UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 PhDr. Tomáš Károly, PhD.
Email:
 tomas.karoly@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FF UCM - Faculty of Arts
Pracovisko:
KFAF - Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Károly
I.2 - Name
Tomáš
I.3 - Degrees
PhDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1987
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy University st. Cyril and Method in Trnava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Assistant of professor
I.8 - E-mail address
tomas.karoly@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/38626
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philosophy and Applied Philosophy
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4344-8556

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Matej Bel University, Faculty of Humanities
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Training for teachers with academic subject specialisation, Slovak language and literature, Philosophy
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Matej Bel University, Faculty of Humanities
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Training for teachers with academic subject specialisation, Slovak language and literature, Philosophy
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Catholic University in Ružomberok, Faculty of Philosophy, Chair of Philosophy
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Systematic philosophy
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Teacher Slovak institu of education 2011-2015
Informatics Ministry of the Interior 2014-2022
Ski Jumping Judge FIS 2015
Assistant of professor UCM 2022

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Cisco, F5 and others MVSR, Soitron, F5, ALITER, HP, IBM 2014-2022
Ski jumping couch, judge FIS

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Ontology Philosophy and applied philosophy I. Philosophy
Metaphysics Philosophy and applied philosophy I. Philosophy
Text seminar from ontology Philosophy and applied philosophy I. Philosophy
Theory causality and explanation Teacher Education for Citizenship in Combination II. Teacher Training and Education Science
Critical thinking 1: logic Philosophy and applied philosophy, Teacher Education for Citizenship in Combination I. Philosophy, Teacher Training and Education Science
Problems of contemporary philosophy Philosophy and applied philosophy, Teacher Education for Citizenship in Combination I. Philosophy, Teacher Training and Education Science
Text semiar from problems of contemporary philosophy Philosophy and applied philosophy, Teacher Education for Citizenship in Combination I. Philosophy, Teacher Training and Education Science
Introduction to bioethics Philosophy and applied philosophy, Teacher Education for Citizenship in Combination I. Philosophy, Teacher Training and Education Science
Text seminar from introduction to bioethics Philosophy and applied philosophy I. Philosophy
Technology and society Teacher Education for Citizenship in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
12
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

KÁROLY, T. 2024. The bioethics of coexistence with robots today and in the sci-fi future. In: World Literature Studies, 16(2), 31-43. 1337-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2024.16.2.3

KÁROLY, T. 2024. The Universals of Human Nature: A Method of Their Detection through Scientific Evidence and Literary Fiction. In: Pro-Fil, 25/2, 51-65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5817/pf24-2-39121

KÁROLY, T. 2022. On Empirical Necessity. Categorical, Dispositional Properties and the Laws of Nature. In Pro-Fil 23(1), 2022. s. 28-42. https://doi.org/10.5817/pf22-1-20946

KÁROLY, T. 2016. Revealing of causal connection. In: Ostium [online]. 2016, vol. 12, n. 2. In: http://www.ostium.sk/sk/odhalovanie-kauzalnych-vazieb/

KÁROLY, T. 2015. Three Interpretations of Hume's Theory of Causation and the Problem of Spurious Causes. In: Ostium [online]. 2015, vol. 11, n. 4. In: http://www.ostium.sk/sk/tri-interpretacie-humovej-teorie-pricinnosti/

KÁROLY, T. 2013. Hiding free will behind determinism or indeterminism. In Ostium [online]. 2013, vol. 9, n. 2. In: http://ostium.sk/index.php?mod=magazine&act=show&aid=487. ISSN1336-6556

KÁROLY, T. 2025. Sociálne roboty s prejavovanou ale neprežívanou empatiou. In: Philosophica Critica, 2025, roč. 11, č. 1, s. 21–34. ISSN 1339-8970.

KÁROLY, T. Machines Like People in Healthcare: From Science Fiction to Reality. In: TOMAŠOVIČOVÁ, Jana; SUWARA, Bogumiła (eds.). Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature. Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2025, p. 19–42. ISBN 978‑3‑8325‑6010‑2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30819/6010

KÁROLY, T. 2026. Filozofické podivnosti Schrödingerovej mačky [The philosophical oddities of Schrödinger’s cat.] In: Ostium, vol. 22, 2026, no. 1. (study)

KÁROLY, T. 2026. Dispositional Universals. Organon F, 33(1), 2–32. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2026.33301

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

KÁROLY, T. 2024. The Universals of Human Nature: A Method of Their Detection through Scientific Evidence and Literary Fiction. In: Pro-Fil, 25/2, 51-65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5817/pf24-2-39121

KÁROLY, T. 2024. The bioethics of coexistence with robots today and in the sci-fi future. In: World Literature Studies, 16(2), 31-43. 1337-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2024.16.2.3

KÁROLY, T. 2022. On Empirical Necessity. Categorical, Dispositional Properties and the Laws of Nature. In Pro-Fil 23(1), 2022. s. 28-42. https://doi.org/10.5817/pf22-1-20946

KÁROLY, T. Machines Like People in Healthcare: From Science Fiction to Reality. In: TOMAŠOVIČOVÁ, Jana; SUWARA, Bogumiła (eds.). Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature. Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2025, p. 19–42. ISBN 978‑3‑8325‑6010‑2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30819/6010

KÁROLY, T. 2026. Dispositional Universals. Organon F, 33(1), 2–32. https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2026.33301

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

PETERKOVÁ, E. 2021. Má nová interpretace Davida Huma co říci?. Filozofia, 76(10), 766-779.

PORUBJAK, M. 2025. Was Hesiod’s Pandora a Posthuman? In: TOMAŠOVIČOVÁ, Jana; SUWARA, Bogumiła (eds.). Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature. Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2025, p. 113-132. ISBN 978‑3‑8325‑6010‑2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30819/6010

TOMAŠOVIČOVÁ, J. 2025. Narrative Abilities and Moral Competencies: Inspiration from the Works of Martha C. Nussbaum. In: TOMAŠOVIČOVÁ, Jana; SUWARA, Bogumiła (eds.). Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature. Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2025, p. 153-166. ISBN 978‑3‑8325‑6010‑2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30819/6010

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA 2/0163/22 – Literatúra v bioetike a bioetika v literatúre

FPPV-03-2023 - Fond pre podporu výskumu Univerzity sv. Cyrila a Metoda


VEGA 1/0534/25 - Biopolitický obrat k posthumánnej politike života

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Science and Technology Day UCM
Open day UCM

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Johanes Kepler Unviersitat Linz 6.9-9.9.2022 Ars Electronica Festival
1. Lekářska fakulta, Univerzita Karlova Univerzita Karlova 19.10.-21.10.2022 Educational activity: the Prague School of Bioethics - lecture series on the results of the Covid pandemic
Masaryk University Arna Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno 18.3.-22.3.2024
Masaryková univerzita v Brne, Filozofická fakulta/ Katedra filozofie Arna Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno 24.3.2025-28.3.2025

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Tomáš Károly, Jana Tomašovičová, Peter Sýkora. 36th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care. The European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (ESPMH), the charitable Ketteler Hospital, Offenbach, and the Senckenberg Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine, Frankfurt University Medical School. Indirect Reciprocity Principle Should Be Added to the Ethical Grounding of Human Tissue Donorship. 21.-24. 8.2024

Date of last update
2026-05-07