Balázs Gyenis |
Philosopher of science, physicist, philosopher, economist |
Institute of Philosophy, HUN-REN RCH
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Specialization |
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AOS | General philosophy of science, philosophy of physics | ||||||||||
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AOC | Metaphysics, formal epistemology, philosophy of economics and mathematics, history of physics | ||||||||||
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Education |
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PhD; MA |
History and Philosophy of Science
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (🔗 #) Dissertation: "Well posedness and physical possibility" Committee: John Earman (co-advisor), John Norton (co-advisor), Gordon Belot, Anil Gupta |
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MSc |
Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh (🔗 #) |
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MA |
Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh (🔗 #) |
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MSc |
Theoretical Economics (minor: Stochastic Processes)
Corvinus University, Budapest (🔗 #) |
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Fun fact: my academic genealogy extends to Avicenna (980-1037) and includes Gauss, Kepler, Brahe, Copernicus, Vesalius, Ficino, and Oresme. First steps are: Balazs Gyenis → John Earman → Carl Hempel (& Paul Benacerraf → Hilary Putnam →) → Hans Reichenbach → ... (🔗) | |||||||||||
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Employment |
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2018-2020 |
Fellow in Philosophy of Physics
Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, London School of Economics. (🔗 #) |
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2015-curr |
Research Fellow
Institute of Philosophy, HUN-REN BTK (previously: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, RCH) (🔗 #) |
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2014 |
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois, UC (🔗 #) |
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2012-2015 |
Assistant Research Fellow
Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, RCH (🔗 #) |
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Recent English-language courses with links |
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ELTE | Methodology of Social Sciences (🔗) | ||||||||||
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LSE | Einstein for Everyone (based on material developed by John Norton and Bryan Roberts) (🔗) | ||||||||||
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LSE | Physics and The City (based on material developed by Bryan Roberts) (🔗) | ||||||||||
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Publications, talks, awards, courses, academic service etc. |
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See my full academic CV: /balazs_gyenis_cv.pdf . | |||||||||||
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Tango website Previous website | |||||||||||