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Maria Spychalska PDF Print E-mail
30-11-2007
Masters Thesis

 

  • Qualia – realistic and functionalistic approach (in polish); Master in Philosophy within Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Humanities, University of Warsaw. (Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, 2006)
  • Master of Science in Logic: Scalar Implicatures and Existential Import: Experimental Study on Quantifiers in Natural Language; Institute for Logic Languge and Computation, University of Amsterdam.


    Ph. D. dissertation (in preparation)

    • Logical competence; Pragmatical aspects of reasoning with quantifiers;

     

    Research Interests

    • logic of reasoning
    • cognitive psychology
    • formal and experimental semantics
    • pragmatics
    • philosophy of language
    • psycholinguistic

     

     

    Competences

    • semantics
    • pragmatics
    • philosophy of language
    • philosophical logic
    • philosophy of mind
    • analytic philosophy

     

    Teaching Experience

    • Ontology -  obligatory course for first year philosophy students, Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw;
    • Logic - School of Pedagogic in Warsaw (Pedagogium)

     

    Publications 

    • "Scalar Implicature and Existential Import: Experimental Study on Quanti ers in Natural Language", ILLC Publications Series, MoL-2009-10. (http://www.illc.uva.nl/Publications/ResearchReports/MoL-2009-10.text.pdf
    • “O nieostrości raz jeszcze” (“On vagueness” ) [to appear in:] Jubileuszowe Wydanie Polskiego Towarzystwa Semiotycznego, (Polish Semiotic Society), ed. Jerzy Pelc, Warszawa.
    • “Polemika z książką Jerrego Fodora Eksperci od wiązów: Język myśleński i jego semantyka” („Discussion with The Elm and the Expert: Mentalese and Its Semantic by J. Fodor” ) [in:] Edukacja Filozoficzna, Nr 35, Warszawa 2003.
    • “Na początku było... o początkach świata według różnych koncepcji” (At the beginning... about the origins of the world according to various conceptions”) (coauthor) [in:] ed. A. Czetwertyński “Between the disciplines – original projects”, Biblioteka  Prometeusz Nr2,  Fundacja „Instytut Akademii Artes Liberales”, Warszawa 2001.
    • “Baśniowość Władcy Pierścieni i Silmarilionu w świetle Listów i eseju Tolkiena O Baśniach”  (“The fairy-like character of The Lord of the Rings and  the Silmarilion in the light of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien and On fairy-tales”) [in:] Kwartalnik społeczno-kulturalny Stowarzyszenia Przyjaciół Garbatki „Moja Garbatka”(nr3(12)2003).

     

    Speeches

     

    • 14 March 2010: Are scalar implicatures default-driven?, The 11th Szklarska Poreba Workshop, March 11-15, 2010, Logic: Meaning and Inference in Theory and Practice.
    • 5 February 2010: Logical competence and reasoning with quantifi er, Philosophy of Cognitive Science Seminar, Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences.
    • 9 & 23 January 2010: Experiments on reasoning in natural language, Cognitive Science Forum, University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy.
    • 9 December 2009 (invited talk): Reasoning with quanti fiers "most" and "some" - empirical evidence, The Kurt Godel Society, Lecture Series - Collegium 
    • 23 November 2009: Experimental study on scalar implicature of quanti ers "some" and "most", Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin.
    • 21-25 September 2009: Experimental study on reasoning with quanti ers "most" and "some" - Eighth International Tbilisi Symposium on Language, Logic and Computation; Bakuriani, Georgia.
    • 11-14 March, 2009, Scalar implicatures and existential import of quantifiers``some” and ``most”; 10th Szklarska Poreba Workshop On the Roots of Pragmasemantics.
    • 14 June, 2008, Non-monotonicity of causal reasonings , Cognitive Science Forum, Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy.
    • 20 June, 2007, Language intuitions and empirical evidence – joint presentation with Justyna Grudzińska on Science Festival, Warsaw.
    • May 19-21, 2006, Inverted Spectrum hypothesis and its rejection; international conference Philosophers' Rally, Opole, Poland.

     


    Grants/awards:

    • 21-26 November, 2010: A visit researcher grant, Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin.
    • January 2008: Huygens scholarship for international students in the Netherlands.
    • September 2007: Beth scholarship, Beth Foundation (Institute for Logic, Language and Computation).
    • 2002 – 05: Holder of the Polish Ministry of Education scholarship for academic excellence (awarded four times).

     

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