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Organisers of the Humane Philosophy Project

Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode

Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode is a Research Fellow in philosophy at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw. His PhD thesis The Experience of Finitude: Death and Otherness was nominated for the Ministerial Prize for the best research undertaken nationwide in 2016. His book, The Meaning of Mourning was published by Roman and Littlefield in 2023. He has also written about his research for popular outlets including the New York Times.

Ralph Stefan Weir

Ralph Weir is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Lincoln. His book, The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics was published by Routledge in 2023. His recent academic publications include 'Can a Post-Galilean Science of Consciousness Avoid Substance Dualism?’ (Journal of Consciousness Studies), ‘Bring Back Substances!’ (Review of Metaphysics) and 'The Personal Identity Dilemma for Transhumanism (Philosophy). He has written about aesthetics for Works in Progress, and AI for Psychology Today.

Matija Vigato

Matija Vigato is a teaching and research assistant at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. In addition to her postgraduate studies in philosophy, she is pursuing a Master’s degree in applied computer engineering. During her studies, she was awarded the Generation Google Scholarship and undertook a research fellowship semester at the University of Oxford. Her primary areas of interest lie in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.

Karolina Jasser

Karolina Jasser holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Reading. Her PhD thesis focused on the debate between motivational internalism and externalism and the possibility of developing an alternative model of moral motivation. Her main research interests include metaethics, moral psychology and phenomenology. She is currently working as a teaching assistant at the Maria Grzegorzewska Pedagogical University.

Samuel Hughes

Samuel Hughes is an Editor at Works in Progress. He was previously a Post-Doctoral Fellow on the New Horizons for Science and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe project at the Oxford Theology Faculty, and has taught on the Philosophy MA programme of the University of Buckingham. He took a B.A. and a B.Phil. at Lincoln College, Oxford, as well as working as a visiting research student at the University of Tokyo and the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Agata Łukomska

Agata Łukomska holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Warsaw. Her dissertation, prepared during her stay as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, focused on the ethical thought of Bernard Williams. Her main interests are metaethics, moral epistemology, and moral psychology. She has taught ethics and analytic philosophy at the University of Warsaw and is currently working on a Polish translation of Williams's Shame and Necessity.

Jonathan Price

Jonathan Price is PhD Fellow and Lecturer in legal philosophy at Leiden University's Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law. He is also a DPhil student in jurisprudence at Oriel College, University of Oxford. He is editor of Politics & Poetics: a journal of humane philosophy at www.politicsandpoetics.com, the first edition of which is was edited by organisers of the Humane Philosophy Project. He is also editor of The Clarion Review at www.clarionreview.com.

Przemysław Bursztyka

Przemysław Bursztyka is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, where he holds the position of the Chair of the Department of Philosophy of Culture. He was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2015 and 2016). His interests inclue philosophical psychology, philosophical anthropology, and phenomenology. He is a founder and the editor-in-chief of Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture viewable at http://eidos.uw.edu.pl