News

Successful defense of Münir Cem Kayaligil

August 2, 2016

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation by
Münir Cem Kayaligil
on
Against Mechanismic Realism: A Study on Mechanistic Explanation

Supervisor: Ferenc Huoranszki
Members of the Defense Committee:
Arnon Levy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Maria Kronfeldner (CEU)
Chair: David Weberman

The defense was held on the 29 April
Congratulations, Dr. Kayaligil!

Congratulations on your Graduation!

July 4, 2016

A warm congratulations goes to all of our graduating students. Thank you for being part of our Department and best wishes for your next adventure! The graduation wish goes this year to our fresh Masters of Phillosophy,

Damjan Aleksiev
Errol Ball
Puja Ghosh
Nino Kadic
Anthony Skoviak
Zoe Clements
Zhiwei Gu
Máté Herner
Perica Jovchevski
Chris Kalaitzidis
Abdulhakim Legamo
Kei Takahashi
Tabitha Taylor
Huaming Xu

and to our Doctors of Philosophy in Philosophy,

Damir Cicic, Anton Markoc, Elena Popa and Gergő Somodi.

Tabitha Taylor receives Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

June 20, 2016

We are very proud to announce that Tabitha Taylor received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for this academic year.

The Outstanding Academic Achievement Award is given to graduating Master's students from each department who have achieved the highest GPA (grade point average) based on their coursework performance.

Congratulations Tabitha!

Successful defense of Damir Čičić

June 2, 2016

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation by
Damir Čičić
on
FREE WILL AND RATIONALITY
A DEFENSE OF THE VIEW THAT FREE AND RESPONSIBLE AGENTS CAN PERFORM ONLY THE RIGHT ACTIONS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS

Supervisor: Ferenc Huoranszki
Members of the Defense Committee:
Paul Russell (University of British Columbia & University of Gothenburg)
Howard Robinson (CEU)
Chair: Hanoch Ben-Yami

Successful defense of Anton Markoč

May 31, 2016

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation by
Anton Markoč
on
It's Not the Thought that Counts: An Essay on the Irrelevance of Intentions to the Moral Permissibility of Actions

Supervisor: János Kis
Members of the Defense Committee:
Victor Tadros (University of Warwick)
Simon Rippon (CEU)
Chair: Hanoch Ben-Yami

The defense was held on 12 May.
Congratulations Dr. Markoč!