I am a professor of philosophy at the Central European University in Budapest.

I work in the philosophy of mind. I have attempted to address questions about the most general nature, or essence, of the human mind, and about the place of the mind in the rest of nature.

A short description of my philosophical interests is here. A short CV is here.​

New Book: The Meaning of Belief

My book The Meaning of of Belief was published by Harvard University Press on October 30 2017.

It was reviewed in the New York Times by James Ryerson. The New York Times chose it as one of its twelve recommended books for the week of 26 October. 

Other reviews have appeared in Publisher's Weekly, and in the THE, by Ursula King.

An excerpt from the book was published in the TLS on November 3.

Gottlob Frege lectures, October 2017

In October 2017 I gave the Gottlob Frege Lectures at the University of Tartu, Estonia.

​My lecture series was called Thoughts, Thinking, Thinkers. I defend what I have called elsewhere 'psychologism about the psychological'. 

Frege said that we should always separate the psychological from the logical. I argue that analytic philosophy of mind has not followed him in this, to its disadvantage.

Videos of the lectures are here.

CEU accepting applicants
for 2018-19

The Philosophy Department at the Central European University is welcoming applicants for the academic year 2018-19.

The CEU is an independent, international graduate school, taking students for MA and PhD degrees.

​The Philosophy Department offers 2 year and 1 year MA programmes as well as PhDs.

More details about the department and the application procedure can be found here.