Programmes

Roundtable talk On the Usefulness of the Humanities

The Hungarian Acadmy of Sciences cordially invites you to a public roundtable discussion entitled On the Usefulness of the Humanities, to be held on the 21st January, 2015, at 1051 Budapest, Széchenyi István square 9.

The discussion is based primarily on Ferenc Hörcher's (the director of the Institute of Philosophy) recently published bilingual (Hungarian and English) book of the same title.

Participants of the discussion: László Lovász, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, József Hámori, member of the Academy, Csaba Pléh, member of the Academy, Lajos Vékás, member and vice-president of the Academy, Pál Fodor, director of the Research Centre for the Humanities of the Academy, and Ferenc Hörcher, director of the Institue of Philosophy. More details are available here.

Seminar Series: Péter Varga

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:

Péter Varga

"Philosophy as a Rigorous Science during Wartime: The Problem of the Great War's Impact on Philosophy, via the Example of Edmund Husserl" (given in Hungarian)

Date and Venue of the lecture: 13rd January 2015, 4.00 pm, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.

Talk by Falk Wunderlich

The History and Philosophy of Science research group of the Institute of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk by Dr. Falk Wunderlich (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) entitled "A Transsylvanian in Göttingen. Michael Hißmann (1752-1784) and German Radical Enlightenment". The talk is scheduled at 4 pm on the 9th of January. The talk has been sponsored by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the National Cultural Fund of Hungary, EU-Fire Kft. and Equilor Zrt.

Seminar Series: János Tőzsér

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:

János Tőzsér

"The Later Wittgenstein on Philosophy and Philosophical Problems" (given in Hungarian)

Date and Venue of the lecture: 9th December 2014, 4.00 pm, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 30. Országház Street, 2. floor, "Pepita" room.

Meeting of the Aesthetics Reading Group

The Institute is very pleased to announce the first meeting of the MTA Aesthetics Reading Group, taking place this Friday at 15:00, in room 028 of the Institute of Philosophy Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Science, 1014 Budapest, Úri st. 53.

Our first topic will be Sublime and Art. We are starting off with paper by Jane Forsey, 'Is a Theory of the Sublime Possible?'

If you have any questions please contact Mojca Küplen on her mobile phone: 0036702082153 or via email: kuplen.mojca at btk.mta.hu