Tomasz Placek

Tomasz Placek
OccupationPhilosopher
Academic background
Alma materJagiellonian University
Jan Woleński

Tomasz Placek is a philosopher, professor at the Jagiellonian University.[1]

Biography

In 1984 he graduated with a master's degree in physics from the Jagiellonian University.[2] In 1991 he obtained doctorate in philosophy[2] upon thesis Intersubiektywność matematyki intuicjonistycznej supervised by Jan Woleński.[3] In 2001 he obtained habilitation.[2] In 2012 he obtained the title of professor.[2] His research interests include philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of physics and metaphysics. He authored several dozen research papers.[4] He supervised two doctoral dissertations,[2] including the doctoral dissertation of Leszek Wroński.[5]

Books

  • Intuitionism and Intersubjectivity. An Exposition of Arguments for Mathematical Intuitionism. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1999.
  • Is Nature Deterministic? A Branching Perspective on EPR Phenomena. Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press. 2000.

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 Katarzyna Kijania-Placek and Kevin Mulligan.

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Placek Instytut Filozofii UJ". www.iphils.uj.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Placek". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Intersubiektywność matematyki intuicjonistycznej". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Placek, Tomasz. "List of publications". iphils.uj.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Zasada wspólnej przyczyny. Wyjaśnianie przez ekranowanie". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl.