HI!
Many thanks for visiting my site.
I’m a Hungarian philosopher. I live in Budapest and work as a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities. I got my PhD in philosophy from Eötvös Loránd University in 2005, and earned my DSc doctorate at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Throughout my career, I have dealt with quite a few first-level philosophical problems (perhaps too much), but in the last 8-10 years my interest has turned to metaphilosophy. Basically, two questions make me excited. (1) What should we do with our substantive philosophical beliefs (if there are any) knowing that there is permanent disagreement in all areas of philosophy? (2) What explains the fact of pervasive and permanent philosophical dissensus—why are philosophical problems so stubbornly defy any solution?
My book (The Failure of Philosophical Knowledge) is about the
former issue. In it, I paint a rather dark picture of philosophy as an epistemic enterprise, and
argue that, as much as we would like to, we cannot actually account for the epistemic status of
our substantive philosophical beliefs. You can download the whole book
here.
I’m currently working on answering the latter question. My position is pessimistic—again.
What I am trying to show is that we do not have much reason for hope—we are closed with
respect to the solution of philosophical problems. For more on these pessimistic views of
mine, see here.
I have two grown-up sons: Kristóf and Bence. My partner is Judit Gébert, with whom I have been in a super (inspiring and loving) relationship for many years.