GOALS AND ACTIVITIES

Main goals:

• Co-ordination of professional activities

• To cultivate and promote Hungarian philosophical traditions

• Participation in international activities and organizations

• Enlarging professional communication, strengthening channels of information

• Safeguarding of interests

• Popularizing philosophical culture

Activities:

• Special Depatrments in different branches of philosophy, such as: Dep. of Ethics, Dep. of Phenomenology etc.

• Organization and support of regular programmes, open debates, series of lectures, conferences, discussions

• Inviting lecturers with international reputation

• Publishing volumes, newsletter

• Organizing and supervizing middle-school competitions in philosophy with national and international competence

• Representing professional interests in different decision-making organizations, institutions at national level.

The Society is open for new members, currently 460 members registered.

President of HPhS:
Béla BACSÓ

Former Presidents of HPhS:
Ferenc TŐKEI, Tamás NYÍRI, Kristóf J. NYÍRI, Csaba PLÉH, Dezső CSEJTEI.

Special Departments:

• History of Philosophy

• Phenomenology

• Philosophy of Religion

• Hermeneutics

• Ethics

• Middle-School Teachers Work-group

All the Special Departments have indepent time-table and programmes under HPhS umbrella.

Honorary Guest Lecturers: The Hungarian Philosophical Society has the honour to invite a lecturer with international reputation in each year. Thus, we had cheerful occasions in the last years to listen and consult the following personalities: Jaakko Hintikka, Richard Swinburne, Manfred Frank, John Searle, Wolfgang Röd, Anthony A. Long and Pedro Ribas.

Publications:The HPhS has initiated MFT Hírek  in 1994, a newsletter quarterly published and posted for all members. The basic aim is to serve with news, information concerning publications, events with interest for philosophy in Hungarian language.