Our Institute will host the 45th International Hume Society Conference in 2018. Please consult the call for papers and the Society website.

The blog for the international conference on "Political Realism and Practical Morality" to be held on the 18-19th November 2016 is accessible here.

The Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences kindly invites you to the upcoming talk:

Prof. Martin Kusch (University of Vienna)
The Functions of the Social Sciences in Liberal Democracy

Date and Venue of the lecture: 11th November 2015, 4.00 pm, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.

Abstract
In this paper I criticize authors -- such as S. Turner, M. Burawoy, or P. Kitcher -- who seek to define the functions of the social sciences using a Rawlsian or Habermasian conception of liberal pluralism or ideal-deliberative democracy. I defend an alternative way to think about the functions of the social sciences; this way takes its lead from R. Geuss' realist political philosophy and C. Mouffe's "agonistic pluralism".

The Philosophy of Physics Research Group at the Institute of Philosophy cordially invites you to the upcoming interdisciplinary workshop on

Physics Meets Philosophy: In Time

Date and venue of the event:
16th September 2015, 1014 Budapest, 30. Országház st. ("Pepita" room)
Additional details are available at the workshop's website.