Gergely Kertész has given a talk on "Teleology, goal-directedness and self-organization: how to best revive teleology in the context of biology" in the seminar series, organised by teloi.org on the 28th of January 2021. The video of his talk is accessible here.
Gábor István Bíró has given a talk on "Money Circles, Sensible Citizens and the Walt Disney of Economics: Michael Polanyi and the First Economics Film, 1929 to 1945" at the annual conference of the Polanyi Society on the 9th of June, 2020. The video of his talk is accessible here.
Adam Tamas Tuboly is giving a talk on "The Social Reduction of Physical Theories: The Forgotten Case of Philipp Frank" at the workshop on Physicalism and Reduction in Budapest on the 20th of December 2019.
Our research group cordially invites you to its upcoming workshop on
Early Modern Theories of Society
Date of the event: 15th of November, 2019.
Venue of the event: 1097 Budapest, 4. Toth Kalman st., 7th floor
Programme
11:00 - 12:00: Alissa Macmillan: "'O visions ill forseen': Hobbes, Milton, and Cavendish on Knowledge of the Future"
12:00 - 13:00: Bartholomew Begley: "Rousseau, Ranciere, and the Science of Politics"
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00: Ted McCormick: "Relocating Political Arithmetic: Quantification, Transmutation, and the Making of Population, 1500-1800"
15:00 - 16:00: Akos Sivado: "A Hundred Years Too Early: William Petty and Statistical Reasoning about Society"
Our research group cordially invites you to its upcoming event:
The Future of the Humanities in a Disruptive World
Debating Challenges and Opportunities
A panel discussion 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
