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Three Philosophy students receive Doctoral Students Awards

February 5, 2016

Warmest congratulations to Yuliya Kanygina and László Kajtár, who have been awarded the Award for Advanced Doctoral Students, and to Matthew Baxendale, who has been awarded the Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students.

Well done, guys!

"Matter, Mind and Consciousness" - Summer University Course

January 27, 2016

The application deadline is February 14, 2016 for the summer course run by Central European University on "Matter, Mind and Consciousness"

Applications are invited from high-achieving MA and PhD students, junior faculty, researchers and professionals in universities and other institutions.

Course Director: David Pitt, Department of Philosophy, California State University, Los Angeles, USA

Successful defense of Elena Popa

January 11, 2016

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation by
Elena Popa
on
Causation as Manipulability and Temporal Direction

Supervisor: Ferenc Huoranszki
Members of the Defense Committee:
Federica Russo (University of Amsterdam)
Maria Kronfeldner (CEU)
Chair: Hanoch Ben-Yami

The defense was held on 7 January.
Congratulations Dr. Popa!

Successful defense of Gergő Somodi

November 24, 2015

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation by
Gergő Somodi
on
A Perlocutionary Account of Metaphors

Supervisor: Katalin Farkas
Members of the Defense Committee:
Manuel García-Carpintero (LOGOS, University of Barcelona)
Zsófia Zvolenszky (ELTE)
Chair: Hanoch Ben-Yami

The defense was held on 13 March.
Congratulation Dr. Somodi!

Three Summer University 2016 Courses with CEU Philosophy Faculty

November 12, 2015

This summer the CEU Summer University will offer three summer courses in philosophy or in philosophy and related areas, with instructors from the CEU Philosophy faculty: