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Research Interests


Field of research:


logic and its applications to:


linguistics, philosophy, information sciences and methodology.


Main trends of research interest:


I. Metalogic and Methodology of Sciences,


II. Logic of Language and Logical Philosophy of Language,


III. Theoretical and Applied Information Sciences.


Main themes:


I.1. Some equivalent axiomatic systems of arithmetic of natural and integral numbers (MA thesis and other papers).


I.2. Tarski's theory of deductive systems; formalizations of the consequence operation.


I.3. Theory of rejected sentences; formalizations of the rejection consequence and its application in empirical sciences (Ph.D. dissertation).


II.1. Theory of languages generated by the classical categorial grammar (postdoctoral D.Sc. dissertation; habilitation).


II.2. Logical foundations of ontology of language syntax; token-type distinction of linguistic objects; two different and equivalent levels of formalization of language syntax; categorial semantics.


II.3. Truth and denotation; truth in systems of knowledge; quantifiers in formal or natural languages, and their interpretation.


II.4. Logical and ontological aspects of names.


III.1. Information systems.


III.2. Formal-logical aspects of the theory of rough sets (Pawlak 1982, 1992).


III.3. Computer aided teaching of logic.


III.4. Formal-logical approach to the problem of imprecise information and its language representation.


Other themes:


IV.1. History of logic.


IV.2. The improvement of logical culture; logic in discussion and education.


IV.3. Logic of belief and action.


Main current research interest:


V.1. Knowledge, communication and logic.


V.2. Philosophy of linguistics; compositionality, meaning -- denotation, meaning -- interpretation, meaning -- truth.