Short CV – David Mark Kovacs
davidm.kovacs@yahoo.com
November 2009
PERSONAL DATA
Born: 18 May 1985, Budapest
Gender: Male
Nationality: Hungarian
Language competence: Hungarian (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate)
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Metaphysics (ontology, metaontology, persistence), philosophy of mind (memory)
EDUCATION
2004 – (2010) Law Department, Faculty of Legal and Political Studies, Eotvos Lorand University of Science (ELUS)
Colleges for Advanced Studies (“szakkollégium”)
2007 – Erasmus College, Budapest
2004 – Bibó István College for Advanced Studies, Budapest
Summer universities
Conditionals CEU SUN Summer University, July 20–31, 2009
Self-Knowledge [Önismeret] University of Pécs, June 29–July 3, 2009
Aspects of Responsibility CEU SUN Summer University, July 14–25, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
Publications in English
1. Is There a Conservative Solution to the Many Thinkers Problem? Fortcoming in Ratio (2010) – 6000 words
2. Memory and Imagery in Russell’s The Analysis of Mind. Prolegomena, 8 (2): 193–206. (2009) – special issue comprising papers from the conference entitled Perspectives on Russell
Publications in Hungarian
3. What Settles the Debate Over Euthanasia? [Mi dönti el az eutanázia-vitát?] In T. Hizsák et al. (Eds.): Tudományos diákköri dolgozatok 2009, pp. 118–51. Budapest: ELTE Bibó István Szakkollégium
4. Mapping the Philosophy of Mind. Review of Ambrus et al. (eds.): Philosophy of Mind [Térkép az elmefilozófiához. Recenzió Ambrus et al. (szerk.): Elmefilozófia c. könyvéről]. BUKSZ, 2009/4.: 34–42.
5. Memory and the Belief Condition [Emlékezet és a hit-feltétel]. Világosság, 2008/11-12: 221–32.
6. Are Quasi-memories Possible? [Lehetségesek-e a kvázi-emlékek?]. Szabad Változók, 2008 (5)
TALKS
Presentations at international conferences
1. Microphysical Supervenience, Intrinsicness and DAUP. XII TIF Graduate Conference, January 11–12, 2010, Girona, Spain (accepted; comments by Jesse Mulder)
2. Does Factual Memory Imply Belief? 2nd SIFA Graduate Conference – Language, Epistemology and History, October 29-31, 2009, Bologna, Italy
3. Microphysical Supervenience, Intrinsicness and DAUP. SOPHA 2009, Septemper 2-5, 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
4. Part Detachment, Death and the Termination Thesis. 1st Stockholm Graduate Conference, May 29-30, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden (comments by Jens Johansson)
5. Subjects, Hosts and the Many-thinkers Problem. CoxiMAP Graduate Conference – Mind, Action, and Perception I, April 1-3, 2009, Osnabrueck, Germany
6. Image as Datum and as Symbol in Russell’s 1921 Theory of Memory. Perspectives on Russell, November 24-26, 2008, Zagreb, Croatia
7. Comments on Steinvör Árnadóttir’s ‘Functionalism and Thinking Animals’. 2nd CEU Graduate Conference, March 29-30, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
8. Is consciousness Relevant to Personal Identity? Toward a Science of Consciousness, July 23-26, 2007, Budapest, Hungary
Presentations at Hungarian conferences
9. How to be a presentist perdurantist? Tőzsér on the commitments of theories of persistence concerning the philosophy of time [Hogyan legyünk prezentista perdurantisták? Tőzsér a perzisztencia elméleteinek időfilozófiai elköteleződéseiről.] Conference dedicated to János Tőzsér’s book ’Metaphysics’, December 11, 2009, Pécs, Hungary (invited)
10. Microphysical Supervenience, Intrinsicness and DAUP [Mikrofizikai szuperveniencia, intrinzikusság és a Tetszőleges Elválasztatlan Részek Doktrínája.] Modern Metaphysics Workshop Conference, May 12, 2009, Budapest, Hungary (comments by Kristof Molnar)
11. The Justificatory Role of Memory and the Belief Condition [Az emlékezet igazoló ereje és a hit-feltétel.] XVIIth MAKOG Conference, May 7-9, 2009, Budapest, Hungary
12. What Settles the Debate Over Euthanasia? [Mi dönti el az eutanázia-vitát?] XIXth OTDK Competition, April 6-8, 2009, Budapest, Hungary
13. What is Wrong with Plantinga’s ’Victorious Modal Version’? [Mi a baj Plantinga Diadalmas Modális Istenérvével?] Xth Eotvos Conference, April 3-5, 2009, Budapest, Hungary
14. – — XIVth Bolyai Conference, March 14, 2009, Budapest, Hungary
15. Remembering and the Belief Condition [Emlékezés és a hit-feltétel]. Language, Cognition, Consciousness. Conference of ELUS / Philosophy Institute, October 2-3, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
16. Useful Technical Term or Parasite? McDowell-style arguments against quasi-memories [Hasznos műszó vagy parazita? McDowell-stílusú érvek a kvázi-emlékek ellen]. Nothing is that way. Conference of Erasmus College, April 30, 2008, Budapest, Hungary (comments by János Tőzsér)
17. Subjects, Hosts and the Many-thinkers Problem [A tudatosság átélői, logikai alanyai, és a “túl sok gondolkodó” probléma]. IXth Eotvos Conference, April 25-27, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
18. Forget (about) Quasi-memories! Rethinking Parfit’s Thought Experiment [Felejtsük el a kvázi-emlékeket! Parfit gondolatkísérletének újragondolása]. XVth MAKOG Conference, January 19-21, 2007, Eger, Hungary
Non-conference presentations in English
19. Everything is One: In Defence of Multilocational Blobjectivism. Theoretical Philosophy Forum, October 7, 2009, Budapest, Hungary
Non-conference presentations in Hungarian
20. The Special Composition Question [A Speciális Kompozíció Kérdés]. University of Pécs, December 1, 2009, Pécs, Hungary (invited introductory lecture for BA students)
21. The Paradox of Increase and the “Only x and y” Principle [A növekedési paradoxon és a “Csak x és y” Elv]. Erasmus College, September 25, 2009, Budapest, Hungary (comments by Andrea Komlosi)
22. Comments on Andrea Komlosi’s “Conceptualism about physical objects and the objection from ‘magical creation’” [Kommentár Komlósi Andrea “A fizikai tárgyakkal kapcsolatos konceptualizmus és a ‘gondolattal teremtés’-ből vett ellenvetés” c. előadásához]. Erasmus College, April 17, 2009, Budapest, Hungary
23. What is Wrong with Plantinga’s Victorious Modal Version? [Mi a baj Plantinga Diadalmas Modális Istenérvével?] Erasmus College, February 20, 2009, Budapest, Hungary (comments by Miklos Szalai)
24. Genetic Lottery and the Necessity of Origin [Genetikai lottó és az eredet szükségszerűsége]. Erasmus College, October 10, 2008, Budapest, Hungary (comments by Ferenc Huoranszki)
25. Death and Termination: Will I ever be six feet under? [Halál és megszűnés: leszek-e valaha hat lábbal a föld alatt?]. Erasmus College, October 19, 2007, Budapest, Hungary (comments by Zsofia Zvolenszky)
26. Has Consciousness Anything to Do with Personal Identity? [Van-e a köze a tudatosságnak a személyes azonossághoz?]. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Economics and Technology, May 8, 2007, Budapest, Hungary
AWARDS, GRANTS
1. SCOPES fellowship for SOPHA 2009 (2009)
2. Tuition waiver for ’Conditionals’ Summer University, CEU (2009)
3. Erasmus College grant (2009)
4. National University Competition, Legal and Political Studies section, Constitutional Law, Human Rights 1.: 1st (2009)
5. Honorary for the CoxiMAP conference (2009)
6. Tuition waiver for ’Aspects of Responsibility’ Summer University, CEU (2008)
7. Erasmus College grant (2007–2008)
REFEREES
Prof. Howard Robinson (robinson@ceu.hu). Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Nádor u. 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary. (+36) (0) 1 328 3490
Prof. Katalin Farkas (farkask@ceu.hu). Department of Philosophy, Central European University, Nádor u. 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary. (+36) (0) 1 327 3246
Phd. Jens Johansson (jens.johansson@philosophy.su.se). Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm. (+46) (0) 8 16 3344
