2024/25 academic year autumn semester

Doctoral School of Philosophy

University of Pécs

Pécs, 29 August 2024.

Training schedule

Training supplement to the doctoral school regulations for first and second year students

Online seminar weekly, MS Teams.

The lessons are in MS Teams Philosophy I. You can enter with a university code.

After enrolment, a code is available, you must take the Philosophy I course in Neptune.

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 timetable is indicative. Participation 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 conditions of fulfilment. The seminars are introductory and students are expected to inform themselves on the topics of the classes, to read and use the internet resources provided and the literature contained therein. The seminars provide the basic philosophical knowledge needed for the complex examination at the end of the fourth semester.

Online seminar, 1.5 hours per week:

Tuesday 16h-17.30h

History of philosophy and philosophy

Accomplishment

In-person participation in the online seminar.
One essayof at least 3 pages, 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 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, until 30 November.

Once the certificates have been received, the semester will be accepted for credit

The lessons provide the basic knowledge required for the complex examination at the end of the fourth semester.

Research seminars ONLINE

Compulsory for all doctoral students.

Online research seminars are usually conducted in the MS Teams Philosophy I interface.

Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgement online

János Boros

Wednesday 10h-11.30h

borosjanos54@gmail.com

Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason online

Ertüngealp Alpaslan and László Halász

Wednesday 18h-19.30h

First seminar 25 September.

aertungealp@gmail.com

laszlohalasz@me.com

MINDoN-Seminar on Artificial Intelligence online

Dóra Rippl, Beáta Laki

By appointment.

ripdor@gmail.com

laki.beata@gmail.com

The philosophy of music online

Ertüngealp Alpaslan

Fortnightly on Sunday, 10.30h

aertungealp@gmail.com

The core members of the doctoral school may organise additional research seminars. This is possible by further individual agreement.

On additional Saturdays, all 1st-4th semester doctoral students (whether or not they have a philosophy degree) will be offered a full-day attendance programme with lectures.

Saturday 21 September

Saturday 9 November

Detailed programme

Tuesday 16h-17.30h

Sources:

https://iep.utm.edu/

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.

September

24 September Before Socrates I. - Lecturer: Dóra Rippl PhD, Assistant Professor

Miletians:

Thales https://iep.utm.edu/thales /

Anaximandros https://iep.utm.edu/anaximan/

Anaximenes https://iep.utm.edu/anaximen/

Pythagoras https://iep.utm.edu/pythagor/

Xenophanes https://iep.utm.edu/xenoph/

Heracleitus https://iep.utm.edu/heraclit/

Eleata:

Parmenides https://iep.utm.edu/parmenid/