Jerzy Pogonowski - Curriculum Vitae

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Born: November 28, 1951

M.A.: mathematics, 1974, Warsaw University (Supervisor: Prof. Andrzej Mostowski) On generalizations of Ehrenfeucht's games.

PhD: linguistics, 1976, Adam Mickiewicz Univ. (Supervisor: Prof. Jerzy Banczerowski) Mathematical model of linguistic analysis.

Habilschrift: linguistics, 1981, Adam Mickiewicz Univ. Tolerance Spaces with Applications to Linguistics.

Professor: humanities, 1991.

Academic Publications: a few dozens of works concerning mainly:

• logical reconstruction of linguistic theories,
• applications of mathematical logic to linguistics,
• methodology of sciences,
• history of logic.

Present Position: Head of the Department of Applied Logic, Institute of Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University (since 1995).

Previously - Head of the Departments of:

• General Linguistics (1981-1982),
• Applied Linguistics and Information Science (1983-1991),
• Methodology of Linguistics (1991-1995) (all at the Adam Mickiewicz University);
• Deputy Director of the Institute of Linguistics (1986-1991).

Employment:

• Department of Mathematical Logic, Institute of Mathematics (1974-75),
• Institute of Linguistics (since 1975) of the Adam Mickiewicz University.

Additional Employment:

• Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1977-1978),
• Chair of Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Economics in Poznan (1993-1994).

Fellowships:

• Department of Linguistics, SUNY at Buffalo (1978-1979 visiting research scholar),
• Department of German Philology, University of Munich (1983-1984 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung),
• Department of Linguistics, SUNY at Buffalo (1990, International Research Exchange Board),
• Fachbereich Philosophie der Universität Konstanz (2003, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung).

Classes:

• mathematical logic,
• logical semiotics,
• general and typological linguistics,
• recursive functions, social communication,
• introduction to mathematics,
• methodology of sciences,
• belief systems.

PhD students:

• Dorota Lipowska (née Tomczak) (1988),
• Anna Pietryga (née Luchowska) (1994),
• Wlodzimierz Lapis (1999),
• Slawomir Sikora (2000),
• Marcin Junczys-Dowmunt (since 2005),
• Victoria Kamasa (since 2006).

Current interest:

• logical foundations of language and linguistic aspects of logic,
• argumentation and persuasion,
• logical analysis of social communication,
• philosophy of logic and mathematics.