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We are delighted to announce the first call for abstracts for the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Polish Association for Cognitive Science<\/strong> (PTK26), hosted by the Institute of Philosophy, Maria <\/strong>Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University in Lublin, from September 21<\/strong> to 23<\/strong>, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The General goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The meetings of PTK provide an opportunity to present research results of the Polish cognitive science community<\/strong>. These meetings aim to increase awareness of the scope of cognitive studies in Poland and to foster integration among Polish researchers. It is also an opportunity to engage in dialogue with the international cognitive science community. Accordingly, we invite all the scholars working on issues of philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, cognitive linguistics, cognitive semiotics, AI-related research, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive anthropology, and other cognition-related fields to present their ideas and results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making sense of meaning-making<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to<\/strong> the above general goals, the Organizers aim to focus the attention of participants on specific topics and to initiate discussion on issues related to locally grounded research perspectives. As a result, inspired by the paper \u201cMaking Sense of Sense-Making\u201d by Evan Thompson and Mog Stapleton, we particularly invite abstracts addressing the relationship between meaning-making and cognition. Accounts of meaning-making (semiosis) are focused on embodied subjects as embedded or even immersed in a physical and social environment, acting within these environments, experiencing them, engaging in intersubjective semiotic and linguistic interactions. Such a perspective shifts the emphasis from cognitivism to 4E (or even 5E) approaches. Accordingly, we especially encourage submissions that reflect upon the topic of multiple levels of meaning-making. Meaning-making can be considered a process rooted in biological life, which, in turn, is considered the foundation for emergent processes at the levels of subjectivity, intersubjectivity, sign use, and language. Such a framework raises questions about the boundaries between the layers mentioned above and about the possibility of crossing both the lower threshold of semiosis (life) and the upper threshold (language). Inquiries on varieties of meaning-making should be supplemented by methodological considerations; in particular, in particular, they should address the role (and balance) of first-person, second-person and third-person perspectives on cognition and meaning-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Topics<\/strong> for presentations include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n\n\n\n