UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. Mgr. Tomáš Čana, PhD.
Email:
 tomas.cana@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FF UCM - Faculty of Arts
Pracovisko:
KFAF - Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Čana
I.2 - Name
Tomáš
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1973
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Arts
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Námestie J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
tomas.cana@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/14349
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philosophy
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-0378-3069

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Science in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Systematic Philosophy
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril a Methodius in Trnava
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
Systematic Philosophy
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Internal doctoral student Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Science in Bratislava 1999-2002
Civilian soldier Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril a Methodius in Trnava 2002-2004
Special assistant Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril a Methodius in Trnava 2004-2020
Associate professor Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril a Methodius in Trnava 2021-now

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Acquiring a certificate of graduate of Society of Higher Learning after 6 semesters of study Society of Higher Learning, Bratislava 1997-1999
Acquiring an educational minimum after 4 semesters of study Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava 1997-1998

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Philosophy of science Citizenship education II. degree Teaching
Philosophical terminology in foreign language Philosophy I. degree Philosophy
Epistemology Philosophy I. degree Philosophy
Bachelor´s thesis seminar I Philosophy I. degree Philosophy
Critical thinking 2: argumentation Philosophy I. degree Philosophy
Diploma thesis seminar I Citizenship education II. degree Teaching
Doctoral seminar 6 Systematic philosophy III. degree Philosophy
Bachelor´s thesis seminar Citizenship education I. degree Teaching
Critical thinking 2: argumentation Citizenship education I. degree Teaching
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Philosophy I. degree Philosophy
Philosophy II. degree Philosophy
Systematic philosophy III. degree Philosophy
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
23
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
36
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Text-based seminar about epistemology Philosophy I. degree Philosophy
On the origin of normativity Systematic philosophy III. degree Philosophy

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
33
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
38
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0/1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADC The later Wittgenstein on logical rules/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filosofický časopis : studie k filosofii Ludwiga Wittgensteina. - ISBN 978-80-7007-339-1. - ISSN 0015-1831. - mimoriadne č. 2 (2010/8), s. 63-83.

ADC Koťátko o chrobákovi vo Wittgensteinovej škatuľke/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filosofický časopis. - ISSN 0015-1831. - Roč. 63, č. 2 (2015), s. 267-278.

Quotation:

2015 [1] KOŤÁTKO, Petr. Wittgenstein a privátnost pocitů - odpověď Tomáši Čanovi. In: Filosofický časopis. 2015, roč. 63, č. 3, s. 459, 461. ISSN 0015-1831.

ADC Peregrin o pravidlách u Wittgensteina/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filosofický časopis. - ISSN 0015-1831. - Roč. 64, č. 2 (2016), s. 259-272.

Quotations:

2016 [1] PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Wittgenstein on Rules. In: Filosofický časopis. 2016, roč. 64, č. 3, s. 446-454. ISSN 0015-1831.

2024 [01] AMBROZY, Marian. Selected contexts in the philosophy of mathematics. In: XLinguae. 2024, 17(3), s. 39-47. ISSN 1337-8384.

ADD O metajazykovom odmietnutí zlomyseľného klamára/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. - Roč. 74, č. 4 (2019), s. 291-307.

Quotations:

2021 [1] MIKUŠIAK, M. Konštzruktivizmus, realizmus a obrat k jazyku. In: Filosofický časopis. 2021, 69(3), s. 471-488.

2023 [02] KNIŽKA, Filip. O istote alebo "cogito ergo sum". In: Para/DOXA: zborník študentských príspevkov. Trnava: TU, 2023, s. 89-95. ISBN 978-80-568-0587-9.

2025 [02] KNIŽKA, Filip. Generálna skepsa nefunguje. In: LOQUERE 6: zborník príspevkov. Trnava: UCM, 2025, s. 64. ISBN 978-80-572-0517-3.

ADD Wittgenstein on epistemological status of logic / Tomáš Čana. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X.- Roč. 68, č. 4 (2013), s. 309-318.

Quotations:

2015 [3] IVANOVIČ, David. Problem of induction and history of science. In: MMK 2015 [CD-ROM]. Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas, 2015, s. 1820, 1824. ISBN 978-80-87952-12-2.

2020 [01] PÉREZ, Duche, et al. Una visión de la sociedad: Fundamento epistemológico de Ludwig Wittgenstein. In: Revista Venezolana de Gerencia. 25, 2020, 3, s. 512-522. ISSN 1315-9984.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

V3 Pochybovanie o všetkom vonkajšom?/ Tomáš Čana, 2025. - Kategória do roku 2021 ADC. In: Filosofický časopis. - ISSN 0015-1831, Roč. 73, č. 3 (2025), s. 439-452.

Quotation:

2025 [02] AMBROZY, Marián. Dialectical phenomena in mathematics. In: Meetcon - Europe International Congress of Innovative Studies. Munich, 2025, s. 156-165. ISBN 979-8-89695-207-7-

V3 The different roles of deduction in communication/ Tomáš Čana. - Kategória do roku 2021 ADE. In: Filozofia i nauka [print, electronic]: studia filozoficzne i interdyscyplinarne. - ISSN 2300-4711. - Roč. 13, č. 1 (2025), s. 81-95.

V3 Odkiaľ sa vzali pravidlá?/ Tomáš Čana, 2023. - Kategória do roku 2021 ADF. In: Ostium: internetový časopis pre humanitné vedy. - ISSN 1339-942X, Roč. 19, č. 3 (2023), s. 1-13. - Popis urobený: 23. 10. 2023. - Spôsob prístupu: http://www.ostium.sk.

AEC The origin of rules/Tomáš Čana. In: Tomašovičová, J.(ed.): The Blurring of Boundaries in Bioscientific Discourse. Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2021, 165 s., str. 67-84. ISBN 978-3-8325-5422-4. (Príspevok je indexovaný v Scopus.)

ADF Realizmus, relativizmus a logická platnosť/ Tomáš Čana. In: Ostium [elektronický zdroj]: internetový časopis pre humanitné odbory. ISSN 1336-6556. Roč. 17, č. 2 (2021). [11 s.] [online]. - Popis urobený: 18. 10. 2021. - Spôsob prístupu: http://www.ostium.sk.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

ADD Wittgenstein on epistemological status of logic/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046- 385X. - Roč. 68, č. 4 (2013), s. 309-318.

Quotations:

2015 [3] IVANOVIČ, David. Problem of induction and history of science. In: MMK 2015 [CD-ROM]. Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas, 2015, s. 1820, 1824. ISBN 978-80-87952-12-2.

2020 [01] PÉREZ, Duche, et al. Una visión de la sociedad: Fundamento epistemológico de Ludwig Wittgenstein. In: Revista Venezolana de Gerencia. 25, 2020, 3, s. 512-522. ISSN 1315-9984.

ADC Peregrin o pravidlách u Wittgensteina/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filosofický časopis. - ISSN 0015-1831. - Roč. 64, č. 2 (2016), s. 259-272.

Quotations:

2016 [1] PEREGRIN, Jaroslav. Wittgenstein o pravidlech. In: Filosofický časopis. 2016, roč. 64, č. 3, s. 446-454. ISSN 0015-1831.

2024 [01] AMBROZY, Marian. Selected contexts in the philosophy of mathematics. In: XLinguae. 2024, 17(3), s. 39-47. ISSN 1337-8384.

ADD O metajazykovom odmietnutí zlomyseľného klamára/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. - Roč. 74, č. 4 (2019), s. 291-307.

Quotations:

2021 [1] MIKUŠIAK, M. Konštzruktivizmus, realizmus a obrat k jazyku. In: Filosofický časopis. 2021, 69(3), s. 471-488.

2023 [02] KNIŽKA, Filip. O istote alebo "cogito ergo sum". In: Para/DOXA: zborník študentských príspevkov. Trnava: TU, 2023, s. 89-95. ISBN 978-80-568-0587-9.

2025 [02] KNIŽKA, Filip. Generálna skepsa nefunguje. In: LOQUERE 6: zborník príspevkov. Trnava: UCM, 2025, s. 64. ISBN 978-80-572-0517-3.

ADC Koťátko o chrobákovi vo Wittgensteinovej škatuľke/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filosofický časopis. - ISSN 0015-1831. - Roč. 63, č. 2 (2015), s. 267-278.

Quotation:

[1] KOŤÁTKO, Petr. Wittgenstein a privátnost pocitů - odpověď Tomáši Čanovi. In: Filosofický časopis. 2015, roč. 63, č. 3, s. 459, 461. ISSN 0015-1831.

ADD Neskorý Wittgenstein o logických pravidlách/ Tomáš Čana. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. - Roč. 66, č. 2 (2011), s. 109-121.

Quotations:

2015 [3] IVANOVIČ, David. Problem of induction and history of science. In: MMK 2015 [CD-ROM]. Hradec Králové: Magnanimitas, 2015, s. 1820, 1824. ISBN 978-80-87952-12-2.

2017 [3] AMBROZY, Marián. Prostredné obdobie tvorby Ludwiga J. J. Wittgensteina. In: Humanum. 2017, 24(1), s. 107-113. ISSN 1898-8431.

2021 [4] AMBROZY, Marián. Selected aspects of the ethical thinking of the late Wittgenstein. In: Etické myslenie minulosti a súčasnosti (ETPP 2021/23). Prešov: PU, 2021, s. 144-157. ISBN 978-80-555-2768-0.

2024 [01] AMBROZY, Marian. Selected contexts in the philosophy of mathematics. In: XLinguae. 2024, 17(3), s. 39-47. ISSN 1337-8384.

2024 [02] AMBROZY, Marián. Wittgensteinovské inšpirácie vo filozofii matematiky. In: Disputationes Quodlibetales XXVI. & XXVII.: metodológia a možnosti filozoficko-teologického myslenia. Prešov: Bookman, 2024, s.118-128. ISBN 978-80-8165-582-1.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA No. 1/0534/25: The Biopolitical Turn Towards a Posthuman Politics of Life, 2025 – 2028, investigator.

Project description: The project aims to analyse changes in the current biopolitical paradigm. The ability of emergent technologies to modify basic life processes leads to a new configuration of social and political relations. At the same time, in the context of the critique of anthropocentrism, there is a growing need to broaden the perspective of biopolitics to include the dimension of sustainability and protection of human and non-human life forms. In this situation, the project aims to analyse new emerging biopolitical mechanisms and socio-political practices that aim to regulate the lives of individuals, and populations and, in a broader post-human sense, to regulate and protect life itself, and to explore the extent to which these practices can withstand the potential risks and threats associated with their liminal forms. We will use examples from literature research laboratories that anticipate many of the risks of biopolitical solutions and test the parameters of liminal forms of socio-political approaches to confront them.

VEGA No. 2/0163/22: Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature, 2022 – 2025, investigator.

Project description: The project is inspired by the concept of interdiscursive relations, whose author is the leading French linguist D. Maingueneau (2004), and the idea of narrative bioethics (H. Dubiel 2011). The object of investigation in the present project is the analysis of the relations between literary (media) and bioethical (philosophical) discourse. The project aims to push the boundaries of the study of the interdiscursive communication between literature (broadly conceived) and bioethics from the traditional analysis of the depiction of the doctor-patient relationship in literature towards the so-called humanistic turn in bioethics. Methodologically, this means that literature and art create a space for enriching the narrowly rationalistic ethical discourse with humanistic and philosophical-psychological aspects, including phenomenological and hermeneutical approaches to applied ethics, especially bioethics.

Project: Realism a anti-realism in the present philosophy of science, VEGA, no. 1/0258/2019

Role in the project: investigator

Name of agency: grant agency VEGA

Head of the project: Mgr. Róbert Maco, PhD., Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava

Duration: 2019 – 2022

Project: Philosophical analysis of blurring of boundaries in modern bio-discourse, VEGA, no. 1/0563/2018

Role in the project: investigator

Name of agency: grant agency VEGA

Head of the project: Mgr. Jana Tomašovičová, PhD., Faculty of Arts of the Univerity of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

Duration: 2018 – 2021

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Vice-dean for scientific research activity and foreign relations Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2010-2016
Vice-president of the Scientific Council Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2010-2016
President of the Fond for support of scientific research activity Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2012-2016
Erasmus+ mobility coordinator Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2010-2016
Erasmus+ mobilty coordinator Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2019-now
Member of Quality Council Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2020-now
Member of Quality Council University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2021-now

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Science of Czech Republic Jílska 1, Praha 1, 110 00 23. 7. 2000 - 27. 7. 2000 PhD. Mobility
Masaryk University Arna Nováka 11, 602 00 Brno 18. 3. 2024 - 22. 3. 2024 Staff Mobility for Teaching, Erasmus+ Mobility
Masaryk University Arna Nováka 11, 602 00 Brno 24. 3. 2025 - 28. 3. 2025 Staff Mobility for Teaching, Erasmus+ Mobility
Salsky University in Katowice Ul. Bankova 12, 40-007, Katowice 23. 3. 2026 - 27. 3. 2026 Staff Mobility for Teaching, Erasmus+ Mobility

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-04-03