Dear Minister of Science and Higher Education,

We, the undersigned members of the international academic community, write to express our deep concern regarding the situation of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN) and the evaluation results of its philosophy and sociology disciplines.

As scholars committed to the pursuit of truth and the advancement of knowledge, we are profoundly disappointed by the lack of respect for the rule of law and transparency in decision-making processes that we had hoped would improve with the change in government. The fact that, after an independent court ruled the Ministry's evaluation of IFiS PAN's scientific output to be flawed and unconstitutional, the Ministry continues to delay resolution of this matter, is deeply troubling.

The Ministry’s decision to file a cassation appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court, rather than conducting a prompt and fair re-evaluation, is not only unjustified but harmful. This protracted legal process may well extend beyond the next evaluation period, severely hampering IFiS PAN's ability to function, particularly in terms of international cooperation and the training of young scholars.

We must remind you that the previous government deliberately used flawed and ambiguous legal regulations to undermine IFiS PAN's scientific results for political reasons. The imperfections of the data entry system for the ministerial database should not be used as a pretext to restrict the scientific and educational activities of this renowned institution.

Therefore, we urgently appeal to you, Minister, to take the following immediate actions:

Only such actions will restore the academic community's trust in the integrity of the procedures carried out by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, while clearly demonstrating your rejection of the detrimental practices of the past.

We, as members of the global academic community, stand in solidarity with our colleagues at IFiS PAN. We urge you to take swift action to rectify this situation, ensuring that one of Poland's premier research institutions can continue its valuable contributions to Polish and international scholarship without undue hindrance.

The international academic community eagerly awaits your response, Minister. We trust that you will make the right decision, one that upholds the principles of academic freedom, fairness, and the pursuit of knowledge that we all hold dear.

Respectfully,

Doroteya Angelova, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

José Luis Bermúdez, Professor of Philosophy and Samuel Rhea Gammon Professor of Liberal Arts, former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Texas A&M University

Lisa Bortolotti, Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham

Judith Butler, Distinguished Professor, Department of Comparative Literature and

the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.

David Chalmers, University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University

Tony Cheng, Director, Center for Phenomenology, NCCU, Taiwan

Carl F. Craver, ​Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis

Mladen Dolar, Senior Research Fellow, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Professor of Philosophy, The European Graduate School / EGS.

Mircea Dumitru, Vice-president of the Romanian Academy of Sciences

Uljana Feest, Professor of Philosophy of Social Science and Social Philosophy, Institut für Philosophie, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Axel Honneth, Jack B. Weinstein Professor of the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Columbia University

Daniel Kostić, Research Fellow in Humane AI, Institute of Philosophy, University of Leiden

Beate Krickel, Dean of the Faculty for Humanities and Educational Sciences, Professor for Philosophy of Cognition, Technische Universität Berlin

Martin Kusch, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Epistemology, University of Vienna

Ernie Lepore, Board of Governors Professor, Philosophy Department, Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Edouard Machery, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science,

Past President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Tomas Marvan, Head of the Department of Analytic Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

Alex Miller, Postgraduate Coordinator, Philosophy Programme, University of Otago

Juliet Mitchell, Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge and UCL

Vincent C. Müller, A. v. Humboldt Professor, Philosophy & Ethics of AI Director, Centre for Philosophy and AI Research, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Gualtiero Piccinini, Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri

Federica Russo, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Techno-Science & Westerdijk Chair, Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University; Honorary Professor, University College London, Department of Science and Technology Studies

Michael Schmitz, Privatdozent, University of Vienna

Oron Shagrir, Vice-President for International Affairs, Schulman Chair in of Philosophy,

Professor of Philosophy and of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Nicholas Shea, Professor of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Joel S. Snyer, Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mark Sprevak, Senior Lecturer, Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (PPLS), University of Edinburgh

Amie Thomasson, Daniel P. Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Dartmouth College, USA

Timothy Williamson FBA, FRSE, MAE, IHMAAAS, Senior Research and Teaching Fellow in Philosophy and Emeritus Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, Whitney Griswold Visiting Professor at Yale University

Michael Wheeler, Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling

Frédérique de Vignemont, Deputy Director, Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS

Alenka Zupančič, Professor, The European Graduate School & University of Nova Gorica; Research advisor and Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.