Karol Wapniarski

About

I am a first-year PhD student in Philosophy at King's College, University of Cambridge, supervised by Prof. Alex Oliver. I also have a completed doctoral thesis under review at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, on a separate topic.

I finished my BA in Philosophy in 277 days, a certified Polish national record, then an MA in Philosophy and an MA in Classical Philology, all three at Adam Mickiewicz University. From my first day of university to the start of the Cambridge PhD took three years.

I work in the history and philosophy of logic, translate literature, and co-founded Loquelo. I read and work in eight languages.

Education

Degrees

  1. 2025–

    PhD in Philosophy

    King's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

    Supervisor: Prof Alex Oliver

    Advisor: Dr Owen Griffiths

  2. 2024–2025

    Doctoral thesis, under review

    Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poznań

    Supervisor: Prof. UAM dr hab. Mariusz Urbański

    Thesis: Syllogistic Validity and Existential Assumptions: A Modern Formal and Computational Reconstruction

    Submitted in extramural (eksternistyczny) mode; under evaluation

  3. 2024–2025

    MA in Classical Philology

    Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poznań

    Interdisciplinary Individual Studies, Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology

    Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Piotr Urbański

    GPA 4.97/5.0, top 1.3%

  4. 2023–2024

    MA in Philosophy

    Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poznań

    Interdisciplinary Individual Studies, Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology

    Supervisor: Prof. UAM dr hab. Mariusz Urbański

    Two-year programme finished in one academic year

    GPA 4.97/5.0, top 1.3%

  5. 2022–2023

    BA in Philosophy

    Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poznań

    Interfaculty Individual Studies in Humanities and Society, Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology

    Supervisor: Dr Dawid Rogacz

    Three-year programme finished in 277 days, a certified Polish national record

    GPA 4.92/5.0, top 1%

Exchanges and visiting study

  1. Michaelmas 2026 (October–December 2026)

    Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford

    Oxford (Recognised Student)

    Advisor: Prof. Gonzalo Rodríguez-Pereyra

    Topic: relations and the identity of indiscernibles in early analytic philosophy

  2. 2024/25, summer semester

    Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (MISH), University of Warsaw

    Warsaw (MOST)

    GPA 4.79/5.0

  3. 2024/25, winter semester

    Faculté des Lettres, Sorbonne Université

    Paris (Erasmus)

    French grading; classes in French

    GPA 16.5/20

  4. 2023/24, summer semester

    Institut für Philosophie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

    Jena (Erasmus)

    German grading; classes in German

    GPA 1.3/5.0

Languages

  • Native
    Polish
  • C2
    English (IELTS 8.5)
  • Advanced
    German, French, Latin, Ancient Greek
  • Intermediate
    Spanish, Italian
  • Basic
    Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit

Technical

LaTeX, Isabelle/HOL, Microsoft Office.

Publications and talks are listed under Research, literary work under Translations, and honours under Awards.