, Vol. 23] Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, pages 221,
IV. Edited volumes – in Polish:
(2012): Intersubjectivity – Editor, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Universitas 2012, pages 304 (a collection of essays),
V. Papers in English:
- (2017): *”Kotarbiński’s praxiology and the analytic action theory” in Praxiological Essays: Texts and Contexts, Ed. W.W. Gasparski, Routledge.
- (2017, forthcoming): *”Shared Agency and Intentionality – A Praxiological View” in Self-Knowledge and Moral Identity, Ed. R.K. Panda, New Delhi.
- (2016a): *[Review] Neil Roughley, Wanting and Intending. Elements of a Philosophy of Practical Mind, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, DOI: 10.1007/s10677-016-9768-8.
- (2016b): **Intention Inertia and the Plasticity of Planning, Philosophical Psychology, 29(7):1045-1056.
- (2016c): **”Reasons for Being Flexible. Desires, Intentions, and Plans” in Desire – The Concept and Its Practical Context, Ed. Timo Airaksinen, Wojciech W. Gasparski (pp. 59-78), New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
- (2015): **”Praxiology meets Planning Theory of Intention” in Reasons for Action and Praxiology, eds. P. Makowski, M. Bonecki, K. Nowak [Praxiology: The International Annual of Practical Philosophy and Methodology, Vol. 23] (pp. 43-71). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
VI. Papers in Polish:
- (2015): **Moore and the Semantic Autonomy of Ethics, Principia. Pisma koncepcyjne z filozofii i socjologii teoretycznej, Vol. 59-60: 67-81,
- (2013): **Bratman and A Minimal Praxiology, Ethics in Progress Quarterly, Vol. 4(2): 78–86,
- (2012): **“The Practical Spectrum of Ethics and Intersubjectivity. Two Models of Subject”, in: Intersubjectivity, Piotr Makowski (Ed.), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Universitas: 129–147,
- (2012): **Dynamis. Metaphysical Notion of Capacity and its Role in Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy, ICF Diametros, Vol. 33 (2012): 76–100,
VII. Polish Translations:
(2013): Michael E. Bratman, The Fecundity of Planning Agency, Ethics in Progress Quarterly, Vol. 4(2): 87-112,
VIII. Miscellanea:
- (2012): *“Fire in the Philosophy of Heraclitus”, Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, Vol. 1(2) (2012): 130–138,
- (2012): “Dimensions of Intersubjectivity. Foreword”, in: Intersubjectivity, Piotr Makowski (Ed.), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Universitas: 7–10.
F. PRESENTATIONS (2012-2017):
I. in English (international):
- “Motor Intentions, Motor Representations, and Libet’s Experiment”, Philosophers’ Rally, University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (05.07.2016),
- “Distal Intentions in Empirically Unstable Contexts of Actions”, Context Cognition, and Communication Conference, University of Warsaw, Poland (17.06.2016),
- “Intention Inertia and the Plasticity of Planning”, Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern, Switzerland (09.12.2015 – invited discussion on my paper),
- “Plasticity of Planning Agency”, Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (28.10.2015 – invited talk),
- “Shared Agency: Intentions, Reasons, and Propensities to Act”, Self-Knowledge and Moral Identity, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, (13-16.01.2015 – invited)
- “The (In)flexible agency”, ‘Desire’ Workshop, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, Rome, Italy (31.10-01.11.2014 – invited),
- “The Praxiology of Shared Agency”, ACERP2014, Osaka, Japan (30.03.2014),
- “Praxiology – The Philosophy of Effectiveness and Efficiency in Human Action” – Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Turkey (26.02.2014 – lecture, on invitation),
- “Inertia and Plasticity” – Philosopher’s Rally, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland (27.06.2013),
- “Reframing Praxiology. A New Introduction to the Efficient Action Theory” – ECTA 2013, Poznan, Poland (13.06.2013),
- “Integrative Praxiology. A New Introduction to the Efficient Action Theory” – Philosophy Department Workshop, University of California, Davis (15.02.2013, USA),
- “Praxiology” – Davis Group in Ethics and Related Subjects, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis (05.10.2012, USA – invited talk),
II. in Polish (countrywide):
- “The Problem of Intentionality in Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Action Theory”, Learned Society of Praxiology, Pałac Staszica, Warsaw (16.02.2017),
- “The Problem of Intentionality in Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Action Theory”, Sign-Language-Reality, University of Warsaw, Warsaw (25.11.2016),
- “Aristotelian Motives in Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s Praxiology”, Back To Aristotle, PTPN, Poznan (20.10.2016),
- “The Psychological Conditions of Effectiveness in Fluctuating Environment (Military Cases)”, Problems of Effectiveness in Management, Academy of National Defense, Warsaw (04.12.2015),
- “Psychological Stability in an Unstable Environment of Planned Actions”, Mind–Decisions–Behaviour, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun (15.05.2015),
- “The New Introduction to Kotarbiński’s Praxiology” – Scientific Society of Praxiology, Pałac Staszica, Warsaw (16.05.2013),
G. MEMBERSHIP & SERVICES:
- The Examiner/Opponent of Ari Virta – public PhD Defence, University of Helsinki, Finland (22.04.2017),
- Peer-Reviewer for Erkenntnis. An International Journal for Scientific Philosophy. Springer Publishing (10.2015-present),
- Chairman of the International Conference Committee (and initiator of the event): ECTA 2013: European Conference of Theory of Action – Reasons for Action and Praxiology. Broadening the Borders (12-14.06.2013, Poznań),
- Member of American Philosophical Association (from 01.2017 – present),
- Member of Scientific Society for Praxiology (from 12.2011 – present),
- Member and Reviewer at Regional Committee of Philosophy Olympiad, Poznan (10.2011-present),
- Member of the Editorial Board (and Peer-Reviewer) at: Philosophy Study Journal, David Publishing Company, Libertyville, IL, USA (temporary, reasons to quit – see HERE),
- Member of the Editorial Board at: Ethics in Progress Quarterly, Academic Research Publishers of Institute of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University (01.10.2010 – present);
H. HONORS AND AWARDS:
- Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship (for 3-month scholarship at University of California, Riverside – awarded: 05.2017)
- Unique Alumnus Grant (for 2-months scholarship in Helsinki), Adam Mickiewicz University (09–10.2015),
- Scholarship for Polish Distinguished Young Scientists from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (awarded 10.2013),
- Fulbright Senior Advanced Research Award (scholarship: 09.2012-03.2013),
- Honors for the Ph.D. dissertation, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Dept. of Social Sciences Committee, (07.06.2010),