2015-08-12 20:00
Charles Taylor is a prominent figure of contemporary philosophy. His works are indispensable points of reference in the discussions concerning multiculturalism, communitarianism, and liberalism. In 2007, he was awarded the Templeton Prize; in 2008, he received the prestigious Kyoto Prize. In...
2014-02-17 14:15
Ferenc Huoranszki’s recent book – Freedom of the Will: A Conditional Analysis – tries to answer some of the oldest metaphysical questions about free will. Huoranszki has three main theses. The first is a traditional form of compatibilism: he claims that we have moral...
2011-09-12 19:12
You need to read much to see how little you know.
- Lia Chin
As the book's preface states, Meister Eckhart is known in a lot of ways; viewed as either a great mystic, a theologist, a reformer of the German language or a philosopher, his influence is unquestionable. After reading his works...
2011-07-26 10:21
In this world, you can't really talk about the centuries following Jesus Christ without mentioning Saint Augustine. Whatever questions you may ask about the second part of ancient history, Augustine will have at least one answer for it. Published in 2010, "The End of Ancient Christianity...
2011-06-17 07:36
John Paul II., beatified a couple weeks ago, intoduced new themes in his traditional two-hour-long Wednesday catechisms, not long after his election in 1979. Many were surprised by these lectures, mostly because of the choice of topics. However, he became more and more popular as people started...
2011-05-21 23:23
The Subject’s Point of View, a book written by Katalin Farkas is an especially remarkable achievement in the Hungarian philosophical life, not only because it was published by one of the main publishers in the international field of philosophy, but also because it increases the number of...
2011-04-19 13:21
The February issue of the periodical Vigilia featured four authors' articles on The God Delusion by 70-year-old Richard Dawkins infamous for his radical atheism. The four authors are Fr. Ferenc Patsch professor of philosophy at Sapientia University, Tamás Hankovszky and Balázs...
2011-04-10 22:56
The discovery of mystical experience, or the mystical in the proper sense, is the special merit of Gerda Walther. Despite the publication of her book (The Phenomenology of the Mystical) the field remained largely untouched during the past decades. Let me suggest some possible reasons of this...
2011-03-17 22:17
The judgement of the 20th century has been a widely disputed topic for decades. In various ways, many have tried to describe this era living deep inside us. "The Century" by Alain Badiou is one of these large-scale attempts published in Hungary in Typotex' Radical Thinkers series,...
2011-03-09 00:42
Most of you might not recognise the name C. S. Lewis, especially if you see it among philosophers. However, if he's mentioned as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, most of you will remember through memories of reading books and watching movies, especially as the director of the Narnia...