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Department of Philosophy

Department of Philosophy

Where to find us

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Department of Philosophy
Tajovského 40
974 01 Banská Bystrica
Slovakia

Department profile

The Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Matej Bel University (MBU) in Banská Bystrica is one of the few departments in Slovakia which endorses systematic approach to philosophy instead of historical. Our principal subjects and areas of study are metaphysics, epistemology, methodology of science, political and social philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, aesthetics, and philosophy of art. The department has successfully obtained grants for its research, the results of which are regularly published in Slovak and foreign academic journals.

The Department of Philosophy rates among the best at the Faculty of Arts. We offer study programmes at the bachelor's (Bc.) and master's (Mgr.) levels. We mainly offer philosophy in combination with another subject (usually history, English, German or Slovak), but we also offer Philosophy as its own branch of study. At the doctoral (PhD) level, Systematic Philosophy programme is offered.

Since 1995 the department has regularly organized academic conferences, symposia and colloquia focused on research funded by grant agencies. The department's recent activities have been predominated by events with international participants (including H. Ben-Yami and prof. F. Houranszki from Central European University in Budapest; prof. P. Kampitz from the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Vienna; prof. J. Gajda-Krynicka from the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Wrocław; prof. A. Kiepas, prof. K. Wieczorek, prof. A. J. Noras and prof. D. Kubok from the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Silesia in Katovice; doc. M. Cajthaml from the Department of Philosophy and Patrology of CMTF at Palacký University in Olomouc; doc. A. Havlíček from the Politology and Philosophy Department at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem; doc. V. Kolman from the Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Charles University in Prague and doc. R. Niederle from the Seminar of Aesthetics of the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno. In 2007 and 2008 Dr. Donald J. Morse, visiting professor from the Department of Philosophy at Webster University in St. Louis (US) worked at our department.

A list of all the department's projects

Members of the department

PhDr. Daniela Kováčová PhD.

PhDr. Daniela Kováčová PhD.

Head of department

Position
Scholarly assistant
Office
F 316
doc. Mgr. Ulrich Wollner, PhD., univ. profesor

doc. Mgr. Ulrich Wollner, PhD., univ. profesor

University teacher

Position
Professor
Office
F 318
doc. Jaroslav Cepko, PhD.

doc. Jaroslav Cepko, PhD.

University teacher

Position
Associate professor
Office
F 318
Doc. PhDr. Andrea Klimková, PhD.

Doc. PhDr. Andrea Klimková, PhD.

University teacher

Position
Associate professor
Office
F 316
doc. Mgr. Martin Schmidt, PhD.

doc. Mgr. Martin Schmidt, PhD.

University teacher

Position
Associate professor
Office
F 321
doc. Mgr. Miloš Taliga, PhD.

doc. Mgr. Miloš Taliga, PhD.

University teacher

Position
Associate professor
Office
F 320
Jakub Betinský, MA

Jakub Betinský, MA

University teacher

Position
Scholarly assistant
Office
F 317
Mgr. Michal Šedík, PhD.

Mgr. Michal Šedík, PhD.

University teacher

Position
Scholarly assistant
Office
F 320
Bc. Tatiana Murínová

Bc. Tatiana Murínová

Assistant

Position
non-pedagogic employee
Office
F 315
Mgr. Stanislav Spodniak, PhD.

Mgr. Stanislav Spodniak, PhD.

Researcher

Position
Office
F 317

PhD students

Mgr. Denis Dulovics

Mgr. Denis Dulovics

PhD student

Position
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Office
F 321