Budapest Mind Society

Dear Colleague! The Budapest Mind Society was founded in mid-September, 2004, by two graduate students, Hong Yu Wong (UCL) and Istvan Aranyosi (CEU), and its purpose is to facillitate communication among researchers in philosophy of mind and related subjects in Hungary. We are organizing talks on a regular basis, with speakers mostly from Hungary. However, researchers from outside Hungary are very welcome to present their newest research in these fields. We already have a list of potential speakers for 2005, who expressed interest in lecturing, and we would be happy to extend it as much as possible. If someone has some business in Hungary and would like to give a talk under the aegis of the society, (s)he should not hesitate contacting the organizers. Information about the society, contact, and current schedule is to be found at: http://philosophy.elte.hu/bms/ We are happy to observe that the BMS, even if the newest such forum of ideas in Hungary, has become the most successful of its kind so far, in terms of attendance (numbers and diversity [in terms of research, institutional, and ethnic background]). Part of our future plans is to find sources of funding, to be able to set up an annual conference (with a student section and a paper prize), as well as a reading group, discussing a new and influential philosophy of mind monograph each year, followed by a workshop having the author of the monograph as a discussant. Ideas about potential international sources of funding are extremely welcome. Yours with best wishes, Istvan Aranyosi http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/03/Istvan_Aranyosi/