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Successful defense of Henrique Mendes Goncalves

December 4, 2025
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The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD Dissertation

by Henrique Mendes Goncalves

on Enactivism and the cognitivist triad: Functional roles, representation, and computation 

Supervisor: Tim Crane 

External examiner: Tobias Schlicht (Ruhr-University Bochum)

Internal examiner: Matt Dougherty 

Chair: Ferenc Huoranszki 

Congratulations, Dr. Goncalves!

Strengthening Trust in Science at the ERA Symposium

November 28, 2025
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Maria Kronfeldner (CEU & @knowledgecrisis) contributed to an inspiring discussion at the ERA Symposium organized by @ffg.forschungwirkt, joining the workshop “Strengthening Trust in Science: Ways to Enhance Public Participation.” A key theme was the need to shift how we talk about sciences:

Watch Hanoch Ben-Yami interviewed on the nature of philosophy

November 20, 2025
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Philosophy is...

What is philosophy, and what is its value? Prof. Hanoch Ben-Yami gave an interview at Vilnius University in September 2025. Watch the video here.

"Bloodless Pedantry" - read Prof. Tim Crane's article in The Ideas Letter

October 22, 2025
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Prof. Tim Crane wrote an essay for The Ideas Letter on analytic philosophy and Christoph Schuringa's book: "The academic study of philosophy tends to inspire contempt, from within and from without. [...] As an academic philosopher myself, I often ask: why single philosophy out?"

Read Prof. Crane's article here.

Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

June 17, 2025
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Every year, CEU awards its students who achieve the best GPA for their coursework in their department. Congratulations to Andres Rubio Krohne who received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award 2025 in philosophy!