Master's Programs


Master's in Logic and Philosophy of Science
(in English)

The Logic and Philosophy of Science Master's Program was launched in September 2010. The program is open to students from all over the world with a BA or BSc degree in philosophy, mathematics, physics, computer science, linguistics, social science, and all related fields.

The curriculum includes core courses in logic and formal approaches to philosophy of science, and advanced optional courses in logic, philosophy of mathematics, foundations of physics, logical methods in linguistics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and formal models in social sciences. Students can choose a focus according to their own fields of interests. In general, the program is research oriented, aiming to prepare students for a PhD program.

A selection of special courses offered in the last years:
Alternative set theories
Causality, determinism, and quantum mechanics
Combinatorial logics
Definability theory
First-orderization of special relativity theory
Formal approaches to Wittgenstein's philosophy
From spacetime physics to the metaphysics of space and time
Paradoxes, circularity, well-foundedness
Proper names: theories of meaning and reference
The metaphysics of fictional characters
The modal logic of branching spacetime
The semantics of natural kind terms
Universal algebraic logic
(For further details, see the curriculum here.)

The program is administered by the Department of Logic, in cooperation with other departments and research institutes in Budapest, especially with the Algebraic Logic Group of Rényi Institute of Mathematics.

The department organizes and hosts a weekly colloquium: Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar (LPS). Our MA and PhD students regularly and actively participate in these events.

The faculty includes:

Hajnal Andréka (Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
Zalán Gyenis (Institute of Mathematics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics )
Gábor Hofer-Szabó (Research Institute of Philosophy)
László Kálmán (Research Institute for Linguistics)
Judit X. Madarász (Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
András Máté (Department of Logic,Eötvös)
Péter Mekis (Department of Logic, Eötvös
István Németi (Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
Ildikó Sain (Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
László E. Szabó (Department of Logic, Eötvös)
Zsófia Zvolenszky (Department of Logic, Eötvös)


Admissions Information for International Students:
https://apply.elte.hu/courses/course/104-ma-logic-and-theory-science

For Hungarian students:
http://www.felvi.hu

Scholarship possibilities for foreign students:
Stipendium Hungaricum
Fulbright (for US citizens)

If you have any questions, please contact András Máté:
mate.andras@btk.elte.hu

 


Current Students
in the Logic and Theory of Science MA Program


Joshua Ballard-Myer
joshbm20@gmail.com


BSc: Georgia College & State University (Physics and Mathematics)


(Logic, Foundations of Mathematics, Metaphysics,
Philosophy of the Mind)


Harry Nicholls
harryjoshuanicholls@gmail.com

MSc: University of East Anglia UK (Combination Applied and Pure Mathematics)

(Philosophy of Physics, Reconciling Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity)

Daria Goriacheva
goriacheva@student.elte.hu

MA: National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Political Science, German and European studies)

(Security studies, Philosophy, Linguistics)

Dalma Dévényi
hippmoss@gmail.com

BA: Pázmány Péter Catholic University (aesthetics)

(philosophy and history of natural sciences)

Zhanat Danebaev
zhanatdane@mail.ru

BA:  Ablai Khan University (English, ELT)

(sociolinguistic aspects in education)

Tseden-ish Gangaa
gtsednee@yahoo.com

BA: University of Mongolia ( economics)

(metaphysics, philosophy of language)

Dávid Péter
peterdavid0101@gmail.com

BA: Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, (Philosophy)

(bioethics, philosophy of AI)

Mouhamed Bounguicha
bounguicha_mouhamed@live.com

BSc: Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte,Tunisia (Physics)

(quantum mechanics, statistical physics, philosophy of science)




Past Students
in the Logic and Theory of Science MA Program


Jean Eid
jean.eid@lau.edu

BS in Mathematics: Lebanese American University - Lebanon
Teaching Diploma: Lebanese American University - Lebanon
Research interests include: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Game Theory, Education.

Mátyás Lagos
lagosmatyas@gmail.com

BA: Eötvös Loránd University (English studies)
MA: Eötvös Loránd University (Theoretical linguistics)

Teymur Ismikhanov
ismixan.teymur@gmail.com

BSc: ADA University (Baku, Azerbaijan), in Computer Science
(logic, foundations of mathematics, formal languages, theoretical computer science, philosophy of science and mathematics)

Nicolás Montenegro
mechalla17@gmail.com

BA: University of Rosario, Bogota, Colombia; Philosophy

(philosophy and history of science)

Ediz Akatlar
edizakatlar@gmail.com

BA: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey, (Philosophy)

(metaphilosophy, philosophy of language, history of logic)

Dániel Kovács
kovacsdaniel076@gmail.com

BA: Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Sociology
email: kovacsdaniel076@gmail.com
Konstantin Frolov
konstantin-frolov@ya.ru

MA: St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy, MA program “Logic, argumentation, communication”.
Gábor Czímer
czimer86@gmail.com

BA: Constantine the Philosopher University, Nyitra (Slovakia), Hungarian language and literature; physics

(Philosophy of physics)

Dávid András Imre
imredavidandras@gmail.com

BA: Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Linguistics and Literature

András Dukán
dukanaf@gmail.com

BSc: Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, physics

Sunil Kumar Sekar
sunilkumarsekar@gmail.com

B.Tech: National Institute of Technology - Trichy, India (Instrumentation and Control)

(Philosophy of Physics (Quantum Mechanics and Relativity), 'Time' in Philosophy and Physics, Metaphysics)

Aidana Smagul
asmagul160894@gmail.com

BA: Suleyman Demirel University - Almaty, Kazakhstan
(Translation Studies: Kazakh, Russian, Turkish, English)

(Philosophy of language, logical methods in linguistics)

Áron Dombrovszki
d_aron@outlook.com

BA: University of Pécs, Hungary (Philosophy)



Övge Öztürk
ovgeovge@gmail.com

BA: Anadolu University (Eskişehir, TURKEY); Philosophy


Amitayu Banerjee
banerjee.amitayu@gmail.com

BSc: Chennai Mathematical Institute, (Siruseri, India), Mathematics and Computer Science




William Brown
williamjosephbrown@gmail.com

BA: University Paris IV-Sorbonne, philosophy


Péter Juhász
petya.juhasz@gmail.com

MSc: Business Information Technologist, Corvinus University of Budapest

Ka Yue Cheng
chengkayue@gmail.com

BSc: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Mathematics)

Alain Moreno
alaingonzalo@outlook.com

BA:
University of the Pacific (Peru), economics

( Experimental Economics, Behavioral Finance and Logic)
Mihajlo Radivojevic
mihajlor_ns@yahoo.com

BA: University of Novi Sad (Serbia), philosophy

(philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology)

Réka Markovich
markovich.reka@yahoo.com

(Deontic logic, the relation of math with law, formal semantics, philosophy of language)

Angelika Kiss
angianeten@gmail.com

BA: Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Far Eastern Studies

(Philosophy of Language, Formal Semantics, Pragmatics, Linguistic Politeness)








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Master's in Philosophy

The Department of Logic participates in the Philosophy MA program by offering various MA level courses in the field of
  • Logic
  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • History of Logic and Mathematics
  • Philosophy of Physics
  • General Philosophy of Science
  • Analytical Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Language
  • Formal Semantics
according to the profile of the Department. (For the list of recently available courses, see here .) Faculty from the Department also supervise MA theses.

For further information about studying philosophy at the Department of Logic and at Eötvös University in general, please, visit our web page "For Future Students" (in Hungarian).







 
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