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Causality


lecture course (in English) 
(Thu 14:00 - 15:30, Múzeum krt. 4/i  Room -104.)

The first class of the course: September 22

Codes:

BBN-FIL-401.44
BBV-020.44
BMA-FILD-401.44
BMA-LOTD-206.04
BMA-LOTD-208.06
BMI-LOTD-208E.6
BMVD-020.44
TANM-FIL-401.44


What does causation consist in, and, depending on the possible answers, what are the basic characteristics of a causal relationship? -- this is the main topic of the lecture course.  We shall also discuss the most important contexts of causality: the relationship of causality to concepts of explanation, law-like regularity, statistical correlation, time, modality, and logical inference. Our considerations will be based on the analysis of the causal narratives in our scientific, first of all, physical theories; rather than our every day experiences or common sense intuition.


The lecture slides will be available in a pdf file.

Further suggested readings:

  • E. Szabó László: A nyitott jövő problémája - véletlen, kauzalitás és determinizmus a fizikában, Typotex Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2002. (A könyv javított digitális kiadása PDF formában letölthető innen.)
  • Causation, Oxford Readings in Philosophy, E. Sosa and M. Tooley, eds., Oxford University Press (1997)
  • Huoranszki F. (2001): Modern metafizika, Osiris Kiadó, Budapest. 
  • Belnap, N. (1992): Branching space-time, Synthese 92, 385.
  • H. Reichenbach: The philosophy of space and time, Dover Publications, New York, 1958.
  • G. Hofer-Szabó, M. Rédei, L. E. Szabó: The Principle of the Common Cause, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • E. Szabó László, Gyenis Balázs, Gyenis Zalán, Rédei Miklós, Szabó Gábor: Korrelációk kauzális magyarázata, Magyar Filozófiai Szemle, 54. (2010) 78. old.
  • The Einstein--Podolsky--Rosen Argument and the Bell Inequalities, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2008)

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Master's in Logic and Theory of Science

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The program focuses on logic and its applications in the philosophy of science, particularly in the foundations of mathematics, physics, linguistics and the social sciences. Beyond a few core courses and a joint four-semester seminar series aimed at providing a common background to all students, we offer the following four modules:
  • Logic and the Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Philosophy of Physics
  • Logic in Linguistics
  • Models in the Social Sciences

Students have to select one of these modules based on their personal field of interest.

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