Ferenc Hörcher's new book is entitled A Political Philosophy of Conservatism. Prudence, Moderation and Tradition (Bloomsbury, 2020). The international book launch will feature two prominent foreign scholars: 

Robert Grant (Prof. emeritus, Glasgow University)
Ryszard Legutko (Professzor, Jagiellonian University, Kraków)

The roundtable talk will be hosted by John O’Sullivan, president of Danube Institute. The author will also participate at the roundtable.

Date: 19 February, 2020, 5 pm
Venue: NUPS, Ludovika Main Building, Zrínyi Hall (2 Ludovika tér, 1083, Budapest)

Everyone is welcome, please register here.

The Institute of Philosophy, RCH, cordially invites you to the upcoming talk

Tim Crane (CEU)
What is religious belief?

Abstract:

Many philosophers and other commentators think of religious belief as a combination of proto-cosmological belief and moral belief or moral precepts: a theory of the universe plus a theory of how to behave. This conception of religious belief does not seem to have room for what is one of the most obvious and central features of religion: religious practice. Why should a combination of cosmology and morality give rise to practices like going to church, mosque or synagogue? In this talk I sketch an alternative conception of religious belief that gives an answer to this question.

Commentator: Bettina Szabados (Institute of Philosophy, RCH)

Venue: 4 Tóth Kálmán str., 1097 Budapest, B.7.16. (room 'Trapéz')
Date: 21 January 2020 (Tuesday), 2pm

The Research Group for Philosophy of Physics, BTK Institute of Philosophy, cordially invites you to its upcoming workshop:

Jerusalem-Budapest twin workshop 2: PHYSICALISM AND REDUCTION

Venue: 1097 Budapest, 4 Tóth Kálmán str., B.7.16. (room "Trapéz")
Date: 19-20 December 2019 (Thu-Fri)

For details see workshop webpage.

Ferenc Hörcher is giving a talk at The Institute of Adanced Studies Kőszeg, on 12 November 2019. His talk is entitled "Nationalism and Conservatism in Contemporary Europe, with Special Attention to Britain and the V4 Countries”.

The BTK Lendület Morals and Science Recearch Group cordially invites you to the panel discussion on

The Future of the Humanities in a Disruptive World
Debating Challenges and Opportunities

with

Karla Pollmann
Dean of the Faculty of Arts,
University of Bristol

Confirmed discussants:
Tim Crane
Tamás Demeter
István Kenesei
Gábor Kiss Farkas
Benedek Láng
Csaba Pléh
Iván Szelényi
Gábor Zemplén

The focal points of the discussion will be:
-The function of the Arts and Humanities in a Changing World: how to Innovate the Curriculum?
-What is "Progress" in the Arts and Humanities?
-Application and Commercialization in Higher Education - Opportunities and Limits
-How to Organize Successful Inter- and Multidisciplinarity in Challenge-led Research Clusters?

Date of the event: 4th of November, 2019, 10 AM
Venue of the event: Research Centre for the Humanities, 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán st. 4., 7th Floor, Trapéz Room