Piotr Gutowski

Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Gutowski is a Full Professor at the Department of the History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL). He specializes in the history of 19th-21st century Anglo-Saxon philosophy, focusing on process philosophy, pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and the theism-atheism debate.

• PhD & Habilitation in Philosophy (KUL, 1993 & 2003)
• Author of award-winning habilitation book Between Monism and Pluralism (2003)
• Supervisor of 40 MA theses and 11 PhD dissertations

His research emphasizes precise interpretative categories in historical-philosophical analysis, rejecting deterministic narratives in philosophy's evolution. He advocates for reconstructing individual thinkers' philosophical choices rather than tracing abstract 'isms.'

Key article trends include: process theology (Hartshorne/Dewey), pragmatist epistemology (James/Rorty), analytic philosophy of religion (theism-atheism debates), and 20th-century metaphysics (Whitehead/Berkeley). Awards include a 2003 Minister of Higher Education award and international research grants (Fulbright, British Council).

As director of KUL's Interfaculty Individual Humanities Studies College, he shapes honors programs. His advising spans topics in philosophy of mind, free will, relativism, and science-religion relations, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach.