Program 2022 fall
Doctoral School of Philosophy
University of Pécs
Pécs, 19 September 2022.
Training schedule
2022/23 academic year autumn semester
Training Supplement to the Regulations of the Doctoral School for First and Second Year Students
Online seminar weekly, MS Teams.
Classes are held in MS Teams Philosophy I. You can log in with a university code.
After enrollment code is available, you must take the Philosophy I course in neptun.
Students with an MA in Philosophy or a previous five-year degree will receive individual training, in consultation with their subject leader or the Head of School, for whom the following schedule is indicative. Attendance is not compulsory but is encouraged. For doctoral students with a non-philosophy degree, the following programme constitutes the completion of the 30-credit course Philosophy I. Participation in the seminars is compulsory and forms part of the condition of fulfilment.
Online seminar, 2x1,5 hours per week:
Tuesday 18h
History of Philosophy online
Wednesday 18h
Philosophy online
Completion
In person participation in the online seminar.
One essay of at least 3 pages and no longer than 5 pages. For the topic of most interest to the student: a summary of the work of an author or period and a justification of why the author or period appealed to him/her. The essay should be handed in to the teacher of the chosen topic by prior arrangement. The teacher will send an email to the head of the secretariat, Alexandra Haffner-Kiss, haffner-kiss.alexandra@pte.hu, confirming completion of the assignment
Submission: any time during the semester, by 30 November.
Once the certificates have been received, the semester will be accepted for credit
Courses provide the basic knowledge required for the complex examination at the end of the fourth semester.
Two Saturday days for all 1st-4th semester doctoral students (whether or not they have a philosophy degree), full-day attendance programme with lectures.
Saturday 24 September
Saturday 15 October
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Detailed programme
History of Philosophy
Tuesday 18h
Resources:
https://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
The internet encyclopaedia articles provided are for information only.
The content of each lesson is determined by the teacher, and the teacher's opinion and presentation may differ from the content of the articles.
Most articles end with a bibliography for further understanding and research.
September
20 September Before Socrates I - Lecturer: Dóra Rippl PhD, Assistant Professor
Miletians:
Thales https://iep.utm.edu/thales/
Anaximander https://iep.utm.edu/anaximan/
Anaximenes https://iep.utm.edu/anaximen/
Individuals
Pythagoras https://iep.utm.edu/pythagor/
Xenophanes https://iep.utm.edu/xenoph/
Heraclitus https://iep.utm.edu/heraclit/
Eleata:
Parmenides https://iep.utm.edu/parmenid/
Zeno of Elea https://iep.utm.edu/zeno-par/
Pluralists:
Empedocles https://iep.utm.edu/empedocl/
Anaxagoras https://iep.utm.edu/anaxagor/
Democritus https://iep.utm.edu/democrit/
Leucippus https://iep.utm.edu/leucippu/
27 September Later than 18h,
Before Socrates - Zsolt Garai
Sophists:
Protagoras https://iep.utm.edu/protagor/
Gorgias https://iep.utm.edu/gorgias/
October
4 October Socrates and Plato I - Dóra Rippl
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/
Euthyphro
Kritón
Menón
The Feast (Symposion)
11 October Socrates and Plato II - Dóra Rippl
The State
Parmenides
Theaetetus
18 October later than 18h
Aristotle I - Zsolt Garai
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/
Categories
First Analytics
Physics
Metaphysics
November
8 November 18h Aristotle II - Zsolt Garai
On the soul
Nicomachean Ethics
15 November. Hellenic and Roman Philosophy - János Boros
Epicurus https://iep.utm.edu/epicur/
Early stoa: Zeno of Citium and Cleanthes
Epictetus https://iep.utm.edu/epictetu/
Lucretius https://iep.utm.edu/lucretiu/
Marcus Aurelius https://iep.utm.edu/marcus/
Pyrrhus and Sextus Empiricus https://iep.utm.edu/pyrrho/
Plotinus https://iep.utm.edu/plotinus/
22 November Jesus, The New Testament - János Boros
St Paul and the early church
Church Fathers
Origen https://iep.utm.edu/origen-of-alexandria/
St Augustine (Ausgustinus) https://iep.utm.edu/augustin/
29 November Early Middle Ages - John Boros
Pseudo Dionysius Areopagite https://iep.utm.edu/pseudodi/
Boethius https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/boethius/
John Scotus Eriugena https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scottus-eriugena/
Saint Anselm (and Gaunilo)
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Philosophy
Wednesday 16h-17.30h
September
21 September Introduction. What is philosophy? - János Boros
28 September Logic I. - Krisztián Pete PhD, Assistant Professor
October
5 October Logic II - Pete Krisztián
October 12. The Truth I. - László Kocsis PhD, Assistant Professor
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth/
19 October The Truth II - László Kocsis
November
9 November Theory of Knowledge I - Ferenc András
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
16 November Theory of Knowledge II - András Ferenc
23 November Metaphysics I - László Kocsis
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaphysics/
30 November Metaphysics II - László Kocsis
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Saturday lecture programme
(in person or online)
Location
PTE KPVK, Pécs, Szántó K. J. u. 1.B.
Saturday 24 September
Brief introduction to philosophical research and trends
11h00-11h45 János Boros, Philosophy and its history
11h45-12h30 György Andrássy, Professor, The territoriality and significance of human rights
12h30-13h15 Lunch break
13h15-14h00 Associate Professor Tibor Szolcsányi, Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
14h00-14h45h Attila Sík, Professor, Brain Research and Philosophy
Saturday 15 October
11h00-11h45 János Boros, Philosophy in Western European Universities
11h45-12h30 Zsolt Nemeskéri, Professor, Trends in Economic Philosophy
12h30-13h15 Lunch break
13h15-14h00 Krisztián Pete, Assistant Professor, Theory of Knowledge
14h00-14h45h Zsolt Garai, Textual analysis of Aristotle
