Scientific activity is the essential part of the Chair. The scholars carry out such scientific researches in directions:
- epistemology and cognitive theory;
- philosophy and methodology of nonclassic science;
- consciousness and artificial intellect;
- philosophical analysis of creativity;
- the issues of social ontology;
- history of philosophy.
Topical research areas of the department are:
- Human cognitive abilities – research coordinator is Professor Viktor Petrushenko;
- Ontology of everyday life, methodology of nonclassic science – research coordinator is Associate Professor Ihor Karivets;
- The philosophical aspects of the problem of consciousness and artificial intellect – research coordinators are Associate Professor Andrii Kadykalo and Assistant Oleksandra Stebel’s’ka;
- Philosophical analysis of creativity – research coordinator is Associate Professor Natalia Sanots’ka
Scientific research subject of the department is “A Human Dimensions of Contemporary Socio-Cultural Process: Global and Local Context” (2017-2020)”.
Every year (February 11) Twardowski Readings, dedicated to the founder of the Lviv-Warsaw School of Kazimir Twardowski, takes place at the Department of Philosophy.
The Department of Philosophy together with the Department of Artificial Intelligence Systems and the Institute of the Problems of Artificial Intelligence of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv) organize a permanent reading-desk "Spirituality. Technologies. Science"