Call for Papers #2 Whitehead: Pedagogy in Motion, Thinking in Process

2025-12-11

At a time when education faces mounting cultural, ecological, and epistemic pressures, Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy offers an opportunity to rethink its very foundations. Rather than proposing a ready-made reform, it invites a different mode of thought: one that understands learning as a rhythm of events, knowledge as a form of becoming, and pedagogy as a practice of attentiveness to life. The editors of this issue of Folia Philosophica invite contributions that explore how Whitehead’s categories may transform contemporary pedagogical reflection—opening it toward experience, value, relationality, and the interconnectedness of the human and the more-than-human world, especially in light of the outstanding work of the Polish humanist Lech Witkowski.

The point of departure for this volume is Professor Witkowski’s most recent and impressive book, Whitehead. Superjects and Concrescences for the Humanities and Education, which demonstrates to what profound extent the philosophy of organism can reinvigorate current debates in education, culture, and the humanities. Witkowski shows that Whitehead’s œuvre—often cited but rarely read in its full complexity—has the potential to reshape both theoretical frameworks and the very ethics of pedagogical thinking. Under the guest editorship of Bogdan Ogrodnik, this issue encourages contributors to deepen this conversation: to engage creatively or critically in a renewed “working through” of Whitehead in the context of the challenges faced by contemporary education.

Call for Papers #1: Whitehead: In Pursuit of a Metamorphosis of Pedagogy

2025-12-11

In an era marked by ecological instability, technological acceleration, and cultural fragmentation, Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy offers a unique and urgently needed framework for rethinking education, cultural practice, and the social sciences. Whitehead’s insistence that “there is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations” invites us to reconsider the pedagogical imagination from the ground up—ecologically, relationally, and cosmologically. This issue of Folia Philosophica seeks contributions that explore how processual thinking can transform our understanding of learning, teaching, creativity, and cultural inquiry.

Whitehead’s philosophy of organism opens possibilities for reshaping educational environments, reimagining cultural participation, and developing forms of knowledge attuned to becoming rather than static order. We especially welcome papers inspired by recent scholarly work that “interweaves” Whitehead’s processual concepts into contemporary humanities and social sciences, renewing debates on how learning relates to creativity, perception, embodiment, experience, and the complex dynamics of growth. Contributors are invited to reflect on how process thought enables a metamorphosis of pedagogy at a moment in history when education is increasingly shaped by technological reductionism and systemic pressures detached from life itself.

Next issue: Between Natural Philosophy and Natural History

2025-04-06

We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the next issue of Folia Philosophica, an international peer- and blind-reviewed journal edited and published semi-annually at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2026 

Guest editors:  Jan Čížek & Marek Otisk 

This issue, titled "Between Natural Philosophy and Natural History," invites discussions on the historical development of natural philosophy and natural history. Contributions are welcome from scholars exploring these areas from various perspectives, including the history of philosophy, premodern sciences, and specific disciplines like botany, zoology, meteorology, and astronomy. Contributions from PhD students and post-docs are particularly welcome.