Przemysław Robert Nowakowski
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Previous Organizations / Institutes
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Research Subjects
Przemysław Robert Nowakowski has a total of 7 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Marcin Miłkowski
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
5 shared publications Anna Karczmarczyk
2 shared publications- Witold M. Hensel
Institute of Philosophy, University of Bialystok, pl. NZS 1, 15-420 Białystok, Poland
2 shared publications Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Zakład Logiki i Kognitywistyki
1 shared publication- Mateusz Hohol
Mathematical Cognition and Learning Lab, Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
1 shared publication - Michał Piekarski
Institute of Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 21 August 2026
- Published by Elsevier in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 119, 102188
Hierarchies and networks: Toward heterarchical predictive coding
- 21 August 2026
- Published by Elsevier in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
- Vol. 119, 102188
Hierarchies and networks: Toward heterarchical predictive coding
- Open Access
- 31 December 2025
- Published by Projekt Avant in AVANT. The Journal of the Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard
- Vol. 16 (3)
Ciemny pokój umysłu. Wprowadzenie
Tekst ten stanowi krótkie wprowadzenie do prezentowanego w niniejszym tomie przekładu już klasycznego tekstu, a właściwie debaty między Karlem Fristonem, Andym Clarkiem a Timem Thorntonem zatytułowanej „Free-energy minimization and the dark-room problem” (2012). Zamiast wprowadzać w tematykę przetwarzania predykcyjnego, w tym krótkim tekście zreferuję prace, które można uznać za pokłosie tłumaczonego artykułu. W ten sposób pragnę zwrócić uwagą z jednej strony na to, jakie bogactwo problemowe drzemie w niniejszym tekście, z drugiej strony na nieustanną aktualność tego tekstu zarówno do badań nad poznaniem i umysłem, jaki i dla teoretycznego rozwoju kognitywistyki.
- 31 December 2025
- Published by Projekt Avant in AVANT. The Journal of the Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard
- Vol. 16 (3)
Open AccessCiemny pokój umysłu. Wprowadzenie
Tekst ten stanowi krótkie wprowadzenie do prezentowanego w niniejszym tomie przekładu już klasycznego tekstu, a właściwie debaty między Karlem Fristonem, Andym Clarkiem a Timem Thorntonem zatytułowanej „Free-energy minimization and the dark-room problem” (2012). Zamiast wprowadzać w tematykę przetwarzania predykcyjnego, w tym krótkim tekście zreferuję prace, które można uznać za pokłosie tłumaczonego artykułu. W ten sposób pragnę zwrócić uwagą z jednej strony na to, jakie bogactwo problemowe drzemie w niniejszym tekście, z drugiej strony na nieustanną aktualność tego tekstu zarówno do badań nad poznaniem i umysłem, jaki i dla teoretycznego rozwoju kognitywistyki.
- 21 September 2024
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cognitive Neuroscience
- Vol. 15 (3-4) , 114-116
Beyond embodiment: Rethinking the integration of cognitive neuroscience and mechanistic explanations
This commentary critiques Mougenot and Matheson's proposal to integrate embodied cognition with mechanistic explanations in cognitive neuroscience. We suggest more promising directions for embodied cognitive neuroscience, focusing on neuroethological research and evolutionary studies of nervous systems. These approaches, compatible with wide mechanistic explanations, offer a robust path forward by examining central nervous system function within whole organisms in their environments.
- 21 September 2024
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cognitive Neuroscience
- Vol. 15 (3-4) , 114-116
Beyond embodiment: Rethinking the integration of cognitive neuroscience and mechanistic explanations
This commentary critiques Mougenot and Matheson's proposal to integrate embodied cognition with mechanistic explanations in cognitive neuroscience. We suggest more promising directions for embodied cognitive neuroscience, focusing on neuroethological research and evolutionary studies of nervous systems. These approaches, compatible with wide mechanistic explanations, offer a robust path forward by examining central nervous system function within whole organisms in their environments.
- Open Access
- 31 July 2024
- Published by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw in Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Vol. 60 (1) , 79-99
Wzorce poznania rozproszonego
Nawet jeżeli integrację poznania rozproszonego z mechanistycznymi koncepcjami wyjaśniania można uznać za ruch interesujący, a w przypadku powodzenia prowadzący do niebanalnego rozszerzenia kognitywistycznych badań nad poznaniem, to z perspektywy teoretyka poznania rozproszonego należy uznać ten ruch za ryzykowny. W poniższej pracy, w dyskusji z propozycją Witolda Wachowskiego (2022), postaram się przedstawić ryzyko, z jakim wiąże się wspomniana integracja i zaproponuję rozwiązanie alternatywne, polegające na połączeniu rozproszenia poznania z teorią sieci. Teoria ta, w mojej opinii, pozwala na bardziej owocne badanie wzorców rozproszenia poznania. ----------------------------------------- Zgłoszono: 26/09/2023. Zrecenzowano: 26/03/2024. Zaakceptowano do publikacji: 10/06/2024.
- 31 July 2024
- Published by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw in Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Vol. 60 (1) , 79-99
Open AccessWzorce poznania rozproszonego
Nawet jeżeli integrację poznania rozproszonego z mechanistycznymi koncepcjami wyjaśniania można uznać za ruch interesujący, a w przypadku powodzenia prowadzący do niebanalnego rozszerzenia kognitywistycznych badań nad poznaniem, to z perspektywy teoretyka poznania rozproszonego należy uznać ten ruch za ryzykowny. W poniższej pracy, w dyskusji z propozycją Witolda Wachowskiego (2022), postaram się przedstawić ryzyko, z jakim wiąże się wspomniana integracja i zaproponuję rozwiązanie alternatywne, polegające na połączeniu rozproszenia poznania z teorią sieci. Teoria ta, w mojej opinii, pozwala na bardziej owocne badanie wzorców rozproszenia poznania. ----------------------------------------- Zgłoszono: 26/09/2023. Zrecenzowano: 26/03/2024. Zaakceptowano do publikacji: 10/06/2024.
- 3 January 2023
- Published by Springer Nature in Metascience
- Vol. 32 (1) , 71-73
Mind, material, meditation
- 3 January 2023
- Published by Springer Nature in Metascience
- Vol. 32 (1) , 71-73
Mind, material, meditation
- Open Access
- 31 December 2022
- Published by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw in Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Vol. 58 (2) , 137-144
Can the Interdisciplinarity of Cognitive Science Be Saved Through Deconstruction?
This paper discusses the resources for deconstruction offered by cognitive science, drawing inspiration from David Gunkel’s work on the topic (Deconstruction, MIT Press 2021). The gesture of deconstruction is seen as having a positive impact on the development of this interdisciplinary field by challenging misleading dichotomies and examining its underlying assumptions, such as the symmetry of integration. ------------------------- Received: 6/11/2022. Reviewed: 13/12/2022. Accepted: 20/12/2022.
- 31 December 2022
- Published by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw in Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Vol. 58 (2) , 137-144
Open AccessCan the Interdisciplinarity of Cognitive Science Be Saved Through Deconstruction?
This paper discusses the resources for deconstruction offered by cognitive science, drawing inspiration from David Gunkel’s work on the topic (Deconstruction, MIT Press 2021). The gesture of deconstruction is seen as having a positive impact on the development of this interdisciplinary field by challenging misleading dichotomies and examining its underlying assumptions, such as the symmetry of integration. ------------------------- Received: 6/11/2022. Reviewed: 13/12/2022. Accepted: 20/12/2022.
- 10 February 2022
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Vol. 45, e20
Without more theory, psychology will be a headless rider
We argue that Yarkoni's proposed solutions to the generalizability crisis are half-measures because he does not recognize that the crisis arises from investigators' underappreciation of the roles of theory in experimental research. Rather than embracing qualitative analysis, the research community should make an effort to develop better theories and work toward consistently incorporating theoretical results into experimental practice.
- 10 February 2022
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Vol. 45, e20
Without more theory, psychology will be a headless rider
We argue that Yarkoni's proposed solutions to the generalizability crisis are half-measures because he does not recognize that the crisis arises from investigators' underappreciation of the roles of theory in experimental research. Rather than embracing qualitative analysis, the research community should make an effort to develop better theories and work toward consistently incorporating theoretical results into experimental practice.
- Open Access
- 22 March 2021
- Published by Center for Open Science in PsyArXiv
Without more theory, psychology will be a headless rider
We argue that Yarkoni’s proposed solutions to the generalizability crisis are half-measures because he does not recognize that the crisis arises from investigators’ underappreciation of the roles of theory in experimental research. Rather than embracing qualitative analysis, the research community should make an effort to develop better theories and work toward consistently incorporating theoretical results into experimental practice.
- 22 March 2021
- Published by Center for Open Science in PsyArXiv
Open AccessWithout more theory, psychology will be a headless rider
We argue that Yarkoni’s proposed solutions to the generalizability crisis are half-measures because he does not recognize that the crisis arises from investigators’ underappreciation of the roles of theory in experimental research. Rather than embracing qualitative analysis, the research community should make an effort to develop better theories and work toward consistently incorporating theoretical results into experimental practice.
- Open Access
- 24 October 2019
- Published by Springer Nature in Synthese
- Vol. 199 (S1) , 67-88
Representational unification in cognitive science: Is embodied cognition a unifying perspective?
In this paper, we defend a novel, multidimensional account of representational unification, which we distinguish from integration. The dimensions of unity are simplicity, generality and scope, non-monstrosity, and systematization. In our account, unification is a graded property. The account is used to investigate the issue of how research traditions contribute to representational unification, focusing on embodied cognition in cognitive science. Embodied cognition contributes to unification even if it fails to offer a grand unification of cognitive science. The study of this failure shows that unification, contrary to what defenders of mechanistic explanation claim, is an important mechanistic virtue of research traditions.
- 24 October 2019
- Published by Springer Nature in Synthese
- Vol. 199 (S1) , 67-88
Open AccessRepresentational unification in cognitive science: Is embodied cognition a unifying perspective?
In this paper, we defend a novel, multidimensional account of representational unification, which we distinguish from integration. The dimensions of unity are simplicity, generality and scope, non-monstrosity, and systematization. In our account, unification is a graded property. The account is used to investigate the issue of how research traditions contribute to representational unification, focusing on embodied cognition in cognitive science. Embodied cognition contributes to unification even if it fails to offer a grand unification of cognitive science. The study of this failure shows that unification, contrary to what defenders of mechanistic explanation claim, is an important mechanistic virtue of research traditions.