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Western PhilosophyI have always been interested in philosophy for a long number of years now. During my high school years I have already specialized in (western) philosophy, librarianship and Latin. After finishing my high school studies, I also successfully applied to the Department of Philosophy at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE BTK) in Budapest, where I studied a number of subjects, but was diverted from further studies by my other fields of interest, especially my study of eastern thought at the Gate of Dharma Buddhist College (TKBF). I have also studied a number of western philosophy related subjects at the Jozsef Attila Open University (JATE) and Heremtic philosophy and mysticism at the Traditio Divina et Schola Transcendentiale. ] Check out The Gate of Dharma Buddhist College Website ] Check out The ELTE BTK Website Although
my education involved a serious number of western philosophy related subjects
and I studied the great classic thinkers and philosophers of the West, I did not
have the chance to get involved to the level of my interest, so a started a Philosophy
Ph.D. program at the Central European University (CEU) in 2001. I see my study at
CEU as my
chance of making up for what I have put aside a number of years ago. I am
convinced that the course will cover the gaps in my knowledge of western
thought. ] Check out The Central European University Website
As
a teacher of both western and Hindu / Buddhist philosophy myself, I am
aware of the differences in the approach and study of eastern and western
philosophy. As a consequence I think that my understanding of the eastern
approach to the philosophical question in general is not a disadvantage
in the case of western philosophy, but the other way round, with the right
guidance can be turned into a great advantage. Also my cultural anthropology
studies have enabled me to see theoretical questions in a slightly different
way particularly with focus on the human factor, similarly to hermeneutics. In
the field of philosophy my main interest slowly shifted towards the problems
of ontology and epistemology in the course of years. I have studied Hindu
ontology and epistemology in detail – with focus on the Samkhya philosophy
of Isvarakrisna and the Vedanta philosophy of Sankara. I have also studied
Buddhist ontology and epistemology in detail – with focus on the Madhyamaka
philosophy of Nagarjuna and the Yogacara philosophy of Vasubandhu, Dignaga
and Dharmakirti. I have also studied the classic western philosophers
on both the rationalist and empiricist side and the Idealist philosophy
of Kant, and Hegel of course. Later I studied some of the phenomenalism
of Comte and Spencer (also on the side of his anthropology related social
theory) and the emergent evolution theory of Bergson. Most recently however,
I tried to pick up the line of the Philosophy of Organism by Alfred Whitehead.
Two of my colleagues, László Fórizs and Gábor Karsai are currently doing
great research into Whiteheadian philosophy – I just try to follow far
behind. One
of my possible aims in the study of philosophy would be to create a comparative
study of transcendentalism (metaphysical idealism) with regard to both
eastern and western philosophy. This area has a lot of connections with
eastern thought as I see it. So my main interest is in Metaphysics and
the Theory of Knowledge where I am more than happy to learn about contemporary
metaphysics and contemporary epistemology.
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