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. Visit us at philosophy.ceu.edu/
Looking back on Graduation Day 2026! Congratulations to all our MA students who graduated this year! We look forward to seeing where you go next! If you're thinking about starting an MA Phil, find out more about our 1- or 2-year program on the CEU website: buff.ly/3sJcXBe #graduation #MAPhil #CEU
🔥 VIENNA: Now officially #9 in the world (and #4 in mainland Europe!) in the QS Best Student Cities 2027 rankings. What better place to dive into philosophy? Our #MAPhilosophy at #CEU is now open for applications — first round closes October 15th! More info: buff.ly/MRs9wnZ #studyinvienna
Study MA in Philosophy in Europe
Gain comprehensive training in a top analytic philosophy program in Europe with the Master of Arts in Philosophy at CEU in Vienna.
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TODAY at 10:30 am in Australia - "Against Intelligence". In this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture, Professor Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social shares insights on how the philosophy of AI can help us tackle the real, practical problems that today's AI presents. Info 👇️ #philsky #AI
Against Intelligence
In this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture, discover insights on how philosophy can help us tackle the real, practical problems with today's AI.
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Vladimir Lazurca (PhD 2025) is awarded the Post-DocTrack Fellowship by the OeAW @oeaw.bsky.social. It is awarded to outstanding young scholars working in the humanities and social sciences and supports the completion of publications resulting from the dissertation. More info buff.ly/iDEVyMH
🎓 Our MA Philosophy students have graduated, and we couldn't be prouder! We commend you for the hard work you've all shown throughout your studies with us and can't wait to see where you go next! Congratulations, #ClassOf2026! 👏 Find out more about our MA at: buff.ly/3sJcXBe #Philosophy #MA
Professor Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social was recently a guest on the podcast, 'Working Definition'. In this new episode, Tim talks to Rebecca Lowe about consciousness. 👂️ Listen here!
Working Definition episode 10: Consciousness, with Tim Crane
Listen now | the eleventh episode of my philosophy podcast!
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‼️ Final day to apply for an MA Philosophy with us! Applications for a 2026/27 start close today at midnight! Find out more at our course page: www.ceu.edu/academics/de... #philsky #MAPhil #weareceu #studyvienna
Study MA in Philosophy in Europe
Gain comprehensive training in modern philosophy and the history of philosophy with the Master of Arts in Philosophy at CEU in Vienna
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👏 Congratulations to Klara Hulikova, Ilgar Gapagov, and Tomas Muller for receiving this year's Outstanding Achievement Award in philosophy for highest grade point average based on their coursework performance. Read more about each student and their MA theses. buff.ly/utxS8RU #philsky #weareceu
🔥 New Publication! In the Special issue: Citizenship in the Global Struggles for Democracy, Associate Professor Szabolcs Pogonyi, publishes 'Democratic decline and the rise of illiberal citizenship in Hungary' 📍 Read it here: buff.ly/wS2ujzB #Illiberal #citizenship #democraticdecline #Hungary
🎉 Big news from our department: Professor Katalin Farkas, has been appointed as one of 12 editors at Noûs — one of philosophy's most prestigious journals. 👏 Congratulations, Katalin! #philsky #philosophy #CEUphilosophy #Nousjournal
👏 CONGRATULATIONS! Our alumnus Henrique Mendes Gonçalves (PhD 2025) has been awarded a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Institut de Philosophie - Université de Neuchâtel in Switzerland starting from September 2026. Wishing Henrique all the best in his new position! #postdoc #Ceuphilosophy
What is intelligence, really? At the beginning of the month, Prof. Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social & Dr. Rumman Chowdhury explored that question in a fireside chat on intelligence, human minds, AI, and what sets us apart from the machines we're building. Full recap 👇 #philsky #AI #intelligence
AI Exposes Challenges to How We Define Intelligence
Responsible AI expert Rumman Chowdhury joined CEU’s Tim Crane for a fireside chat presented in collaboration with the European Forum Alpbach and the Austrian Science Fund.
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🏆 2 honourable mentions for our faculty at the CEU Awards 2026! Katalin Farkas & Asya Passinsky placed 3rd and 4th respectively for 'Best Instructor in the Undergrad program'! 👏 Congratulations! Their achievements continue a proud streak, following Camilo Martinez (3rd) & Tim Crane (4th) in 2025!
TODAY! As part of the 'Existence After Kant IV: The Sense of Existence' workshop from King's College London, Professor Katalin Farkas, presents her talk, 'A Sense of Reality'. ⏰️ Today at 10:40 am! More info: buff.ly/pdMFCFS #philsky #existence #reality
Select tickets – Existence After Kant IV: The Sense of Existence – Strand Campus (Bush House SE 2.12)
Existence After Kant IV: The Sense of Existence – Strand Campus (Bush House SE 2.12), Mon 22 Jun 2026 - In this fourth workshop within the Existence after Kant Research Project, we are exploring the…
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CEU ranked #3 in Austria! CEU has been included in the QS World University Rankings 2027 for the first time, achieving a strong debut position at #239 globally and #3 in Austria! Come and join us at the Department of Philosophy! www.ceu.edu/news/2026-06... #philsky #weareceu #studyphilosophy
CEU Makes Historic Debut in QS World University Rankings, Ranked Among the World's Top 250 Universities
Central European University (CEU) has entered the QS World University Rankings for the first time, achieving an impressive debut position of #239 globally and #3 in Austria in the 2027 edition of one ...
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Aeon @aeon.co editors selected Essays that have stood out to them with themes and ideas worth revisiting, bringing together an Editors' Picks Week. Associate professor, Cathy Mason was featured with her essay 'Why love matters most'. Read it below 👇️ #philsky #irismurdoch #love
For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules | Aeon Essays
For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love
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Head of Department, Ferenc Huoranszki, published 'Dreams of a Final Normative Theory: An Essay on the Changing Role of Utopia in Contemporary Political Thought' as a chapter in the book 'Utopia and Democracy'. Read more below 👇️ #philsky #research #publication
Dreams of a Final Normative Theory: An Essay on the Changing Role of Utopia in Contemporary Political Thought
It seems to be a natural task for any normative social theory to provide an account of the basic structure of a political community in which human beings can flourish. To the extent that this…
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Nikhil Mahant, who completed his PhD in philosophy at CEU in 2022, writes about language in Aeon. 👾 His essay, 'Extraterrestrial tongues', imagines how aliens might communicate, prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages. Read it below 👇️ #philsky
Why alien languages could be far stranger than we imagine | Aeon Essays
Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages
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'LLMs cannot tell this difference between truth and untruth. They fabricate sentences by interacting with billions of texts on the Internet.... Every text is good enough if it only fits the prompt.' CEU Professor @timcrane.bsky.social talks about AI and more in der Standard! 👇 #philsky #AI
Knowledge in Crisis@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 2mo agoDirector of research, Tim Crane talks to @derstandard.at about Wikipedia, AI and chatbot errors in an essay: 'Why knowledge is important'. Read it below! #philsky #AI
Yesterday, Key Researcher, Maria Kronfeldner ( @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social ), presented her talk 'Academic Freedom and Foundations of Democracy' at the Beyond Displacement: The Future of Universities and Researchers in Exile Conference in collaboration with CPVA and CEU. Continues today! #philsky
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👀 Publication! Dylan Trigg's 'Review of Susi Ferrarello, The phenomenology of pregnancy and early motherhood' was published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences in October 2025. Read the article here
Review of Susi Ferrarello, The phenomenology of pregnancy and early motherhood, London: Routledge, 2025 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
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CEU Professor Maria Kronfeldner will be at this event on Friday 5th June! Check out the link below for more info! #philsky #philosophy
Knowledge in Crisis@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 2mo agoKey researcher, Maria Kronfeldner @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social is part of the UP Salon @univie.ac.at event 'What Are We Even Doing? Metaphilosophical Conversations Part 2' ⏰ Friday June 5th! 📍 University of Vienna More info here >> upsalon.univie.ac.at/events/detai... #philsky
Dylan Trigg, an FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social Senior Researcher with us recently spoke to @derstandard.at about nostalgia and childhood. Read the article, 'Wie uns Geschmäcker und Gerüche in die Kindheit zurückversetzen', here >> buff.ly/qWDVD4l #derstandard #childhood #nostalgia #philosophy #philsky
💥 TODAY at 11am! Online and in-person Dylan Trigg, FWF Senior Researcher at the department, presents: 'Aesthetics of Catastrophe: on Nostalgia and Dead Malls' at The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz. More info and registration for zoom here 👉️ buff.ly/pid7VKz #philsky #philevent
Dylan Trigg Aesthetics of Catastrophe: on Nostalgia and Dead Malls
With its extensive programme of public events in Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for lively, international and interdisciplinary…
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Levani Sikharulidze, has been awarded an Early-Career Scholar Prize (European Society for Analytical Philosophy) for his paper 'Trusting authoritarian propaganda or pretending to trust it?' He completed his MA studies with us, and is now undertaking his PhD in Barcelona! Congratulations 👏 #Philsky
💥 Our current MA student, Ilgar Gapagov, has published "Nietzschean Self-Overcoming as Self-Annihilation: The Limits of Intelligibility in Bloodborne and Lovecraft" in Games and Culture @journals.sagepub.com Read the full essay here >> buff.ly/OqdWL4d #newpublication #nietzche #bloodborne #philsky
Nietzschean Self-Overcoming as Self-Annihilation: The Limits of Intelligibility in Bloodborne and Lovecraft - Ilgar Gapagov, 2026
This essay provides an interpretation of Bloodborne, with the aim of shedding light on an issue that late modernity is facing. The paper argues that Bloodborne ...
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Tonight postdoc Camilo Martinez joins Pint of Science Austria, with his talk 'Fake Experts: A Taxonomy'. It is already sold out but read more about it here >> buff.ly/ghsNnaT Pint of Science brings researchers directly to your local bar to share their latest findings! #pint26
🔥 TODAY! Postdoc Researcher, Lisa Doerksen, presents “Objectivity and Subjective Facts” at 'Self-Knowledge in Debate' @uni-graz.at This 2 day workshop features talks from postdocs @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social and 3 Author Meets Critics sessions on books around the topic of self-knowledge #philsky
Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social, from the department and also @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social contributes a guest piece in the FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social Annual Report. He explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we handle knowledge and facts. Read it below 👇️ #philsky
Förderbilanz und Jahresbericht des FWF
Alle Förderstatistiken des FWF zu Österreichs Grundlagenforschung im Überblick
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