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Łukasz Kurek

Jagiellonian University
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  •  5
    Philosopohy in neuroscience (edited book)
    with Jerzy Stelmach and Bartosz Brożek
    Copernicus Center Press. 2013.
    This book examines the fundamental issues in neuroscience from methodological and philosophical perspectives. The reader will learn about the methodological difficulties connected with the use of neuroscientific experiments in philosophical argumentation and about the nature of scientific explanation in neuroscience. In addition, the book includes case studies of several issues lying at the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy, such as theory of mind, self-consciousness, self-deception, d…Read more
    Philosophy of Neuroscience
  • Emotions from a neurophilosophical perspective
    In Michał Heller, Bartosz Brożek & Łukasz Kurek (eds.), Between philosophy and science, Copernicus Center Press. 2013.
    EmotionsPhilosophy of Neuroscience
  •  7
    Between philosophy and science (edited book)
    with Michał Heller and Bartosz Brożek
    Copernicus Center Press. 2013.
    This ground-breaking collection of essays tackles the philosophical issues at play in cosmology, physics, mathematics, and neuroscience. The book considers topics such as the presence of ontology in cosmological theory and physics. It also weighs the philosophical issues connected with mathematical method, the neuroscience of emotions, and evolutionary anthropology. The contributions look at structuralism in the Platonic philosophy of science and the issue of knowledge and faith. This book is a …Read more
    Science, Logic, and Mathematics
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    Moral emotions as evaluations and their role in decision making
    In Jerzy Stelmach & Wojciech Załuski (eds.), Game Theory and the Law, Copernicus Center Press. 2011.
    Philosophy of LawPhilosophy of Law, Miscellaneous
  •  4
    The Emergence of Normative Orders (edited book)
    with Jerzy Stelmach and Bartosz Brozek
    Copernicus Press. 2015.
    This collection of essays assesses the origins of various rule-based systems, including, but not limited to, morality, rationality, and justice from the perspectives of both philosophy and psychology. The reader will learn about diverse cognitive and neurocognitive phenomena that are responsible for the emergence of normative orders, such as imitation, time preferences, and the dual-processing mind. Furthermore, the essays include different philosophical insights into the genealogy of norms.
    Emergence