Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Sebastian Śpiewak, PhD

Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, the University of Silesia
40-007 Katowice, ul. Bankowa 11, 3rd floor, room 331c
tel.: +48 32 359 1451
e-mail: sebastian.spiewak@us.edu.pl

Position

Assistant Professor

Academic Background

• 2011, Master’s degree in Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, the University of Silesia in Katowice.
• 2013, Master’s degree in Classical Philology (specialization: Greek language), Department of Classical Philology, the University of Silesia in Katowice.
• 2018, PhD in the Humanities in the field of philosophy (history of ancient philosophy), Faculty of Humanities, the University of Silesia in Katowice.

Research Projects

• Problem rozumienia prawdy w filozofii Ksenofanesa z Kolofonu (The Problem of Understanding Truth in the Philosophy of Xenophanes of Colophon) – Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) grant, „Statutory Activity – Young Scientists,” 2013, principal investigator.
• Problem statusu kategorii dokos i doxa w filozofii Ksenofanesa z Kolofonu i Parmenidesa z Elei (The Status of the Categories „Dokos” and „Doxa” in the Philosophy of Xenophanes of Colophon and Parmenides of Elea) – MNiSW grant, „Statutory Activity – Young Scientists,” 2014, principal investigator.
• Problem henologii w filozofii Ksenofanesa z Kolofonu i związanej z nim doksografii (The Problem of Henology in the Philosophy of Xenophanes of Colophon and Related Doxography) – MNiSW grant, „Statutory Activity – Young Scientists,” 2015, principal investigator.
• Problem wiedzy w filozofii Heraklita z Efezu (The Problem of Knowledge in the Philosophy of Heraclitus of Ephesus) – MNiSW grant, „Statutory Activity – Young Scientists,” 2017, principal investigator.
• Sekstusa Empiryka wykładnia rozumienia filozofii Ksenofanesa z Kolofonu (Sextus Empiricus’ Interpretation of Xenophanes of Colophon’s Philosophy). NCN:Miniatura2 grant, Registration No 2018/02/X/HS1/01354, 2018, principal investigator.

Role and Responsibilities

• Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Philosophy.
• Member of the Sociology and Philosophy Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Katowice Branch.

Awards

• Distinction for the PhD dissertation by the Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Silesia, Katowice, 2018.

Research Interests

• history of ancient philosophy
• history of ideas
• ontology
• epistemology

Selected Publications

• „Prawda języka, język prawdy czyli o nowym sposobie rozumienia czasownika einai według Charlesa Kahna”, Czasopismo Filozoficzne UŚ, 6 (2010),  114-119, ISSN 1896-5059;
• „U źródeł problematyki podmiotowości poznania. Krytyczne stanowisko Ksenofanesa z Kolofonu wobec poprzedzającej go tradycji mitologicznej i filozoficznej”, Folia Philosophica 2013 vol. 31, pp. 117–131, ISSN 0208-6336; 1231-0913;
• „Homérsky kontent problemu prawdy”, in: Reflexia Homéra v antickej filozofii, Wollner U., Cepko J. (eds.), Banská Bystrica, Belianum 2014, pp. 17–35, ISBN 9788055707679.
• “The Homeric Source of the Category of Δόξα. Δοκέω from a Cognitive-Presumptive Perspective: A Presumption on the Present”, in: Folia Philosophica. Supplementary Volume: Forms of Criticism in Philosophy and Science, Kubok D. (ed.), Katowice, University of Silesia Press 2015, pp. 33-59, ISSN 0208-6336; 1231-0913.
• “Criticism as Paradoxatism. The Heraclitean Critique of the Notion of Opinion”, in: Thinking Critically: What Does It Mean? The Tradition of Philosophical Criticism and Its Forms in the European History of Ideas, Kubok D. (ed.) Berlin–Boston, De Gruyter 2017, pp. 11-23.
• „Sekstus Empiryk o sceptycyzmie Ksenofanesa z Kolofonu”, Przegląd Filozoficzny Nowa Seria 2020 No 3, pp. 199-214.
• „Dobro”, in: Etyka polityczna, Świercz P. (ed.), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Ignatianum  2021, pp. 71-88. ISBN 978-83-7614-493-1.
• “Goodness”, in: Political ethics, Świercz P. (ed.), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Ignatianum  2021, pp. 69-86. ISBN 978-83-7614-497-9.
• „Kilka uwag o aktualności etyki Sokratejskiej w dobie procesów globalizacyjnych” , Horyzonty Polityki 2021, No 40, pp. 181-201, ISSN 2082-5897.