CV

Education

  • (2016–2022) PhD studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. Graduated with distinction on the basis of the dissertation “W poszukiwaniu źródeł intuicji filozoficznych — nowe metody w filozofii eksperymentalnej” (supervisor: Prof. Katarzyna Paprzycka-Hausman).
  • (2014–2016) MA studies at the College of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Warsaw. Graduated with distinction on the basis of the thesis “Teorie przyczynowości a wyjaśnienie mechanistyczne w naukach biologicznych” (supervisor: Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • (2011–2014) BA studies at the College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities, University of Warsaw. Thesis: “Semantyka deskryptywnych nazw własnych – perspektywa empiryczna” (supervisor: Prof. Mieszko Tałasiewicz).

Research projects

  • (2024–) Principal Investigator, “Metaanalizy w filozofii eksperymentalnej” (OPUS 2023/51/B/HS1/02326, National Science Centre, Poland; University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy; funding: PLN 643,926).
  • (2024–2025) Principal Investigator, “Efekt szuflady w filozofii eksperymentalnej” (IDUB, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy; funding: PLN 79,800).
  • (2022–) Researcher, “Myśląc o myśleniu: pojęciowe metafory poznania w korpusie Plutarcha” (SONATA BIS 2021/42/E/HS3/00259, National Science Centre, Poland; University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy; funding: PLN 3,141,584; PI: Julia Doroszewska).
  • (2019–2023) Principal Investigator, “W poszukiwaniu źródeł intuicji filozoficznych — nowe metody w filozofii eksperymentalnej” (PRELUDIUM 2018/29/N/HS1/02863, National Science Centre, Poland; University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy; funding: PLN 119,454).
  • (2021–2025) Researcher, “Postawy niedoksastyczne i semantyka języka naturalnego” (OPUS 2020/37/B/HS1/01605, National Science Centre, Poland; University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy; funding: PLN 354,480; PI: Wojciech Rostworowski).
  • (2018–2025) Researcher, “Wiedza a znajomość konsekwencji” (OPUS 2017/27/B/HS1/00130, National Science Centre, Poland; University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy; funding: PLN 451,500; PI: Katarzyna Paprzycka-Hausman).
  • (2018–2021) Researcher, “Koncepcja odniesienia językowego oparta na pojęciu wyróżnienia” (OPUS 2017/27/B/HS1/00130, National Science Centre, Poland; Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Christian Philosophy; funding: PLN 240,130; PI: Wojciech Rostworowski).
  • (2014–2020) Research Assistant, “Studium teoretyczne i eksperymentalne efektu Knobe’a i problemu Butlera” (OPUS 2013/11/B/HS1/03939, National Science Centre, Poland; University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology; funding: PLN 377,516; PI: Katarzyna Paprzycka-Hausman).
  • (2017–2020) Collaborator, “Rozwój bioetyki partycypacyjnej” (NPRH 2bH15018583, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology; PI: Paweł Łuków).

Awards and scholarships

  • START scholarship awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science (2023).
  • Doctoral scholarship at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw (2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2021–2022).
  • Rector’s scholarship for the best doctoral students (2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2021–2022).

Invited talks (conferences & workshops)

  • “Empirical investigations into the centering theory and role of salience”, talk, “Social Models of Meaning Acquisition Workshop”, Delft University of Technology & University of Warsaw, 23–24 May 2019, Warsaw, Poland (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Talking about intentionality: semantics, culture and cognition”, talk, University of East Anglia, 1 November 2018, Norwich, United Kingdom (with K. Kuś).

Conference presentations

  • “Attitude verbs and free choice”, poster presentation, “XPRAG 2025”, University of Cambridge, 17–19 September 2025 (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Attitude verbs and free choice”, talk, “ESPP 2025”, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2–5 September 2025 (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Is experimental philosophy ready for meta-analyses? A quantitative approach to assessing the quality of methodological and statistical reporting in x-phi”, poster presentation, “ESPP 2025”, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2–5 September 2025 (with K. Kuś, J. Gęgotek, F. Kittel, and M. Gurak).
  • “The File Drawer Problem in Experimental Philosophy: A Survey Study of the X‑Phi Community”, talk, “5th Euro X‑Phi Conference 2025”, University of East Anglia, 10–12 July 2025 (with K. Kuś and G. Krajewski).
  • “How well do experimental philosophers report their studies?”, talk, “5th Euro X‑Phi Conference 2025”, University of East Anglia, 10–12 July 2025 (with K. Kuś, J. Gęgotek, F. Kittel, and M. Gurak).
  • “Metaphors in Plutarch’s Works - A Qualitative Overview”, talk, workshop “Conceptual metaphors as tools in cognitive history: benefits and challenges”, University of Warsaw, 16–17 May 2025 (with K. Kuś).
  • “Czy refleksja zniesie efekt epistemiczny?”, plenary lecture, conference “Polski Zjazd Kognitywistyczny”, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 19–20 September 2024 (with K. Paprzycka-Hausman, K. Kuś, and M. Zaręba).
  • “Reflecting on the Knobe Effect and the Epistemic Side-Effect Effect”, plenary lecture, “4th Euro X‑Phi Conference 2024”, Jagiellonian University, 30 May – 2 June 2024 (with K. Paprzycka-Hausman, K. Kuś, and M. Zaręba).
  • “Theoretical and technical challenges of developing Plutarchean Corpus of Conceptual Metaphor of Mind”, talk, “International Congress of Linguists”, 8–14 September 2024 (with K. Kuś, O. Karatzoglou, L. van der Wiel, A. Gerus, and J. Doroszewska).
  • “Justifications of the Asymmetric Knowledge Attributions in ESEE: A Qualitative Approach”, talk, “3rd European Experimental Philosophy Conference”, University of Zurich, 14–16 September 2023 (with K. Kuś).
  • “Experimental Perspective on Non-Doxastic Attitude Reports”, talk, “3rd European Experimental Philosophy Conference”, University of Zurich, 14–16 September 2023 (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Non Doxastic Attitudes, Assessment, and Conjunction”, talk, “ESPP 2023”, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences & European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 28–31 August 2023, Prague, Czech Republic (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Wyzwania etyczne badań eksperymentalnych w VR”, talk, “WIRTUALIUM 2.0 – interdyscyplinarne perspektywy rzeczywistości wirtualnej”, 26–27 May 2023 (online conference on the Spatial platform).
  • “Attitude Ascriptions and Semantic Meaning — an Experimental Approach”, poster presentation, “ESPP & SPP 2022 Joint Conference”, University of Milan, 19–22 June 2022, Milan, Italy (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Propositions and Non-doxastic Attitude Reports”, talk, “6th Philosophy of Language and Mind network Conference”, 15–17 September 2022, Warsaw, Poland (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Nauczanie etyki na polskich uczelniach medycznych. Raport z badań”, talk, “Bioetyka partycypacyjna”, University of Warsaw, 16–17 December 2021 (online conference) (with J. Zawiła-Niedźwiecki).
  • “Polscy lekarze wobec trudnych decyzji klinicznych. Raport z badań”, talk, “Bioetyka partycypacyjna”, University of Warsaw, 16–17 December 2021 (online conference) (with J. Zawiła-Niedźwiecki).
  • “Epistemic Side-Effect Effect: A Meta-Analysis”, talk, “1st European Experimental Philosophy Conference 2021”, Charles University in Prague & University of Zurich, 17–19 June 2021 (online conference) (with K. Kuś).
  • “Influence of training on evaluation of philosophical cases. Longitudinal study”, talk, “European Online XPhi Conference 2020”, Charles University in Prague & University of Zurich, 19 June 2020 (online conference) (with K. Kuś).
  • “Do Intentions Really Matter? An Experimental Investigation of Demonstrative Reference”, talk, “XPhi Conference Bern”, Universität Bern, 19 September 2019, Bern, Switzerland (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Czy dobrzy mogą wiedzieć mniej? Epistemiczny efekt efektu ubocznego a wiedza o konsekwencjach działań”, talk, “Zjazd Filozoficzny”, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 11 September 2019, Lublin, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Against intentionalism: experimental study on demonstrative reference”, talk, “Fifth Philosophy of Language and Mind Network Conference”, University of St Andrews, 29 August 2019, St Andrews, United Kingdom (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Limitations and promises of the Sources Project in experimental philosophy”, talk, “Zlot Filozoficzny”, Jagiellonian University & Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych, 30 June 2019, Kraków, Poland.
  • “Dobrzy nie muszą wiedzieć… Trwałość epistemicznego efektu efektu ubocznego”, talk, “Zlot Filozoficzny”, Jagiellonian University & Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych, 28 June 2019, Kraków, Poland (with K. Kuś and K. Marczewska).
  • “Demonstrative Reference in the Experimental Perspective”, talk, “PhiLang”, University of Łódź, 12 May 2019, Łódź, Poland (with W. Rostworowski and K. Kuś).
  • “Czy model «danych otwartych od narodzin» powinien stać się standardem udostępniania danych badawczych?”, talk, “Etyka badań naukowych”, University of Warsaw & Polish Academy of Sciences, 14 December 2018, Warsaw, Poland.
  • “What does it take to explain philosophical intuition? Some remarks on argumentative strategy of the Sources project”, talk, “7th Peripatetic Conference”, University of Warsaw, 23–28 October 2018, Małe Ciche, Poland.
  • “W poszukiwaniu źródeł intuicji. Psycholingwistyczne wyjaśnienie efektu Knobe’a”, talk, “XII Zjazd PTK Nowe trendy w kognitywistyce”, Jagiellonian University, 19–21 September 2018, Kraków, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Mistrzowie szachowi czy towarzystwo wzajemnej adoracji? O eksperckości filozoficznej w świetle badań empirycznych”, talk, “Zlot Filozoficzny”, University of Łódź, 30 June – 2 July 2018, Łódź, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Linguistification of philosophical conceptual analysis – how far can you go? Remarks on the use of linguistic tools in philosophy”, talk, “19th Szklarska Poręba Workshop”, Universität Düsseldorf, 23–26 February 2018, Szklarska Poręba, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “What does it take to make your research reproducible and why should you care?”, talk, “We Are Open! Reproducibility and Replicability in Psychology and Experimental Philosophy”, University College London, 14–16 June 2018, London, UK (with K. Kuś).
  • “Manipulability, Causation and Intuitions. An Exploratory Study on Agency Account of Causation”, poster presentation, “2nd Bi-Annual Workshop of the Experimental Philosophy Group Germany”, Osnabrück University, 16–18 November 2018, Osnabrück, Germany (with K. Kuś).
  • “Can the ‘Knobe Effect’ be merely a cognitive illusion?”, talk, “Alternative Methods in Experimental Philosophy: Beyond the Questionnaire”, University of East Anglia, 16–17 July 2017, Norwich, United Kingdom (with K. Kuś).
  • “Czy gdyby kangurom poobcinać ogony, to by się wywracały? O filozoficznych koncepcjach przyczynowości w świetle filozofii eksperymentalnej”, talk, “13. Zlot Filozoficzny”, Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych & University of Wrocław, 6–8 July 2017, Wrocław, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Games as Moral Laboratories. Gamification of moral dilemmas concerning autonomous vehicles”, talk, “Kultura Gier Komputerowych 4: Krytyka i Metodologia”, University of Łódź, 29–30 June 2017, Łódź, Poland (with W. Mamak).
  • “Czy filozofia eksperymentalna jest częścią kognitywistyki? Teza o językowym charakterze intuicji”, talk, student conference “Zderzenia Poznawcze”, University of Warsaw, 20–21 May 2017, Warsaw, Poland.
  • “Problemy językowe filozofii eksperymentalnej i drogi ich rozwiązania”, talk, student conference “Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Badań Nad Językiem”, University of Warsaw, 4–5 June 2016, Warsaw, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Problems with intentionally – linguistification of the Knobe Effect”, talk, “Experimental Philosophy as Applied Philosophy”, University of Reading, 23–24 April 2016, Reading, United Kingdom (with K. Kuś).
  • “Causes, changes and agents or are we doing something while doing nothing?”, poster presentation, “Investigating the Nature and our Understanding of Causality, Morality, Language, Mind, and Aesthetics”, Ruhr University Bochum, 26–28 November 2015, Bochum, Germany (with K. Kuś).
  • “Z rozmysłem, ale nie specjalnie. O wrażliwości językowej efektu Knobe’a”, talk, “X Polski Zjazd Filozoficzny”, Adam Mickiewicz University, 15–19 September 2015, Poznań, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Is Doing Nothing a Thing? On Kotarbiński’s Theory of Cause and Agenthood”, talk, “Philosophy as the Foundation of Knowledge, Action and Emotion”, University of Łódź, 11–13 June 2015, Łódź, Poland (with K. Kuś).
  • “Logiki niemonotoniczne jako narzędzie rekonstrukcji rozumowań subiektywnie niepewnych w perspektywie badań nad Sztuczną Inteligencją”, talk, doctoral conference “Poznańskie Forum Kognitywistyczne”, Adam Mickiewicz University, 21–22 March 2014, Poznań, Poland.

Public outreach

  • Public lecture at the University of the Third Age (Warsaw University of Technology), 8 November 2022. Talk title: “Pojęcie wiedzy z perspektywy epistemologii eksperymentalnej”.
  • Public lecture at the Filozofia Nauki student society (University of Warsaw), 7 May 2019. Talk title: “Zaskakujące źródła filozoficznych intuicji, czyli czy należy bać się, że świat nie istnieje?” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Public lecture as part of the “Filozoficzne pytania” workshops (Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw) for high-school students, 16 March 2019. Talk title: “Tożsamość osobowa, czyli czy można przestać być sobą?” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Public lecture at the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Language (University of Warsaw), 19 November 2018. Talk title: “Jak mówimy o intencjonalności: semantyka, kultura i poznanie” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Workshops for high-school students as part of the Summer Academy of Philosophy, organised by the Stołeczne Centrum Edukacji Kulturalnej, 5 July 2017. Workshop title: “Przyczyna i skutek – związek niejasny i chwiejny” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Workshops for high-school students, organised by the Institute of Philosophy (University of Warsaw), 25 March 2017. Workshop title: “Moralne maszyny” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Public talk at the Festival of Science, 28 September 2016. Talk title: “Kiedy filozof się myli? Filozofia eksperymentalna jako nowa filozofia” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Workshops for high-school students as part of the Summer Academy of Philosophy, 5 June 2016. Workshop title: “Wprowadzenie do teorii argumentacji”.
  • Workshops for high-school students as part of the Summer Academy of Philosophy, 1 July 2015. Workshop title: “Filozofia eksperymentalna, czyli co właściwie ludzie sobie myślą i czy w ogóle nas to interesuje?” (with Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Member of the examination committee (final stage) of the Polish Philosophy Olympiad (2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019).

Teaching

Supervised BA/MA theses

I have supervised a total of 11 BA theses and 1 MA thesis.

Full list (2021–2025)

2025 (5)

  • Nina Cieciuch, “The impact of stakes on knowledge attribution — a meta-analysis of research on contextualism”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Jakub Wodyk, “Wirtualna (nie)rzeczywistość. Krytyczna analiza wirtualnego realizmu Davida Chalmersa”, BA thesis (Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Bartosz Borzęcki, “Zastosowanie wirtualnej rzeczywistości w rozwoju umiejętności poznawczych i percepcyjnych w sporcie — systematyczny przegląd badań”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Adam Jaworski, “Czy badania nad moralnością w wirtualnej rzeczywistości muszą odbywać się w laboratorium? Możliwości i ograniczenia badań online”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Jan Wodowski, “Action and omission bias in VR studies: implementations of moral dilemmas”, MA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw).

2024 (2)

  • Grzegorz Kasperski, “What constitutes the folk concept of Phenomenal Consciousness? Experimental investigation”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Zuzanna Bojarska, “Do Large Language Models have theories of mind? The challenges for machine psychology as a new paradigm for research on the emergent properties of Large Language Models”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).

2023 (3)

  • Julian Petrykowski, “Różnice semantyczne czasowników percepcji między ich użyciem w kontekście filozoficznym, a potocznym znalezione metodami lingwistyki obliczeniowej”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Wiktor Januszewski, “The impact of online advertising ethics on capturing attention and affecting cognitive load”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Aleksandra Szwech, “«I co z tego, że nie umiem przegrywać?» Wynik rozegranej gry a decyzje prospołeczne”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).

2021 (2)

  • Aleksandra Wojsz, “Flat design vs skeumorfizm. Porównywanie użyteczności dwóch strategii projektowania interfejsu użytkownika”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw) (co-supervisor: Dr Katarzyna Kuś).
  • Jan Wodowski, “Ucieleśnienie w etyce — czynniki wpływające na podejmowanie decyzji moralnych w środowisku wirtualnym”, BA thesis (Cognitive Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw) (co-supervisor: Dr Katarzyna Kuś).

Courses taught

  • Advanced statistical methods and models in experimental design (computer lab, Cognitive Science, 2021/2022–2024/2025, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw).
  • Problemy filozofii eksperymentalnej: źródła intuicji filozoficznych (seminar, co-teaching, 60 hours, Philosophy / Cognitive Science, 2021/2022, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw).
  • Seminarium licencjackie (seminar, co-teaching, Cognitive Science, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2024/2025, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Statystyka I z R (computer lab, Cognitive Science, 2016/2017, 2018/2019, 2020/2021–2025/2026, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Statystyka II z R (computer lab, Cognitive Science, 2019/2020, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Epistemologia (tutorials, Philosophy, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2022/2023, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Statystyka z R — praktyczna analiza danych (computer lab, Cognitive Science, 2020/2021, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Semantyka eksperymentalna — moduł praktyczny (computer lab, specialist course, Philosophy / Cognitive Science, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2022/2023, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Semantyka eksperymentalna — moduł programistyczny (lab, specialist course, Philosophy / Cognitive Science, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2022/2023, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Semantyka eksperymentalna — moduł analizy korpusowej (lab, specialist course, Philosophy / Cognitive Science, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2022/2023, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Filozoficzne problemy nauk podstawowych (tutorials, Philosophy, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Gry jako filozoficzne laboratorium. Co gry mogą powiedzieć nam o moralności, poznaniu i metafizyce? (seminar, 2023/2024, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Granice i możliwości nowych metod w nauce: replikacje, symulacje, metaanalizy i Big Data (seminar, co-teaching, 2025/2026, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).
  • Współczesne metody filozofii (workshops for PhD students, 2025/2026, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw).

Skills

  • Very good command of R, including statistical analysis and visualisation libraries (ggplot2, tidyverse, etc.) and libraries for building interactive web applications (shiny).
  • Very good command of Python, including data analysis and visualisation libraries (pandas, scipy, statsmodels, etc.), web application libraries (flask), libraries for running psychological experiments (PsychoPy), and tools for web scraping and automated web testing (selenium).
  • Proficiency with VR technology and the ability to build applications using virtual reality.
  • Good knowledge of JavaScript.
  • Good knowledge of Go.
  • Good knowledge of PHP and WordPress.
  • Linux system administration (Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Docker; strong shell skills).
  • Very good command of English, including academic English in philosophy and IT.