<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The first part of the study debates the role and the status of philosophy in the Hungarian culture in Transylvania, trying to explain why philosophy has not become an organic part of the Transylvanian culture as a whole. There are presented a few experimental and theoretical arguments, especially the theory of the so-called ‘short philosophical tradition’. The second part the paper seeks to analyse the impact of the ‘short philosophical tradition’ on the current philosophy life in Transylvania, bringing an overview of the institutional structure of Hungarian philosophy in Transylvania.</p></abstract>

The first part of the study debates the role and the status of philosophy in the Hungarian culture in Transylvania, trying to explain why philosophy has not become an organic part of the Transylvanian culture as a whole. There are presented a few experimental and theoretical arguments, especially the theory of the so-called ‘short philosophical tradition’. The second part the paper seeks to analyse the impact of the ‘short philosophical tradition’ on the current philosophy life in Transylvania, bringing an overview of the institutional structure of Hungarian philosophy in Transylvania.

Hungarian Culture of Philosophy and Historiography of Philosophy in Transylvania

Department of International Relations and European Studies Sapientia University, Cluj-Napoca,

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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The first part of the study debates the role and the status of philosophy in the Hungarian culture in Transylvania, trying to explain why philosophy has not...

Hungarian Culture of Philosophy and Historiography of Philosophy in Transylvania

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: 39 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2016-0019

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