PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

Head:               Dr hab. Marek Szydłowski (Jagiellonian University / Catholic University of Lublin)

Members:

The Kraków/Lublin Team:

        dr hab. Marek Szydłowski, prof. UJ, prof. KUL (koordynator podgrupy)    

                          dr hab. Marek Biesiada (UŚ)

                          dr Tomasz Stachowiak (UJ)

                          dr  Adam Krawiec (UJ)

                          ks. dr Paweł Tambor (KUL)

                          mgr Aleksandra Kurek (UJ)

  mgr Dominika Domaciuk-Brus (KUL) 

                          dr Beata Malec (UŚ)

  mgr Jarosław Pietrak (KUL)

The Szczeciń Team:

                          dr hab. Mariusz P. Dąbrowski, prof. US (koordynator podgrupy, US)

                          dr Tomasz Denkiewicz (US)

                          dr Adam Balcerzak (US)

  mgr Konrad Marosek (US)

Research Fields:

• axiology of modern cosmology
• temporality of modern cosmology
• philosophical assumptions in cosmology
• a study of the boundaries of physics and cosmology
• complex systems - conceptual foundations and philosophical aspects 
• cosmobiology
• beginning of the Universe in modern cosmology 
• the notion of multiverse in modern cosmology
• Feynman's notion of quantum gravity

Current Research:

• criteria of selection of cosmological models
• explanation in modern cosmology and astrophysics
• reductionism, emergence and effectiveness of physical theories 
• research programme of quantum gravitation and quantum cosmology
• cosmology and social constructivism
• models of  'ex nihilo' quantum cosmogenesis