Education / Degrees
- 2001 - D.Sc. (Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 1997 - Habilitation (Eotvos University)
- 1989 - C.Sc. (Candidate of Science)
- 1982 - Ph.D. in Philosophy (Eotvos University)
- 1980 - M.A. in Philosophy (Eotvos University)
- 1977 - M.A. in Physics (Eotvos University)
Current Affiliation
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London, United Kingdom
Contact and Web
- Work address: Lakatos Building, LSE, London, UK
- Mailing address: Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
- Email: M.Redei@lse.ac.uk
- Personal webpage: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/redeim
Titles and Appointments
- 2015-2018 - Head of Department
- 2013-present - Professor, LSE
- 2010-2013 - Reader, LSE
- 2007-2010 - Lecturer, LSE
- 1991-1999 - Associate Professor (tenured), ELTE Budapest
- 1982-1991 - Assistant Professor, ELTE Budapest
- 1977-1982 - Teaching Assistant, ELTE Budapest
Visiting Positions
- Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (1994-1995 academic year)
- Senior Resident Fellow, Dibner Institute, MIT (1997-1998 academic year)
- Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA, January-June 2003
- Donders Professor, Utrecht University (April-June 2006)
- Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (2014-2015 academic year)
- Visiting Professor, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (2018-2019 academic year)
- Visiting Professor, University of Technology Nuremberg (2025-2026 academic year)
Research Interests
Foundational and philosophical problems of modern physics, especially quantum mechanics and quantum field theory; quantum logic; foundations of probability; theories of probabilistic causation; Bayesian learning.
Teaching
Courses taught at LSE:
- Philosophy of Science
- Set Theory
- MSc Thesis Writing Seminar
- PhD Seminars on special topics
Special teaching assignments:
- Graduate Seminar on foundations of algebraic quantum mechanics, University of California Irvine, USA (2003)
- International Summer School on philosophy and probability, Konstanz, Germany (2003)
- Central European University Summer University, Probabilistic Causality, Budapest, Hungary (2008)
- Graduate Course on Foundations of Algebraic Quantum Mechanics and Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (2012)
- XXI Summer School in Philosophy of Physics -- Philosophy of Quantum Field Theory, lecturer, Urbino, Italy (2018)
- Epistemology (MSc course), Nuremberg University of Technology, Nuremberg, Germany (2025/2026)
Grants
- OTKA grant: "Quantum logic" (1994-1996), principal investigator
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences grant: "Probabilistic causality and quantum mechanics" (1996-1997), principal investigator
- OTKA grant: "John von Neumann - mathematical physicist" (1998-2000), principal investigator
- ESF Scientific Network Grant: "Philosophical and Foundational Problems of Modern Physics" (2003-2005), convenor and chair of coordinating committee
- European Science Foundation networking programme "The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective" (2008-2013), co-chair
Service and Professional Roles
- Founding member of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA); Steering Committee member (2007-2011)
- Served as member of editorial and advisory boards, including: European Journal for Philosophy of Science; Vienna Summer University Programme Committee; Council of the International Quantum Structures Association
- Reviewer for journals in philosophy and foundations of physics
Invited Talks
- British Society for Philosophy of Science Annual Conference, July 7-8, 2016, Cardiff, UK (plenary talk)
- Frühjahrstagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, March 19, 2019, Munich, Germany (plenary talk)
- 9th Biennial Meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association, September 20-23, 2023, Belgrade, Serbia (plenary talk)