Dyscyplina naukowa i tożsamość naukowca

The article is devoted to analysis of the relationships between the identity of scholar and her/hisresearch discipline. The historical, cognitive and social contexts of disciplines is considered againstthe background of the university scholar identification. Besides the following issues are dicussed inthe article: institutionalization of the discipline, the role of epistemic communities, changing bordersof discipline, multidisciplinary approach to research, language of disciplines, status of disciplines andthe meaning of academic freedom.