​Máté Veres
(IPA: [ ˈmaːteː vɛrɛʃ]

I am a Research Fellow (collaborateur scientifique, ​SNSF Ambizione) at the University of Geneva's Department of Philosophy. I previously worked at the University of Toronto, the University of Geneva, and the University of Hamburg.
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I study primarily ancient philosophy, with a focus on Hellenistic epistemology and ethics. I am currently at work on a project concerning the notion of technê in Hellenistic philosophy. My previous project focused on Hellenistic philosophical theology and its interaction with ancient Scepticism.

Work in Progress

* 'Conceivability and Inference: Epicurean and Pyrrhonist perspectives' in G. Cambiano and F.M. Petrucci (eds.), Mental Experiments in Ancient Philosophy. Special issue of Antiquorum Philosophia, forthcoming in early 2024.
* 'Where There's Smoke There's Fire: Inductive Arguments in Ancient Pyrrhonism' in H. Lagerlund and M. Perälä (eds.), Induction in Aristotle and the Greek Commentators. In preparation.
* 'Inferential Modes of (Stoic) Apprehension in Sextus Empiricus' in M. Veres and K. Ierodiakonou (eds.), Sextus' Logic in Context. In preparation.
* 'From Happiness to Tranquillity: Metaphilosophies of Ancient Scepticism'.
* 'Pyrrhonism and the technai​.'


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​Recent publications

* 'Expert Impressions in Stoicism'. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie​ (accepted, forthcoming) (with David Machek).

* 'L'origine de la croyance religieuse selon Sextus Empiricus', in Sylvia Giocanti (ed.), Anthropologie sceptique et modernité. ENS Editions, 2022, 71-84.

* 'How to Resist Musical Dogmatism: The Aim and Methods of Pyrrhonian Inquiry in Sextus Empiricus' Against the Musicologists (Math. 6)'. In: Francesco Pelosi and Federico Maria Petrucci (eds.), Music and Philosophy in the Roman Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 108-130.

* 'Sextus Empiricus on Religious Dogmatism'. In: Victor Caston (ed.), Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, vol. 58 (2020), 239-280.

* 'Keep Calm and Carry on: Sextus Empiricus on the Origins of Pyrrhonism'. In: Jens Kristian Larsen and Philipp Steinkrüger (eds.), Ancient Modes of Philosophical Inquiry. Special issue of Logical Analysis and the History of Philosophy, vol. 23.1 (2020), pp. 100-122.
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​Recent and upcoming talks

* 'From Happiness to Tranquillity: Metaphilosophies of Ancient Scepticism'. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 14-16 September 2023.

* 'Inferential Modes of Stoic Apprehension in Sextus Empiricus.' Sextus' Logic in Context: Methods of  Logic and Scepticism in Imperial Rome. Online workshop series.

* 'Revelation, Trust, and Expertise in the Stoic Theory of Inferential Apprehension'. Stockholm History of Philosophy Workshop, Stockholm University, 24 March 2023.

* 'Inferential Modes of (Stoic) Apprehension in Sextus Empiricus'. Departmental Colloquium, Central European University, Vienna, 31  January 2023.

* 'Tudás és tekintély a sztoikus ismeretelméletben.' Tudás, tekintély, tekintélyrombolás. Az episztemikus autoritás problémája a filozófiában. Évnyitó konferencia, ELTE BTK Filozófia Intézet, 30 September 2022.