Conferences

Talks given (in English)                                                                                                                           

Invited Talks

1. "Carnap’s Inferentialism Revisited: Semantics in the Syntax.” On the Evolution of Intension. The University of Manchester, 2024. 05. 14.

2. „Micro and Macro Sociology of Science: Reconsidering Philipp Frank and Thomas Kuhn”. Vienna Circle: History and Legacy. Universität Wien, 2023. 09. 25-28.

3. Szabó Máté és Tuboly Ádám Tamás (2023). „The Institutionalization of formal logic. Alonzo Church and the Review Section of the JSL.” The Formal Turn in Twentieth Century Thought. Wien: Universität Wien. 2022. 02. 15-17.

4. “A Sellarsian solution to the explication problem: Carnap in the space of reasons.” Direct Realism: Historical and Systematic Perspectives. University of Mainz, Germany, 2022. 10. 21-22. [http://american-realism.de/Workshop/Programme/]

5. “A logical empiricist’s another peak: Philipp Frank at Harvard.” Euro-American Migration and the Development of Postwar Philosophy. Tilburg University, Holland, 2022. 08. 22-23.

6.  “The humanistic-educational agenda of positivism: The Case of Philipp Frank.” APSE-CEU-IVC Talks. Wien, Universität Wien, 2021. 10. 28.

7. "The Social Reduction of Physical Theories: The Forgotten Case of Philipp Frank.” Physicalism and Reduction: The Budapest-Jerusalem Twin Workshop. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. 2019. 12. 19-20.

8. „The Land of Liberty and Naturalist Pragmatism: Carnap and Neurath Reaching U.S. Soil.” Wege der Wissenschaftlichen Weltauffassung: Rudolf Carnap und Otto Neurath. 2019. 09. 26-27. Universität Graz, Austria.

9.  „Understanding Metaphysics and Understanding with Metaphysics: A Frank Approach.” Thomas Uebel on Verstehen and Logical Empiricism. University of Pécs, Hungary. 2018. 09. 17.

10. „A Cricket Game, a Train Ticket and a Vacuum to be Filled: Ayer in the Web of Fascism-debates.” The Historical and Philosophical Significance of Ayer’s Language, Truth and Logic. University of Pécs, Pécs. 2018. 09. 19-20.

11.   „Knowledge Missemination: Frank, Stebbing and Joad on the Philosophy of Physicists.” Matter and Life: Historico-logical Issues in Post-1800 Physics and Biology. Sarton Centre for History of Science, Ghent University. 2018. 08. 27.

12.  „Building a New Thursday Circle: Carnap and Frank in Prague.” Der junge Carnap in historischem Kontext: 1918-1935. Universität Konstanz. Germany. 2017. 10. 5-6.

13. „The Reception of Hilbert’s Axiomatic Method in Hungary.” (With Máté Szabó and András Máté.) Hilbert’s Axiomatic Method in Central and Eastern Europe. Czech Republic: Brno. 2017.10.03.

14. “From the Jugendbewegung to the Vienna Circle: Carnap’s Cooperation with Hans Freyer” at the Logical Empiricism, Life Reform, and the German Youth Movement/Logischer Empirismus, deutsche Jugendbewegung und Lebensreform. Universität Wien. 13-14, June, 2016.

15.  “A dilemma for impossible-world theorists.” Issues on the (Im)possible IV – Warm-up. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. 2016. 05. 09.

16. "Philipp Frank and the Crisis of Logical Empiricism.” Sociological Overtones in Logical Empiricism. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. 2016. 04. 11-12.

17. „Reconstructing and contextualizing Philipp Frank’s Science, Facts and Values.” Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium - Institut Wiener Kreis. Universität Wien, Austria. 2016. 03. 17.

18. ”The peculiar reception of modal logic – From C. I. Lewis to Quine.” LaPoM Seminar, Department of Logic, ELTE. Budapest. 2015. 10. 16.

19.  “Quine and Quantified Modal Logic: Against the Received View.” Issues on the (Im)possible – ’Warm-up’ Workshop. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Metaphysical Society, Bratislava. 2014. 05. 29.

20. “’A physical object can also be the manifestation of a cultural one’ – Freyer’s Influence on Carnap’s Aufbau.” Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium-Institut Wiener Kreis. Universität Wien, Austria. 2014. 10. 17.

21. Commentar on Zsófia Zvolenszky’s „Artifactualism and Authorial Creation.” Modal Metaphysics: Issues on the (Im)possible II. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. 2014. 10. 15-16.

Presentations                                                                                                                                                                      

„The 1940-45 Neurath-Carnap Correspondence and its Philosophical Significance.” (With Jordi Cat) HOPOS2018: Carnap’s Correspondence Symposium. Netherlands: University of Groningen. 2018. 07. 9-12.

„Making Logical Positivism Less Logical. The Case of Schlick and von Mises.” The Ethico-Social Dimension of Knowledge: The Mission of Logical Empiricism. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. 2017. 12. 12-13. 

„United by Action. Neurath and Philosophically Engaged Social Actions.” Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium - Institut Wiener Kreis. Universität Wien. 2017. 05. 11.

„Back in the Summer of ’69: The Paradigm-Change Narrative of Kuhn and Logical Empiricism.” The Character of Current Philosophy and Its Methods Conference 2017. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences. 2017. 03. 23-24.

„From ‘Syntax’ to ‘Semantik’ – Carnap’s Inferentialism and Its Prospects.” Why Rules Matters - Workshop on J. Peregrin’s recent book on inferentialism. Prague, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2-4 November, 2016.

„The Role of the Quine-Church Debate in the History of Modal Logic.” Modal Metaphysics – Issues on the (Im)possible IV. Bratislava, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 30-31 August, 2016.

“Why did Quine’s Animadversions against Modal Logic Go Unheard? Church and the Historical Significance of the Reviews of JSL.” Modal Metaphysics – Issues on the (Im)possible III. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Metaphysical Society, Bratislava. 2015. 09. 16-17. [Paper accepted.] [Invited speakers: Daniel Nolan and MarkJago]

„The limits and basis of logical tolerance: Carnap’s combination of Russell and Wittgenstein.” Bertrand Russell SocietyMeeting for 2015. Trinity College, Dublin, 2015. 06. 05-07. [Paper accepted]

„Beyond Russell, Wittgenstein and the Circle – The Cultural Background of Carnap’s Principle of Tolerance.” Theoretical Philosophy Forum, ELTE Department of Logic, Budapest. 2015. 05. 27.

„The Contexts of Carnap’s Der logische Aufbau der Welt.” Second Belgrade Graduate Conference in Philosophy and Logic. Belgrád, Szerbia. 2015. 04. 24-26. [Paper accepted]

„Exceptions and expectations – The late Carnap’s theories of of induction and probability.” If not If Then – The Nature of Exceptions. Graduate Workshop. (With Dr. Roland Poellinger, LMU-MCMP) University of Pécs. 2015. 04. 30.

“Rationality and Conceptual Engineering – A Carnapian picture.” Implementing Intentionality – Graduate Workshop. (Conference with Dr. Roland Poellinger), LMU- MCMP). Pécs, PTE-BTK. 2014. 04. 11.

“Quine and Quantified Modal Logic: Against the Received View.” Issues on the (Im)possible – ’Warm-up’ Workshop. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Metaphysical Society, Bratislava. 2014. 05. 29.

“’A physical object can also be the manifestation of a cultural one’ – The place of Carnap’s Aufbau in the tradition of the sociology of knowledge.” International Arnold Hauser Colloquium in the Sociology of Art and Knowledge. University of Pécs, Pécs, 2014. 06. 06.

„Quine and Quantified Modal Logic: Against the Received View.” Modal Metaphysics: Issues on the (Im)possible II. (Invited Speakers: Takashi Yagisawa, Tuomas E. Tahko) Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava. 2014. 10. 15-16. (Comments by Janine Reinert, Tilburg Center for Logic and the Philosophy of Science, Netherlands)

“Why should we Prefer Propositionersatzism to Strong Possible-Worlds Fictionalism?” Modal Metaphysics – Issues on the (Im)possible. Pozsony. 2013. 09. 19-20. (Invited speakers: John Divers, Francesco Berto)

“Discourse Transposition and Some Pragmatic Alternatives in the Causation Debate” How actual is the actual cause? (Conference with Dr. Roland Poellinger) Pécs, PTE-BTK. 2013. 05. 04.