The HAS SC ILS (Interdisciplinary legal researches group) and the HAS RCH IPH (Practical philosophy and history of political thought research group) kindly invites you to the conference entitled

László Péter and Hungarian Historical Constitutionalism

Organisers: Balázs Fekete and Ferenc Hörcher

Date: 16th April, 2015., Thursday, 12.30

Venue: HAS SC ILS Main Hall (2. floor)

The detailed program of the conference is available 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 of its seminar series:

Rafał Smoczynski

"The gentry informed habitus in social distance strategies of Polish migrants in the UK"

Date and Venue of the lecture: 31st March 2015, 2.00 pm (special start time!), Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.

There is a literature demonstrating internal conflicts within the Polish post-accession migrant community in the UK, which have been explained mainly in terms of migrants’ stiff labour market competition. Without denying the relevance of this argument this presentation assumes that the explanation of the antagonisms affecting Polish migrant community should exceed the perspective of labour market competition alone and needs to acknowledge the role of Polish post-gentry habitus, which provides a repertoire of available discursive strategies used for interpreting antagonistic situations both in Poland and among Poles abroad. It will be argued that the post-gentry habitus can critically legitimise intergroup inequalities in status and symbolic power but also may impact the patterns of a migrant’s integration, linkage to social networks, access to different capital resources, and interactions with the indigenous population.

The Philosophy of Physics Research Group cordially invites you to the following talk:

Hayato Saigo

State as interface

Venue: 1014 Budapest, 30. Országház st.
Date: 19th March 2015. 16:00

Abstract: We discuss a fundamental question, "what is a state of a (quantum) physical system?". Our answer is; a state is an interface between micro and macro, and also, between past and future. We will formulate these ideas in terms of "quantum probability" and make use of them to give a fresh look at so-called "quantum paradoxes".

The History and Philosophy of Science research group of the Institute of Philosophy cordially invites you to the following workshop:

"The Uses and Abuses of Mathematics in Early Modern Philosophy"

Venue: Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street
Date: 10th March, 2015.

Program:
9:50: opening

10-11: Ákos Sivadó: Strength in numbers: How political arithmetick shaped society
11-12: Dana Jalobeanu: Baconian science versus Newtonian science: Revisiting the Kuhnian divide

12-12:30: coffee break

12:30-13:30: Gábor Zemplén: Newton's strategic maneuvering and the historical epistemology of his first optical controversy

13:30-15: lunch break

15-16: Eric Schliesser: Anti-Mathematicism in the 18th century
16-17: Steffen Ducheyne: Petrus van Musschenbroek and empirico-mathematics

17:15-17:30: coffee break

17:30-18:30: Charles Wolfe: Vital anti-mathematicism: Mandeville, Buffon and Diderot