Monika Chylińska


Research interests and collaboration goals

Currently, I am a PhD candidate and the principal investigator in the research project funded by The National Science Centre entitled Counterfactual Imagination and Pretend Play: The Cognitive Underpinnings of Human Creativity (PRELUDIUM 11; for years 2017-2018). So far, I have been teaching cognitive neuroscience and logic, and leading workshops of creative thinking for students of Cognitive Science at KUL. Previously, I earned MA in psychology and philosophy at KUL. I have also studied psychology at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam

My research interests include mainly the cognitive approach to creativity and imagination. At present, I study the role of counterfactual imagination in children’s pretend play and the folk theories of creativity.

Education

  • 2015 – present THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN

PhD Philosophy of Mind (cognitive science)

Main research topics: Philosophy of Mind: Imagination; Philosophy of Creativity; Pretend Play; Counterfactual Imagination; Folk intuitions: Western and Eastern views on creativity; Philosophy of Psychology;

  • 2011-2013 THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN

MA Philosophy Studies

Main research topics: Philosophy of Mind: Counsciousness; Philosophy of Roman Ingarden; Epistemology

  • 2005-2010 THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN & VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT IN AMSTERDAM

MA Psychology Studies

  • Main research interests: Psychology of Creativty; Psychology of Individual Differences; Philosophy of Mind

Other

  • Apart from academic work, I am also an illustrator and an active participant of cultural life in our city Lublin. I lead a cafe place in the city centre and – from time to time – I conduct creativity workshops for children and for adults.

Languages

  • Polish (native); English (advanced); French (in learning progress)

Conducted projects (as principal investigator)

  • Counterfactual Imagination and Pretend Play: The Cognitive Underpinnings of Human Creativity (2016/21/N/HS1/03495; PRELUDIUM 11; for years 2017-2018; funded by The National Science Centre)

Publications [selected]

  • Chylińska M. (2016). Wprowadzenie do filozofii twórczości. Uwagi pojęciowe – historia idei – perspektywa interdyscyplinarna [Introducing the Philosophy of Creativity: The Concept – the History of Idea – the Interdisciplinary Perspective], Roczniki Filozoficzne, 64, 2, s. 79-108; pozycja w wykazie MNiSW: część B; poz. 1576; 14 pkt.
  • Chylińska M. (2016). O głównych dylematach filozofii twórczości. Ujęcie syntetyczne z uwzględnieniem badań współczesnych [On the Main Dilemmas of the Philosophy of Creativity: A Synthetic View of the Contemporary Research], Roczniki Filozoficzne, 64, 2, s. 109-140; pozycja w wykazie MNiSW: część B; poz. 1576; 14 pkt.
  • Gut A., Chylińska M. (2015). Epistemologia i psychologia [Epistemology and Psychology]. W: S. Janeczek, A. Starościc (red.), Epistemologia, 149-170 [Seria: Dydaktyka filozofii, t. 4., S. Janeczek (red.)]. Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL.

International conferences [selected]

  • Pretend play and its Possible Connections with Creativity and Imagination; International Conference on Psychology and the Arts, University of Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France, 29.06-3.07.2016;
  • Linguistic and Cultural Contexts in the Functioning and Development of the Mindreading System (poster prepared together with: Arkadiusz Gut, Robert Mirski, Zhenxu Fan); 1st Context, Cognition and Communication Participation conference, University od Warsaw, 15.06.2016;
  • The Art of Attentive Looking – what Annie Dillard shows us about the nature of boredom; II International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference; University od Warsaw, 2-3.06.2016;
  • The computer-scientists. About some models of creativity; 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (CLMPS); Helsinki, 3-8.08.2015;
  • Eastern and Western – towards an understanding of the concept of creativity; 12 International Conference: “Excellence & Innovation in Education: The Creativity – Innovation Challenge”; Cracov, 1-4.07.2015;
  • Is the bored mind an unconstrained mind?; I International Interdisciplinary Boredom Conference; University od Warsaw, 16.05.2015;

Teaching

  • Taught a course of Logic to undergraduate students in Spring Semester 2013/2014 at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
  • Taught a course entitled ‘Cognitive Neuroscience’ to undergraduate students of Cognitive Science in Winter Semester 2015/2016 at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
  • Conducting the workshops entitled ‘Cognitive Science in Practice: Workshops of Creative Thinking’ for undergraduate students of Cognitive Science