Panel Discussion
January 14, 2024, 10:00 - 13:00
Faculty of Philosophy, Warsaw University
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 3, 00-047 Warsaw
room of Jan Łukasiewicz (nr 108)
hybrid form
LINK: https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/96727425785?pwd=VU9oTzhiWDFaR1ZuR3ArVzNiRDRuQT09
Whoever is educated in the strict thinking of mathematical logic has as if scales fall from his eyes. He sees differences where others do not and sees nonsense where others see some mysterious depth. At one point such a person states with horror that even though twenty-odd centuries have passed since the creation of logic, we cannot THINK logically, we cannot think strictly, consistently, conscientiously, neither in philosophy nor in other sciences, neither in public life nor in private life.
I believe that only mathematical logic will teach us rigorous thinking. This is where I see its greatest importance and task and - I would even say - its social mission.
Jan Łukasiewicz, On the meaning and needs of mathematical logic
[O znaczeniu i potrzebach logiki matematycznej]
Nauka Polska, X(1929), 604-620, p. 615
The Commission on Logic Education (CLE, https://dlmps.org/pages/commissions.php) is a body operating within the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DLMPST, https://dlmps.org/). One of the important initiatives of the Commission is to organize and develop an international network for the exchange of experiences, programs, and tools in the field of logic education, which is provided by teachers and academic lecturers at school and academic levels. Polish logicians are also invited to this initiative. The discussion is intended to initiate Polish participation in the CLE initiative.
The debate will be opened by a member of the CLE leadership team
Professor Maria Manzano
(University of Salamanca)
who will give an introductory speech
The invited discussion participants will discuss the following issues:
1. Curricula
- range of programs in various fields of study and in various academic centers;
- dominant and peripheral issues; the need for differentiation/unification of teaching programs;
- elements of logic in high school as part of mathematics, Polish language, and philosophy classes.
2. Textbooks and tools for learning logic
- Polish-language textbooks on logic and IT systems for learning logic.
3. Perspectives
- proposals for additions and modifications to current curricula, textbooks and IT offers.
Discussants who have confirmed their participation:
Prof. Joanna Golińska-Pilarek (University of Warsaw)
Prof. Andrzej Indrzejczak (University of Łódź)
Prof. Tomasz Jarmużek (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
Prof. Andrzej Pietruszczak (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)
Prof. Jerzy Pogonowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
Dr Irena Trzcieniecka-Schneider (University of the National Education Commission, Krakow)
Dr Bartłomiej Skowron (Warsaw University of Technology)
Prof. Krzysztof Wieczorek (University of Silesia)
The introductory speech will be delivered in English. The debate will be conducted in Polish.
We invite students, teachers, and academicians to take part in the event
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The debate is organized by the Center for Research on the Tradition of the Lviv-Warsaw School, the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw, the Department of Logic and Cognitive Science of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and the Department of Logic at the Institute of Philosophy of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. The meeting is under the patronage of the Polish Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the initiative is supported by the Commission on Logic Education.
We plan to publish the entire discussion in the form of a report on the current state of Polish logical education and its prospects.
On behalf of the organizers:
Anna Brożek
The Lvov-Warsaw School Research Center,
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw
Dorota Leszczyńska-Jasion
Department of Logic and Cognitive Science,
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Kordula Świętorzecka,
Department of Logic, Institute of Philosophy,
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
(person responsible for contact with CLE).
