The first stage of the project (an analysis of various forms of the so-called Simple View of personal identity) has resulted in: a) a precise formulation of the doctrine in question; b) the differentiation of two main forms of it: a metaphysical and a methodological one; c) skepticism with regard to the metaphysical interpretation of criteria of identity as certain ontological factors that determine or ground identity (as being something what identity consists in or as truth conditions of identity statements); d) an interpretation, according to which the term “person”, although a classificatory and general term, is not a substance sortal term providing criteria of identity in the metaphysical sense; e) the two-fold interpretation of persistence (via the notions of being wholly present and genidentity); a re-interpretation of Simons’ invariantism for further research purposes.
Within the second phase: (i) two variants of animalism have thus far been specified - a weak and a strong one; (ii) three ways of reconciliation between the Simple View and animalism have initially been put forward (on the first of it, the term "person" is interpreted as a phase (forensic) sortal term, on the second, it is treated as a substantial term, on the third - as a semantically hybrid general term, codifying both normative and metaphysical meanings).
The outcomes of the third phase of the project include the following: (i) on the basis of the animalistically interpreted Simple View (the third version of the reconciliation mentioned above) a new ethical interpretation of moral questions has been set forth; (ii) the notion of intrinsically ethically relevant properties (in Meixner's sense) and the scholastic concept of potentiality (in terms of anthroponomological modality) have been applied to the proposed interpretation.
The following papers have already been published (or are in print):
1. [in English] On Czesław Lejewski’s Ontology, [in:] Tradition of the Lvov-Warsaw School. Ideas and Continuations, Anna Brożek, Alicja Chybińska, Jacek Jadacki and Jan Woleński (eds.), Poznan: Brill Academic Publishers, 177-195.
2. [in English] Criteria of Personal Identity: Reasons Why There Might Not Be Any, [in:] Myśli o języku, nauce i wartościach. Seria druga, A. Brożek, A. Chybińska, M. Grygianiec, M. Tkaczyk (eds.), Warsaw: Semper, 197-213.
3. [in English] Steps Towards Anti-Physicalism, Problemos 89(2016), 7-20.
4. [in Lithuanian] Apie neredukcinę pažiūrą į asmeninę tapatybę, Logos 86(2016), s. 13-27.
5. [in English] Criteria of Identity and Two Modes of Persistence, Filozofia Nauki 2(2016), 1-13.
6. [in English] How to Get Rid of Closure?, Diametros 48(2016), 1-17.
7. [in Polish] Arguments for the Simple View of Personal Identity, Analiza i Egzystencja 34(2016), 5-28.
8. [in Polish] Uwe Meixner’s Modal Argument for Dualism, Filozofia Nauki 3(2016).
9. [in German] Poppersche Herausforderungen für den Materialismus, Logos i Etos (2016).
10. [in Polish] On Personal Identity. Intellectual Affinities between Chisholm and Leibniz, Przegląd Filozoficzny - Nowa Seria (2016).
Papers in preparation or under review:
1. [in English] Prostpects of An Animalistically Oriented Simple View, [in:] M. Szatkowski (ed.), Contemporary Polish Ontology, de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston, 2016.
2. [in Polish] The Simple View of Personal Identity, Diametros (2016).
3. [in Polish] On the Banality of Animalism, Przegląd Filozoficzny - Nowa Seria (2016).
4. [in Lithuanian] Apie animalizmo banalumą.
Participation in conferences:
1) the IIIrd God-Oriented Conference "God, Time, Infinity" (International Center For Formal Ontology, Warsaw)
2) Gemeinsames Augsburger Oberseminar (presentation: "The Ontology of Personal Identity"), Institute of Philosophy, University of Augsburg
3) the VIth International Ontological Workshop 2016, the International Center for Formal Ontology (ICFO)
4) Conference: "Two hundred years of philosophy at the University of Warsaw", Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw
5) Conference: "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646–1716, Jenseits von Zeit und Raum", Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw
Gastvortrags:
1) Dr. Bartłomiej Skowron (Warsaw University of Technology, IFCO): "The Topology of Persons and the Problem of Personal Identity" (the 27th of April, 2016, Institute of Philosophy, University of Augsburg)
2) Prof. Dr. Christian Kanzian (Universität Innsbruck): "Personale Vermögen - Personen - Personale Identität" (the 29th of June, 2016, Institute of Philosophy, University of Augsburg)
Seminar (spring semester, 2015/2016):
[together with Prof. U. Meixner] Seminar on personal identity for students of the Institute of Philosophy, University of Augsburg (Hauptseminar: "Person und personale Identität").
Consultations:
1) a visit in the Department of the History of Lithuanian Philosophy, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute in Vilnius.
2) meeting with the members of the Lithuanian Philosophical Society (July, 2016).
3) a paper on my research project, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University.
