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Ferenc Hörcher's chapter in a volume on tradition and rationalism

Ferenc Hörcher's chapter "Two Concepts of Practical Knowledge in Politics: Oakeshott and MacIntyre in Comparison" was published in the volume entitled "Tradition v. Rationalism, Voegelin, Oakeshott, Hayek and Others", edited by Lee Trepanier and Eugene Callahan and published by the Lexington Books branch of Rowman and Littlefield, in its series of Political Theory for Today. The study investigates the role of practical wisdom in politics, in the oeuvres of two 20th century British philosophers, the conservative Michael Oakeshott and Alasdair MacIntyre, who defines his position as revolutionary Aristotelianism.

The Early Works of Arnold Hauser - A reader

Issue no. 91 of the art theory journal, Enigma has been recently published. Deodáth Zuh, our colleague figures there as guest editor of Arnold Hauser's early works and makes an attempt to cast new light on the genesis of Hauser's sociologically informed theory of art by tracing them back to his Budapest, resp. Vienna period. Present issue contains a series of pre-war Hungarian articles, and an originally German essay on the process of gathering samples for an interpretive sociology of film. Some freshly processed documents, and a lengthy editorial introduction completes this collection of texts. Issue No. 91 of Enigma is a joint product of Research Group for Art Historiography of RCH HAS, and MTA Lendület Morals and Science Research Group. It was dedicated to the loving memory of Árpád Tímár.

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Special Issue on the Life and Work of Philipp Frank

The latest special issue of Studies in East European Thought on The Life and Work of Philipp Frank, edited by Adam Tamas Tuboly, has been published.

2016 marked the 50th anniversary of Philipp Frank’s (1884–1966) death. As a physicist-turned-philosopher, Frank played an important role in developing the Vienna Circle’s scientific world-conception [wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung] in Vienna and later in Prague with Rudolf Carnap. He was also responsible for the dissemination of the ideas of logical empiricism and modern scientific thought for the layman, which task he continued in the United States through the institutionalization of the unified science movement. This special issue aims to bring new perspectives to the texts and contexts of Frank, originating in a special Eastern- European context, to understand the rise and decline of his thinking, (meta-) philosophical commitments, and projects.

1. Adam Tamas Tuboly: Editorial Introduction: Philipp Frank, a physicist-turned philosopher.
2. Gerald Holton: Philipp Frank and the Wiener Kreis: from Vienna to Exile in the USA
3. Anne Siegetsleitner: Philipp Frank on relativity in science and morality
4. George Reisch: Pragmatic engagements: Philipp Frank and James Bryant Conant on science, education, and democracy
5. Amy Wuest: Simplicity and scientific progress in the philosophy of Philipp Frank
6. Adam Tamas Tuboly: Philipp Frank’s decline and the crisis of logical empiricism

Paper by Ferenc Hörcher on Mimesis in the journal Aisthesis

Ferenc Hörcher's paper on "Dramatic Mimesis and Civic Education in Aristotle, Cicero and Renaissance Humanism" has been published in Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 87-96, Jul. 2017. ISSN 2035-8466. Available here.
The paper addresses the Aristotelian analysis (and its aftermath) of the concept of dramatic mimesis from a social and cultural angle, with special interest in its fostering sociability.

Paper by Ádám Tamás Tuboly

Ádám Tamás Tuboly's paper on "Carnap's Weltanschauung and the Jugendbewegung: the story of an omitted chapter" has been published in Friedrich Stadler's "Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: Problems, Perspectives, and Case Studies" (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, vol. 20. Springer 129-144) volume. The paper deals with the question that why did Carnap cut from his famous intellectual autobiography that chapter which describes his influential years in the so-called German Youth Movement (Jugendbewegung).

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