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Curie Virág

Former Faculty
Rank: 
Professor

Gábor Betegh

Former Faculty
Other Affiliations: 
http://philosophy.ceu.edu/

Successful Defense of Michele Luchetti

March 26, 2020
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The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation by

Michele Luchetti
on
Scientific Coordination beyond the A Priori: A Three-Dimensional Account of Constitutive Elements in Scientific Practice

Members of the Defense Committee:

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CEU Philosophy is ranked 37th in the world according to the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject

March 4, 2020
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CEU's global reputation for excellence is confirmed by CEU's performance in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject, with two subjects in the top 50 universities worldwide, three more in the top 50-100, and an additional two in the top 200.

Philosophy received one of the highest ranks, no. 37 in the world (up from 44 in last year's rankings), toping all other philosophy departments in Austria-Hungary.

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First Meeting of the CEU and University of Vienna Philosophy Departments

Giorgione; Three Philosophers; KHM Vienna
Type: 
Conference
Room: 
3rd floor, lecture room 3D
Date: 
October 4, 2019 - 9:30am to 6:00pm
Speaker: 
Hanoch Ben-Yami
Tim Crane
Katalin Farkas
Ferenc Huoranszki
Angela Kallhoff
George Karamanolis
Felix Pinkert
Georg Schiemer
Violetta Waibel
David Weberman
Organizer: 
Tim Crane
Max Kölbel

In October 2019, CEU opens its campus in Vienna. The purpose of this one-day conference is for the CEU Philosophy Department and the Philosophy Department of the University of Vienna to begin to get to know each other, as the beginning of what we hope to be a long and happy relationship.

Programme

9.30 George Karamanolis (Uni Wien) 'The Invention of Value'
10.00 Hanoch Ben-Yami (CEU) ‘The Contingency of Origin’

10.30 Coffee/Tea break

Daniel Kodaj

Rank: 
Visiting Professor
Research Area: 
Logic
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Religion

Scientific Progress and the Search for Truth

Philip Kitcher
Type: 
Vienna colloquium talks
Date: 
October 22, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Speaker: 
Philip Kitcher
Organizer: 
Maria Kronfeldner

Abstract

Scientific progress is often understood in terms of increasing recognition of the truth.  I argue that teleological conceptions of approaching "the truth about nature" are inadequate, and that scientific progress should be understood in terms of problem-solving.  Pragmatic progress consists in resolving the problems that arise and in overcoming limitations.  The account I favor builds on the ideas about truth advanced by Peirce and James, and it recognizes scientific inquiry as inevitably pervaded by a wide range of value judgments.

Maria Kronfeldner promoted to the Rank of Professor

May 14, 2019
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The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Maria Kronfeldner has been promoted to the rank of Professor.

Warmest congratulations, Maria!

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