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1492The Woman-and-Tree Motif in the Ancient and Contemporary IndiaIn Retracing the Past: Historical Continuity in Aesthetics from a Global Perspective, International Association For Aesthetics. pp. 79-93. 2017.The paper aims at critical reconsideration of a motif popular in Indian literary, ritual, and pictorial traditions – a tree goddess (yakṣī, vṛkṣakā) or a woman embracing a tree (śālabhañjīkā, dohada), which points to a close and intimate bond between women and trees. At the outset, I present the most important phases of the evolution of this popular motif from the ancient times to present days. Then two essential characteristics of nature recognized in Indian visual arts, literature, religions a…Read more
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794The Collision of Language and Metaphysics in the Search for Self-Identity: on ahaṃkāra and asmitā in Sāṃkhya-YogaArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 1 (1): 37-48. 2011.The author of this paper discusses some major points vital for two classical Indian schools of philosophy: (1) a significant feature of linguistic analysis in the Yoga tradition; (2) the role of the religious practice (iśvara-pranidhana) in the search for true self-identity in Samkhya and Yoga darśanas with special reference to their gnoseological purposes; and (3) some possible readings of ‘ahamkara’ and ‘asmita’ displayed in the context of Samkhya-Yoga phenomenology and metaphysics. The collis…Read more
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730Przyroda w filozofii i kulturze IndiiKultura Współczesna (1): 171-182. 2011.W artykule rozważane są rozmaite semantyczne i symboliczne relacje, w jakich ujmuje się przyrodę na gruncie filozofii, kosmologii i estetyki indyjskiej. Punktem wyjścia jest charakterystyka wewnętrznej dynamiki przyrody, w którą wpisane jest nieustanne zderzanie się biegunowych jakości. Przedstawione są m.in. wedyjskie kosmogoniczne rozważania, konstatujące samorodność i substancjalną jednorodność cyklicznej natury, oraz pięć reprezentatywnych filozoficznych koncepcji przyrody. Autorka podkreśla…Read more
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659The purpose of non-theistic devotion in the classical Indian tradition of Sāṃkhya–YogaArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 4 (1): 55-68. 2014.The paper starts with some textual distinctions concerning the concept of God in the metaphysical framework of two classical schools of Hindu philosophy, Sāṃkhya and Yoga. Then the author focuses on the functional and pedagogical aspects of prayer as well as practical justification of “religious meditation” in both philosophical schools. A special attention is put on the practice called īśvarapraṇidhāna, recommended in Yoga school, which is interpreted by the author as a form of non-theistic dev…Read more
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634Komparatystyka na gruncie filozofii. Założenia, uprzedzenia i perspektywy [Comparative Studies in Philosophy: assumptions, prejudices, and prospects]Archiwum Historii Filozofii I Myśli Społecznej 58. 2013.The paper discusses peculiarity of the comparative method applied in philosophysince 1920s. It presents its basic foundations and objectives, as well as the early and most recent definitions of “comparative philosophy”. The author aims at reconsidering in terms of philosophy both the reasons for bias against this method and its advantages in the context of cross-cultural comparative studies. The crucial question is whether various incommensurate schemata of thought, including these which are det…Read more
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592Conceptualizing Generation and Transformation in Women’s WritingArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 2 (1): 5-16. 2012.The main objective of this collection of papers is to explore ideas of generation and transformation in the context of postdependency discourse as it may be traced in women’s writing published in Bengali, Polish, Czech, Russian and English. As we believe, literature does not have merely a descriptive function or a purely visionary quality but serves also as a discursive medium, which is rhetorically sophisticated, imaginatively influential and stimulates cultural dynamics. It is an essential car…Read more
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544Towards Knowing Ourselves: Classical Yoga PerspectiveJournal of Human Values 10 (2): 111-116. 2004.Self-knowledge, at first glance, seems to be naturally and easily accessible to each of us. We commonly believe that we need much less effort to understand ourselves than to understand the world. The authoress of the paper uncovers the fallacy of this popular view referring to the fundamental conceptions and philosophical ideas of the classical Yoga. She tries to demystify our deceptive self-understanding explaining the definitions of ignorance (avidya), I-am-ness (asmita), desire (raga), aversi…Read more
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522Doświadczenie źródłowe z perspektywy klasycznej filozofii indyjskiejArchiwum Historii Filozofii I Myśli Społecznej 61 41-58. 2016.The author of this paper discusses the source experience defined in terms of the ancient Indian philosophy. She focuses on two out of six mainstream Hindu philosophical schools, Sāṃkhya and Yoga. While doing so the author refers to the oldest preserved texts of this classical tradition, namely Yogasūtra c. 3rd CE and Sāṃkhyakārikā 5th CE, together with their most authoritative commentaries. First, three major connotations of darśana, the Sanskrit equivalent of φιλοσοφια, are introduced and conte…Read more
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499A Revived Sāṃkhyayoga Tradition in Modern IndiaStudia Religiologica 53 (2): 105-118. 2020.This paper discusses the phenomenon of Kāpil Maṭh (Madhupur, India), a Sāṃkhyayoga āśrama founded in the early twentieth century by the charismatic Bengali scholar-monk Swāmi Hariharānanda Ᾱraṇya (1869–1947). While referring to Hariharānanda’s writings I will consider the idea of the re-establishment of an extinct spiritual lineage. I shall specify the criteria for identity of this revived Sāṃkhyayoga tradition by explaining why and on what assumptions the modern reinterpretation of this school …Read more
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480Joga dla Polki i Polaka. Rzut oka na recepcję indyjskiej duchowości w PolsceArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 9 (1): 123-145. 2019.Yoga for Poles: a glance at the reception of Indian spirituality in Poland: The article starts with a review of data on the religious affiliations and involvement of contemporary Poles, with special focus on religious traditions originating in India. Then, outlined briefly is the Polish reception of the Hindu and Buddhist religio-philosophical ideas, regarding the period between the mid-nineteenth century, through the 1990s and on to the present day. Both the oriental religions and psychophysica…Read more
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445The problem of psychophysical agency in the classical Sāṃkhya and Yoga perspectiveArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 5 (1): 25-34. 2015.The paper discusses the issue of psychophysical agency in the context of Indian philosophy, focusing on the oldest preserved texts of the classical tradition of Sāṃkhya–Yoga. The author raises three major questions: What is action in terms of Sāṃkhyakārikā (ca. fifth century CE) and Yogasūtra (ca. third century CE)? Whose action is it, or what makes one an agent? What is a right and morally good action? The first part of the paper reconsiders a general idea of action – including actions that are…Read more
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370The Sense of Ego-Maker in Classical Sāṃkhya and Yoga: Reconsideration of ‘ahaṃkāra’ with Reference to the Mind-Body ProblemIn Girishwar Misra (ed.), Psychology & Psychoanalysis. History of Science, Philosophy, Munshiram Monoharlal. pp. 291-308. 2013.While elucidating the sense of ego-maker in classical Samkhya and Yoga philosophy I bear in mind several meanings of the word ‘sense’, or different levels of its understanding, namely: the semantic, ontological and epistemic as well as axiological sense. Thus, my aim is, firstly, to specify the semantic sense of the term ‘ahamkara’, that is to explain its contents or denotation. Secondly, when focusing on the ontological context I will try to define the nature and reason, or purpose (arthavatta…Read more
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338Introduction to the issue: Psychophysical Integrity of the Human Self. Comparative Approach: Philosophy, Literature and ArtArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 5 (1): 5-8. 2015.The current issue of Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal (2015, vol. 5, no. 1) provides a platform for cross‑cultural studies of the human body, the embodied mind, agency, intentionality, and various axiological aspects of the human psychophysical identity. Out of the twenty articles that compose this issue, thirteen original papers address the leading theme, namely Psychophysical integrity of the human self. Comparative approach: philosophy, literature and art. The multidisciplinary …Read more
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334Introduction to the issue: Academic Study of Religion in South AsiaArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 6 (1): 5-10. 2016.A comparative perspective in the study of religion, which goes beyond the Eurocentric interests with their predominating Judeo‑Christian standpoint, has already been taken up in one of our previous issues (Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal, 2014, Vol. 4, No. 1). This time, we focus on the South Asian context only. In particular, we discuss the academic approach to the study of religion in contemporary India and Bangladesh, which may be distinguished from other attitudes such as the theolo…Read more
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299Goal statement for the Argument: Biannual Philosophical JournalArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 1 (1): 5-6. 2011.It is my pleasure to present you the first issue of the Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal, published by the Department of Philosophy and Sociology, Pedagogical University of Cracow. This is a peer-reviewed journal founded to facilitate dialogue between Polish and international scholars and, on the other hand, to build bridges between professional philosophers and a wider educated public. We are open to the publishing of scholarly studies in…Read more
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288Gdzie spotykają się filozofowie Wschodu i Zachodu? Refleksje o filozofii porównawczej i konferencji w Honolulu „11th East-West Philosophers’ Conference”Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 6 (2): 519-528. 2016.The paper presents the idea of cross‐cultural philosophy, which have inspired the organizers of the cyclic global conferences held at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA, since 193 First, the author discusses some definitions of the comparative method applied in contemporary philosophy and promoted, among others, through the project of the “East‐West Philosophers’ Conference”. Then, she reports the major themes and panel topics raised during the eleventh conference organized in Honolulu, Ma…Read more
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267Introduction to the issue: Subjectivity and Self-knowledgeArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 1 (1): 7-8. 2011.The leading theme of the first volume of the Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal is Subjectivity and Self-knowledge. Five contributors focused on this theme consider various aspects of the self, referring either to western authors (Włodzimierz Heflik, Roger Melin) or eastern thinkers (Marzenna Jakubczak), or undertaking a comparative perspective and discussing arguments given both by western and Indian philosophers (Arindam Chakrabarti, Sven Sellmer).
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260Joga w Bhagawadgicie – jedna czy wiele metod wiodących do wyzwolenia?Annales Academiae Paedagogicae Cracoviensis: Studia Philosophica 4 (53): 158-174. 2008.
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257Introduction to the issue: Comparative Study of Religion: Methods & ApplicationsArgument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 4 (1): 5-8. 2014.A comparative perspective in the study of religion has recently been taken up more and more often. It goes along with a growing awareness of cultural and religious plurality as well as of the importance of religion in terms of its role in the social, political, and economic processes of the contemporary world. This also gave an impulse to organize the two-day international seminar on “Comparative Methodology in Religious Studies” held in Kraków on 23–24 May 2013, at the Pedagogical University o…Read more
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230Architektura stupy buddyjskiej jako przykład projektu sakralnegoIn Rewers Ewa (ed.), Przestrzeń, filozofia i architektura, Wydawnictwo Fundacji Humaniora. pp. 251-268. 1999.
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220Sprawozdanie: Międzynarodowe Seminarium Filozoficzne „Comparative Methodology in Religious Studies”Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 3 (1): 225-226. 2013.
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216Review of Anti-militarism. Political and Gender Dynamics of Peace by Cyntia Cockburn (review)Argument: Biannual Philosophical Journal 3 (1): 219-220. 2013.
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85What is the Sense of Ego-Maker in Classical Samkhya and Yoga?In Jakubczak Marzenna (ed.), The Sense of Ego-Maker in Classical Sāṃkhya and Yoga: Reconsideration of ‘ahaṃkāra’ with Reference to the Mind-Body Problem, Munshiram Monoharlal. pp. 291-308. 2013.
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83Why didn't Siddhartha Gautama become a Samkhya philosopher, after all?In Irina Kuznetsova, Jonardon Ganeri & Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (eds.), Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self, Ashgate. 2012.The chapter is divided into five sections. Firstly, I shall briefly describe the phenomenon of Kāpil Maṭh, a Sāṃkhya-Yoga āśrama founded in the early twentieth century by a charismatic Bengali scholar-monk Swāmi Hariharānanda Ᾱraṇya (1869–1947); while referring to Hariharānanda’s writings I will also consider the idea of the re-establishment of an extinct philosophical school. Secondly, I shall specify the method of analysis I apply while addressing the question raised in the title of my chapter…Read more
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71Review of Yoga: The Indian Tradition by Ian Whicher; David Carpenter (eds) (review)Philosophy East and West 55 (2): 353-358. 2005.Book review: Yoga: The Indian Tradition. Edited by Ian Whicher and David Carpenter. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, Pp. xii + 206
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