Sonia Kamińska-Tarkowska

Sonia
Kamińska-Tarkowska

PhD

Philosopher & Translator

Bio

I am a philosopher and translator.

2016-2022 adjunct, Jagiellonian University, project: Mystical and rational interpretations of Aristotle's psychology and especially his nous poietikos, financed by National Science Centre, Poland (NCN). Blog

2014-2016 adjunct, University of Szczecin, project: Is mind in the head? Two philosophies of mind and two accounts of immortality in the philosophy of Franz Brentano, financed by National Science Centre, Poland (NCN).

2013 Ph.D., Jagiellonian University, Franz Brentano's Aristotelica and especially his interpretation of Aristotle's Deity and the Relationship: Deity-Humans.

2008 M.A., Jagiellonian University, The phenomenon of ressentiment according to Friedrich Nietzsche and Max Scheler. Overview, confrontation and reconciliation.

Books

Psychologia Arystotelesa

Psychologia Arystotelesa

Franz Brentano

Psychologia Arystotelesa, a w szczególności jego teoria nous poiêtikos

Translation, introduction and editing by Sonia Kamińska-Tarkowska

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2023

Spirits in the Material World

Spirits in the Material World

Sonia Kamińska-Tarkowska

Aristotle's philosophy of mind, in particular his doctrine of nous poiêtikos

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2022

Brentano i jego Arystoteles

Brentano i jego Arystoteles

Sonia Kamińska

Szkic o relacji Bóstwo–człowiek (A sketch about the relationship God-man)

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2019

Teoria Arystotelesa

Teoria Arystotelesa

Franz Brentano

Teoria Arystotelesa na temat źródła ludzkiego ducha (Aristotle's Theory on the Source of the Human Spirit)

Translation, introduction and editing by Sonia Kamińska

Nomos, 2016

Arystoteles i jego światopogląd

Arystoteles i jego światopogląd

Franz Brentano

Aristotle and His Worldview

Translation, introduction and editing by Sonia Kamińska

Księgarnia Akademicka, 2012

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka's story The metamorphosis

Franz Kafka's story The metamorphosis in the light of the theory of intentional object in Franz Brentano and Anton Marty

Argument Vol. 5 (1/2015) pp. 35-50

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The moving pictures

The moving pictures. Brod, Kafka, Brentano and... Arbus

Materiali di Estetica, N. 4.2, 2017. Pagina 98

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Popularization

I also work to promote philosophy outside the university environment and to popularize science. Below is a list of lectures popularizing philosophy and meetings with writers that I have conducted.

Lectures Popularizing Philosophy

  • August 13, 2024

    "Philosophy of Love in Plato and Beyond" for members of the Bibliodrama workshops in Krzyżowa

  • March 23, 2024

    "The Beginnings of Ancient Philosophy" for the Sudety University of the Third Age (SUTW) in Wałbrzych

  • January 18, 2024

    "Does Everything Really Flow? Introduction to the Philosophy of Heraclitus of Ephesus" for the Porcelain Museum in Wałbrzych

  • July 1, 2023

    "The Beginnings of Ancient Philosophy" for the Porcelain Museum in Wałbrzych

  • May 9, 2023

    "The Beginnings of Ancient Philosophy" for the University of the Third Age in Mieroszów

Literary Meetings

  • December 13, 2024

    Meeting with Michał Witkowski about the book "Autobiografia, Tom I, Wiara", Biblioteka pod Atlantami in Wałbrzych

  • October 5, 2024

    Meeting with Katarzyna Zyskowska about the book "Alchemia", Porcelain Museum in Wałbrzych

  • March 14, 2024

    Meeting with Jacek Dehnel about the book "Łabędzie", Porcelain Museum in Wałbrzych

  • March 13, 2024

    Meeting with Małgorzata Lebda about the novel "Łakome", Biblioteka pod Atlantami in Wałbrzych

Sonia Kamińska-Tarkowska giving a lecture

Contact

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