Paper by Márton Gömöri in Foundations of Physics
Márton Gömöri's study "On the Very Idea of Distant Correlations" has been published in Foundations of Physics. The paper points to a yet unanalyzed conceptual component of statistical correlation and shows how this aspect may give us a new way to understand the famous EPR correlations in quantum mechanics.
Hungarian thematic issue of Filozofia
Hungarian thematic issue of journal Filozofia appears focussed on the topic of the historiography of the Hungarian philosophy with writings of the fellows of our Institute
Ferenc Hörcher participates at a session on Trust and values in a global perspective at IASK
Ferenc Hörcher participates today at the afternoon session of the Winter School of IASK at Kőszeg, on Trust and values in a global perspective. His position paper is entitled "Of the spatial and personal aspects of the confinement of political trust".
Date: 27th February, 2020., 2.30-4.00 pm
Venue: IASK, Chernel street 14, H-9730 Kőszeg
International Book Launch of Ferenc Hörcher's Book in Political Philosophy
Ferenc Hörcher's new book is entitled A Political Philosophy of Conservatism. Prudence, Moderation and Tradition (Bloomsbury, 2020). The international book launch will feature two prominent foreign scholars:
Robert Grant (Prof. emeritus, Glasgow University)
Ryszard Legutko (Professzor, Jagiellonian University, Kraków)
The roundtable talk will be hosted by John O’Sullivan, president of Danube Institute. The author will also participate at the roundtable.
Date: 19 February, 2020, 5 pm
Venue: NUPS, Ludovika Main Building, Zrínyi Hall (2 Ludovika tér, 1083, Budapest)
Everyone is welcome, please register here.
Paper by Balázs Gyenis in Foundations of Physics
Balázs Gyenis' study "Determinism, Physical Possibility, and Laws of Nature" has been published in Foundations of Physics. The paper calls attention to different formulations of how physical laws relate to what is physically possible in the philosophical literature, and argue that it may be the case that determinism fails under one formulation but reigns under the other. The text is available here.
Talk by Tim Crane
The Institute of Philosophy, RCH, cordially invites you to the upcoming talk
Tim Crane (CEU)
What is religious belief?
Abstract:
Many philosophers and other commentators think of religious belief as a combination of proto-cosmological belief and moral belief or moral precepts: a theory of the universe plus a theory of how to behave. This conception of religious belief does not seem to have room for what is one of the most obvious and central features of religion: religious practice. Why should a combination of cosmology and morality give rise to practices like going to church, mosque or synagogue? In this talk I sketch an alternative conception of religious belief that gives an answer to this question.
Commentator: Bettina Szabados (Institute of Philosophy, RCH)
Venue: 4 Tóth Kálmán str., 1097 Budapest, B.7.16. (room 'Trapéz')
Date: 21 January 2020 (Tuesday), 2pm
English Language Monograph by Ferenc Hörcher
Ferenc Hörcher authored an English language monograph, entitled A Political Philosophy of Conservatism. Prudence, Moderation and Tradition. It has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United Kingdom. The volume offers a sketch of a comprehensive political philosophy, which aims to replace justice with prudence in the heart of political thought.
The Table of Content and short description of the book is available here.
It is recommended by Professor James Hankins from the Department of History of Harvard University.
Jerusalem-Budapest twin workshop 2: Physicalism and reduction
The Research Group for Philosophy of Physics, BTK Institute of Philosophy, cordially invites you to its upcoming workshop:
Jerusalem-Budapest twin workshop 2: PHYSICALISM AND REDUCTION
Venue: 1097 Budapest, 4 Tóth Kálmán str., B.7.16. (room "Trapéz")
Date: 19-20 December 2019 (Thu-Fri)
For details see workshop webpage.
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