2023/2024 academic year spring semester
Doctoral School of Philosophy
University of Pécs
Pécs, 16 January 2024.
Training schedule
2023/2024 academic year spring semester
For doctoral students in semesters 1-4, online seminars every week.
Online: MS Teams - Doctoral School of Philosophy.
Study days (Saturday) for all students enrolled at the doctoral school, with personal attendance. The study days and conferences are organised for all students of the school, so attendance by philosophy graduates is expected.
Students with an MA in Philosophy or a previous five-year degree will attend individual training in agreement with their subject leader or the school head, online training is not compulsory but they may attend classes.
For doctoral students with a non-philosophy degree, participation in the following programme is a prerequisite for fulfilling the semester requirements. Participation in seminars is compulsory.
Online seminar, 1.5 hours per week:
Tuesday 16h-17.30h
Contemporary philosophy
A 15-minute English summary at the end of the presentations.
Accomplishment
- In-person participation in the online seminar.
- Minimum 3 pages, essay 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 them. The essay should be submitted 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, confirming completion, haffner-kiss.alexandra@pte.hu
Submission: any time during the semester, until 15 May.
Once the certificates have been received, the semester will be accepted
In addition to the basic philosophical knowledge required for doctoral studies, the courses provide the basic knowledge of the history of philosophy and philosophy required for the complex examination at the end of the fourth semester.
Research seminars and individual consultations
It is compulsory for all doctoral students to choose it from the teachers and supervisors of the doctoral school. The supervisor will hold individual consultations for students working under his/her supervision, according to an agreed schedule and programme. The unit value of the individual consultation is the same as that of the research seminar. One research seminar or individual consultation in one semester is sufficient for the purposes of credit and semester credit. It is of course possible and recommended to attend more than one seminar.
The school's thematic and research programmes are available on the website. For guidance and research advice, contact the school's teachers directly.
The following seminars are advertised as classes, for which students can register by e-mailing the teacher. All online seminars, unless otherwise specified by the teacher, are available on the MS Teams Philosophy Doctoral School interface.
Ferenc András, Donald Davidson's communication model and understanding
By appointment
György Andrássy, Convergent and divergent thinking (online seminar).
By appointment
János Boros, Immanuel Kant, The Critique of Judgement
Wednesday 10h-11.30h
A continuation of the seminar started in previous semesters. We ensure a smooth integration of students who have just been admitted.
Dóra Dergez-Rippl, Beáta Laki, MINDoN-Seminar on Artificial Intelligence
By appointment
There will be three study days on Saturdays and two conferences.
25 January. Neurophilosophy Symposium
https://mitt2024.mitt.hu/programme/detailed-program
2 March Saturday Pécs
23 March Saturday Pécs
20 April Saturday Pécs
Friday 3 May Immanuel Kant 300
The Doctoral School Conference on the 300th anniversary of the birth of Immanuel Kant
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Detailed programme
History of philosophy
Tuesday 16h-17.30h
Sources:
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 point of view and the content of his/her lecture may differ from the content of the articles.
At the end of most articles, a bibliography is provided to allow further understanding and research.
To use the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= YcRcTxrIfXs
Conference
25 January. Neurophilosophy Symposium
https://mitt2024.mitt.hu/programme/detailed-program
Online presentations
Twentieth century and contemporary philosophy
30 January.
John Rawls' theory of justice
János Boros
6 February.
The philosophy of music
Alpaslan Ertüngealp, PhD candidate PTE, conductor, former assistant to Claudio Abbado
13 February.
Wilfrid Sellars, the manifesto and the scientific worldview
Krisztián Pete PhD, Assistant Professor, PTE
20 February.
The branch
László Halász PhD (ETH Zurich), PhD candidate PTE
27 February.
Hermeneutics
Ferenc Patsch, Professor, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
5 March.
Contemporary analytic metaphilosophy
István Danka, Associate Professor, Budapest University of Technology
12 March.
Convergent and divergent thinking in scientific research: contributions of philosophy of science to researcher self-awareness and perspectives
György Andrássy, Professor PTE
19 March 19.
Robert Brandom
Tibor Szolcsányi, PhD Assistant Professor, PTE
9 April.
The metaphysics of modality - possible worlds
László Kocsis, PhD Assistant Professor, PTE
16 April.
Meaning and understanding
Ferenc András, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pannonia
Conference
Friday 3 May Immanuel Kant 300
The Doctoral School Conference on the 300th anniversary of the birth of Immanuel Kant
*
Saturday study days
March 2.
11h-12.00h Jolán Orbán professor PTE
Jacques Derrida and deconstruction
12.00h-12.30h Break
12.30h-13.30h Ádám Tamás Tuboly senior research fellow
MTA Lendület Programme tubolyadamtamas@gmail.com
Possible worlds, David Lewis
13.30h-13.45h Break
13.45h-14.45h János Boros Professor PTE
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Saturday 23 March
11h-12.00h Tibor Szolcsányi Assistant Professor PTE tibor.szolcsanyi@aok.pte.hu
Inferentialism and deontic logic
12.00h-12.30h Break
12.30h-13.30h Alpaslan Ertüngealp Associate Professor
University of Monza aertungealp@gmail.com
Music and philosophy
13.30h-13.45h Break
13.45h-14.45h János Boros Professor PTE
Immanuel Kant, The Critique of the Practical
Saturday 20 April
11h-12.00h László Halász PhD (ETH Zurich, PTE), scientific researcher
Mental models
12.00h-12.30h Break
12.30h-13.30h Zsolt Garai garaizs@gmail.com
The philosophy of Donald Davidson
13.30h-13.45h Break
13.45h-14.45h János Boros Professor PTE
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgement
Friday 3 May Immanuel Kant 300
The Doctoral School Conference on the 300th anniversary of the birth of Immanuel Kant
