by Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva
Kamil Majcherek
October 2023 – This month we want to highlight the work of Kamil Majcherek. Since 2022, Kamil is a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge (UK), a position he took after completing his PhD in Philosophy (Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy) at the University of Toronto (Canada). During his PhD, Kamil was a Recognised Visiting Student at the University of Oxford, supervised by Cecilia Trifogli. He also holds an MPhil in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, where he first conceived the idea of his doctoral dissertation, mentored by John Marenbon. Before coming to Cambridge, Kamil also completed a BA and MA in Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University (Poland).
His dissertation, written under Martin Pickavé, was titled “Medieval Metaphysics of Artefacts 1250-1500”. Here, Kamil traced the development of the late medieval debate concerning the metaphysical status of artefacts. Particularly, he analysed whether an artefact, say a chair, is a thing distinct from, and adding something genuinely new, over and above its components, e.g., pieces of wood. He is currently revising his dissertation to publish it as a monograph. Kamil’s latest project is concerned with the medieval ontology of numbers, with roughly the same chronology as his dissertation (i.e., 1250-1500). He spends plenty of time working with manuscripts, which are the cornerstone of his research. Kamil sits on the Medieval Texts Editorial Committee of the British Academy, which is in charge of the series Auctores Britanici Medi Aevi. In Cambridge, he supervises and lectures on a variety of topics, from contemporary metaphysics to medieval and early modern philosophy. His publications include: “Why is a House Nothing More than Stones and Pieces of Wood? Ockham’s Argument and Its Critics”, Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales (2022), “Paul of Venice’s Metaphysics of Artefacts”, British Journal for the History of Philosophy (2020), among others. You can find more information about Kamil’s research on his personal website (soon to be updated!) or his Academia.edu webpage!
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