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CEU Philosophy Department
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BA, MA & PhD (US & EU accredited) | Uniquely combines analytic and historical approaches to philosophy | Among the top analytic philosophy departments in continental Europe.
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SAVE THE DATE! 25.11.25
Colloquium with Sacha Golob (KCL) 3:40 pm – 5:20 pm

Fear, Sallust and Roman Political Theory
Explaining the decline of the Roman Republic, the historian Sallust made a famous claim about the importance of fear, which has influenced writers from Augustine to Schmitt.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
TODAY!
Colloquium with Katalin Farkas (CEU) 3:40 pm – 5:20 pm

Knowledge By Encounter
It is common in philosophy to distinguish knowledge of things or ‘objectual’ knowledge from knowledge of facts.

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#Philosophy #Philsky #CEUVienna
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November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
SAVE THE DATE! 18.11.25
Colloquium with Katalin Farkas (CEU) 3:40 pm – 5:20 pm

Knowledge By Encounter
It is common in philosophy to distinguish knowledge of things or ‘objectual’ knowledge from knowledge of facts.

Join us next Tuesday!
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#Philosophy #Philsky #CEUVienna
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November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Today Asst. Prof. Asya Passinsky, will be giving a talk on “Ameliorative Metaphysics” at the XVII NOMOS Meeting on Katharine Jenkins’s Ontology and Oppression: Race, Gender, and Social Reality at the University of Barcelona!

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#philevent #metaphysics
Asya Passinsky | Department of Philosophy
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November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
TODAY @2pm! Alex Moran (Fribourg) - "Physicalism without Reduction"

Jaegwon Kim argued that ‘a physicalist only has two genuine options, eliminativism and reductionism’.
In his lecture, Moran looks at a specific argument Kim gives for that claim.

#PhilEvent #seeUatCEU #PhilTalk
Physicalism without Reduction
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November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Reposted by CEU Philosophy Department
KiC Postdoc Reasearcher, Camilo Martinez (CEU) discusses his new publication, 'No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation' on New Work in Philosophy.

Read it over on Substack.

#newpublication #newworkinphilosophy #philbsky #coherence #fragmentation #rationality
“No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation” - Camilo Martinez (Central European University)
Forthcoming in Thought
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November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Don't miss Knowledge in Crisis' Free Film Screening!

Come and celebrate this year's World Philosophy Day @filmcasino.bsky.social!

Waking Life (2001) a film from Richard Linklater
5.30pm Thursday 20th November

Grab your Free Tickets below!!
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November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Colloquium TODAY, 3.40pm at CEU @weareceu.bsky.social

Derek H. Brown (University of Glasgow) will present Sensory Engineering and Indirect Perception. He’ll explore how his theory of indirect perception helps explain different kinds of sensory engineering experiences.

Don’t miss it!
#philtalk
Sensory Engineering and Indirect Perception
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
TODAY at 4.30pm!
🎥 Film screening - Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979)

After the film, stay for a guided discussion with Maria Kronfeldner on the film’s philosophical themes — plus pizza! 🍕

With @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social & @fwf-at.bsky.social

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#KiC
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Join us at the Department of Philosophy at CEU for Alex Moran on Physicalism without Reduction.

Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

See link for more details and how to register!
#Philtalk #philosophy
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📢 Save the Date! Tuesday, Nov 11
Colloquium with Derek H. Brown (University of Glasgow)

Sensory Engineering and Indirect Perception
In his talk he’ll explore how his theory of indirect perception helps explain different kinds of sensory engineering experiences.

Don’t miss it!
#philtalk #sensory
Sensory Engineering and Indirect Perception
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November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Colloquium TODAY, 3.40pm at CEU @weareceu.bsky.social
with Lisa Doerksen.

Two Kinds of De Se Ignorance
Providing new support about first-person identity claims, Lisa distinguishes two kinds of de se ignorance, or ignorance about one’s own identity.

#philEvent #seeUatCEU #philosophy #PhilTalk
Two Kinds of De Se Ignorance
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November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Reposted by CEU Philosophy Department
Join us today @15:40 for a colloquium with Lisa Doerksen, #KiC postdoc @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social

Two Kinds of De Se Ignorance
Providing new support about first-person identity claims, Lisa distinguishes two kinds of de se ignorance, or ignorance about one’s own identity.

#philsky #philEvent
Two Kinds of De Se Ignorance
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November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
On Saturday 18th October Asst. Prof. Asya Passinsky (virtually) presented her talk "Ameliorative Metaphysics” at the Workshop on Metaphysics and Social Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University!

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#philtalk #CEUPhilosophy
Workshop on Metaphysics and Social Philosophy | Philosophy
Join the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy for a workshop on metaphysics and social philosophy hosted by Professor Elanor Taylor. Guest speakers will include Maegan Fairchild (University...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎥 Film screening - Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979)

⏰ Friday 07.11 at 4.30pm

After the screening will be a guided discussion with Maria Kronfeldner, plus pizza! 🍕
In collaboration with @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social & @fwf-at.bsky.social

➡️ Register Now!
#Film #philosophy #PhilEvent
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Save the Date! - Tues Nov 4th
Colloquium with Lisa Doerksen, postdoc @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social

Two Kinds of De Se Ignorance
Providing new support about first-person identity claims, Lisa distinguishes two kinds of de se ignorance, or ignorance about one’s own identity.

#philevent #seeUatCEU
Two Kinds of De Se Ignorance
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October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📢 LECTURE 12th November at CEU
The Fifth Estate: A Fresh Look at the Sociology of Knowledge with Peter B. Kaufman (MIT Open Learning)

Places are limited: Register by 6th November to secure your spot!
The Fifth Estate: A Fresh Look at the Sociology of Knowledge
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October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Cryptocurrency: Commodity or Credit?
As part of the In Conversation series of Phinance—the Philosophy and Finance Network, Asst. Prof. Asya Passinsky speaks about commodity & credit theory and how cryptocurrency has revolutionized the institution of money.

#crypto #philtalk #ceuphilosophy
Cryptocurency: commodity or credit? - Asya Passinky@ 'In conversation' - Phinance
Cryptocurrency: Commodity or Credit? Asya Passinsky (Central European University in Vienna) Interviewer: Graham Hubbs (University of Idaho) To this day, many theorists regard the commodity theory…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today is our 16th In-house Philosophy Graduate Conference!

All students who completed one year in the program will present today! The purpose of the event is to give students the chance to present and discuss their research and learn about each other's work.

#CEUPhilosophy #DocPhil #conference
16th In-house Philosophy Graduate Conference
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October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"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?"

Department Professor Tim Crane shares some thoughts in the Ideas Letter @timcrane.bsky.social

#philosophy #ideasletter
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Philosoph Tim Crane (@timcrane.bsky.social), Professor am Department of Philosophy der #CEU: „KI kann keine Meinung haben.“

Im Gespräch mit @diefurche.bsky.social über KI, Bewusstsein, Wissen & den Sinn des Lebens aus atheistischer Sicht.

#Philosophie #KI
#diefurche
Philosoph Tim Crane: „KI kann keine Meinung haben“
Kann ein Computer ein Bewusstsein entwickeln? Kann er etwas wissen? Diese Fragen stellt sich der britische Philosoph Tim Crane. Mit der FURCHE sprach er darüber – und über Religion und den Sinn des…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
APPLY NOW!
Round 1 Admissions close TOMORROW — October 15th! ⏳

Don't miss your chance start your MA in Philosophy at #CEU.
Head to our Admissions page for full details on deadlines, funding opportunities, and how to apply.

👉 philosophy.ceu.edu/application-...

#MAPhilosophy #ApplyNow
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 Applications Open!

Think Deeper with an MA in Philosophy at #CEU
• Internationally renowned faculty
• US & Austria Accredited
• Small classes in English
• Global community
• Weekly colloquium
• Funding available!

Find out more here! buff.ly/pARdIbB

#PhilMasters #StudyPhilosophy #seeUatCEU
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📢 Colloquium Event: Relevant Deontic Logic – A Way Out of Normative Puzzles

FWF researchers Matteo Pascucci & Pietro Vigiani explore how relevant modal logic can clarify the distinction between ought-to-do and ought-to-be statements.

🗓️ Tues, 14 Oct | @ 15:40
📍 CEU

#seeUatCEU #philevent
Relevant deontic logic. A way out of normative puzzles.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM

How to Do Philosophy in a Warzone – A Conversation with Yehor Butsykin

Join us Tuesday, October 7 when Prof. Maria Kronfeldner discusses the challenges of working as a philosopher in the context of war and its contemporary transformations with Prof. Yehor Butsykin.

#PhilEvent #SeeUatCEU #vienna
How to Do Philosophy in a Warzone – A Conversation with Yehor Butsykin
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October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM