"The Department of History and Philosophy of Science was established in its present form as an independent academic unit within the Faculty of Sciences of Loránd Eötvös University in 1994. Establishing the Department also was motivated by the aim of creating a research unit at Loránd Eötvös University with a profile in history, philosophy and foundations of science. The Department has been successful in establishing itself as a center of research in Hungary in the discipline: its record in international publications in the field, its extensive international contacts, its cooperation with science and philosophy departments of Eötvös and other Hungarian universities and the number of research grants awarded to members of the department make the Department unique in the Hungarian university system."