Philosophy Unit

History

The Philosophy Unit was incorporated into the Collegium of Socio-Economics (then Faculty) in 1968 as the Department of Philosophy. Previously, it had been part of the Faculty of Internal Trade. The unit was successively headed by:

• doc. dr hab. Leszek Gilejko
• doc. dr hab. Roman Rudziński
• prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Płużański
• prof. dr hab. Stanisław Piwko
• dr hab. Joachim Osiński, prof. SGH.

Currently, the unit is headed by dr hab. Justyna Nowotniak-Poręba, prof. SGH.

On 24 May 2013, by the decision of the Rector of SGH (no. 25), the Department of Philosophy became part of the newly established Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Economic Sociology and was transformed into the Philosophy Unit.

Staff

Head of the Unit

• dr hab. Justyna Nowotniak-Poręba, prof. SGH
  ORCID: 0000-0001-8587-6885

Associate professors

• dr hab. Janusz Sidorek, prof. SGH
  ORCID: 0000-0002-8494-8477

• dr hab. Grzegorz Szulczewski, prof. SGH
  ORCID: 0000-0001-5362-873X

• dr hab. Jacek Ziobrowski, prof. SGH
  ORCID: 0000-0002-0263-5734

Assistant professors

• dr Ewa Rosiak-Zięba
  ORCID: 0000-0001-9090-7308

• dr Marta Turkot-Piesik
  ORCID: 0009-0009-7803-6357

Scientific activity

Past research in the Philosophy Unit included philosophy, ethics and business ethics, as well as logic and the methodology of science. Cooperative surveys were carried out in search of the unified interpretative principle for a variety of philosophical issues - first within the in-house research scheme, then under the statutory research programme. In the 1990s studies focused on the philosophical idea of rationality. In the first decades of 21st century - on moral issues (including business ethics) and the phenomenon of intersubjectivity. Currently research is performed within individual projects. Studies focus on topics at the intersection of philosophy and political science, including: political theory, feminism, argumentation, disinformation and propaganda.

Selected publications

Joint publications

• Racjonalność w tradycji filozoficznej (Rationality in the Philosophical Tradition), S. Piwko (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 1993.
• Antologia tekstów filozoficznych (Antology of Philosophical Works), S. Piwko (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa1998.
• Szkice z filozofii (Drafts on Philosophy), S. Piwko (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2006.
• Etyka biznesu w perspektywie humanistycznej (Humanistic Business Ethics), G. Szulczewski (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2011.
• Etyka u schyłku drugiego tysiąclecia (Ethics at the End of the Second Millennium), J. Ziobrowski (Ed.), Scholar, Warszawa 2013.
• Kierkegaard i komunikacja bezpośrednia / Kierkegaard und die indirekte Mitteilung, J. Ziobrowski (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2016.
• Konteksty wartości (Contexts of Values), J. Nowotniak (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2016.
• Roman Rudziński. Człowiek i dzieło (Roman Rudziński. Life and Works), J. Sidorek (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2017.
• W kręgu ideologii (In the Realm of Ideology), J. Nowotniak (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2019.
• Tożsamość wobec różnorodności. Szkice z teorii polityki (Identity in the face of diversity. Drafts on political theories), J. Sidorek (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2020.
• Partycypacja i wykluczenie. Z teorii i praktyki obywatelstwa (Participation and exclusion. On the theory and practice of citizenship), J. Nowotniak (Ed.), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2022.

Selected monographs

• Nowotniak J., Samowiedza filozofa. Johanna Gottlieba Fichtego poszukiwanie jedności (The self-awareness of the philosopher. Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s search for the unity), Spacja, Warszawa 1995.
• Nowotniak J., Różne strony zmysłowości w filozofii Kanta (Different aspects of sensuality in the philosophy of Kant), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2010.
• Szulczewski G., Aporie filozofii a kondycja racjonalizmu (Philosophical Aporias and the Condition of Rationalism), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2006.
• Szulczewski G., Rozważania o miejscu etyki i moralności w teorii i praktyce gospodarczej (Reflections on the Role of Ethics and Morality in Economic Theory and Practice), Oficyna Wydawnicza SGH, Warszawa 2012, II edition: 2013.
• Ziobrowski J., Struktury uzasadniania (Structures of Justification), Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2019.

Research

Statutory research programme

• 2010-2011 Uzasadnienie etyki biznesu. Perspektywa humanistyczna (Justifying business ethics. The humanistic perspective)
  The research which was the continuation of the project carried out in 2008. The project aimed at elaborating some aspects of the theoretical and practical model of practising business ethics, based on humanistic reflection, that would be shaping attitudes of ethical sensitivity of business people. Research topics included i.a. social aspects of decision-making in business life, the ethics of responsibility in the context of the problems of business life, the analysis of the mission of universities in terms of the transformation of ethos, codes of good conduct and good practice, the issue of privacy in the light of information technology, the issue of happiness in the context of the evaluation of free market capitalism.
• 2012 Współczesne koncepcje i problemy etyczne (Contemporary ethical concepts and problems)
  The subject of the study was the concepts of ethical action developed in the second half of the 20th century. Analyses included i.a. the historical development of such concepts in the context of influential classical theories of ethical action, various contemporary approaches to this issue, the problem of validity and justification of moral norms.
• 2013 Działanie moralne - uwarunkowania, motywy, racje (Moral action - conditions, motivations, rationales)
  The aim of the study was to analyse the conditions of moral action on the basis of selected philosophical concepts - ancient and contemporary. Issues addressed within the research included i.a. the specificity of moral motivations, the justification of moral beliefs, the ways in which moral motivations shape actions, the relationship between the individual and the community.
• 2014-2020 Intersubiektywność. Źródła, struktury, funkcje (Intersubjectivity. Sources, structures, functions)
  The subject of the research was the phenomenon of intersubjectivity as seen from the perspective of philosophy and political theory. The analyses were focused on various types of structures that intersubjectivity is based upon. Topics of individual research included i.a. the concept of value and its historical development, the issue of the fact-value dichotomy, the concept of egoism and its significance in economics, the idea of order (ordo) in the context of political-economic relations, theories of justification in the light of the analysis of disputes and barriers in interpersonal communication, moral problems in gender relations, the phenomenon of political propaganda and disinformation in official and unofficial communication, the concept of identity and diversity in the context of a multicultural society, the issue of ethnocentrism and the conditions for intercultural dialogue in the face of the phenomenon of migration.

In-house research programme

In the first decade of the 21st century, within this research programme, the studies included the following areas:

Dr hab. Justyna Nowotniak-Poręba, prof. SGH, conducted research on the issue of sensuality in Immanuel Kant’s theory.

Dr hab. Grzegorz Szulczewski, prof. SGH, dealt primarily with issues of economic ethics and business ethics - especially in the light of the concept of rationality and issues of discourse ethics. Other research works focused on views of Martin Heidegger on politics.

Works of dr hab. Jacek Ziobrowski, prof. SGH, focused on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy, also the culture and political system of Switzerland.

Conferences and other events

Conferences

• 21 October 2010
  Prakseologiczne i etyczne aspekty przywództwa w biznesie (Praxeological and ethical aspects of a business leadership)​
• 21-22 September 2011
  Współczesne koncepcje etycznego działania (Contemporary concepts of ethical actions)​
• 14 June 2013
  Etyka i granice komunikacji​ (Ethics and the boundaries of communication)
• ​4 December 2015
  Roman Rudziński. Człowiek i dzieło (Roman Rudziński’s life and works)
• 19 April 2018
  Etyka - dyskurs - ideologia (Ethics-discourse-ideology)
• ​19-20 March 2021
  Wykluczenie, partycypacja, inicjatywy. O społecznym i politycznym wymiarze aktywności obywatelskiej (Exclusion, participation, initiatives. On the social and political aspects of civic activities)
• 6 December 2022
  Prakseologia, etyka, gospodarka (Praxeology, ethics, economics)

Seminars

• 27-28 August 2010
  II International Seminar on Business Ethics Education and Embedded Capitalism: Canada, Poland, Germany
• 24 November 2014
  Max Weber: czy nadal żyjemy w odczarowanym świecie? (Max Weber: are we still living in a disenchanted world?)
• January-June 2021
  Filozofia praktyczna (Practical philosophy), the online seminar organised in cooperation with prof. Wojciech Paprocki, Collegium of Management and Finances SGH
• 12 March 2024
  Andrzej Leder „Ekonomia to stan umysłu. Ćwiczenie z semantyki języków ekonomicznych” (Economics is a State of Mind. An Exercise in the Semantics of the  Language of Economics). The meeting was organised in cooperation with the Department of Economic Theory, Collegium of Socio-Economics SGH.

Open meetings

• 2 March 2017
  Andrzej Leder, the author of “Prześniona rewolucja. Ćwiczenie z logiki historycznej” (Sleepwalking the Revolution. An Exercise in Historical Logic). The meeting was organised in cooperation with the Department of Economic History, Collegium of Socio-Economics SGH.
• 13 June 2017
  Michał Siermiński, the author of “Dekada przełomu. Polska lewica opozycyjna 1968-1980” (The Decade of a Breakthrough. Polish left-wing opposition 1968-1980). The meeting was organised in cooperation with the Department of Economic History, Collegium of Socio-Economics SGH.

Didactic offer

The Philosophy Unit is responsible for the courses on philosophy as well as ethics at SGH. In addition to the standard programme the Unit offers diverse courses of the so-called ‘free choice’ courses for graduate and undergraduate studies. The staff conducts also lectures and diploma seminars for doctoral students.

Courses

The offer for students who cannot speak Polish includes:

Standard offer

• 110621 Philosophy (undergraduate studies)
• 222161 Business Ethics (graduate studies)
• 410001 Philosophy of Science (doctoral studies)
• 410011 Ethics in Science (doctoral studies)

Free choice

• 238794 dr hab. Grzegorz Szulczewski, prof. SGH: Soziale Marktwirtschaft (graduate studies)
• 132114 dr hab. Grzegorz Szulczewski, prof. SGH: Einführung in die Wirtschaftsethik (undergraduate studies)

Consultations

Summer semester 2023/2024

• dr hab. Justyna Nowotniak-Poręba, prof. SGH,
  Tuesday 13.00-14.00, W-46
  (after making an appointment via e-mail)
• ​dr hab. Janusz Sidorek, prof. SGH,
  Wednesday 17.00-18.00, W-46
  (after making an appointment via e-mail)
• dr hab. Grzegorz Szulczewski, prof. SGH,
  Friday 15.20-16.20, online*
• ​dr hab. Jacek Ziobrowski, prof. SGH,
  Tuesday 12.00-13.00 online*
• dr Ewa Rosiak-Zięba,
  Monday 10:00-11:00, online*
• dr Marta Turkot-Piesik
  Wednesday 14.00-15.00 online*

* Online consultations (platform: Microsoft Teams)-after making an appointment via e-mail.

Contact

Building W
Wiśniowa 41, room 46
tel. +48 22 564-86-02, 564-91-06

Address book

Office: Czesława Kliszko, MA
Wiśniowa 41, room 48
02-520 Warszawa
tel. +48 22 564-91-16, 564-87-00

Address for correspondence:
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Collegium of Socio-Economics
Philosophy Unit
al. Niepodległości 162
02-554 Warsaw, Poland