András Kertész
András Kertész (; born 8 March 1956) is a Hungarian linguist, professor, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the philosophy of linguistics, theoretical linguistics and foundational problems of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. He works both in Hungary and around the world, and has published in English, German and Hungarian. Biography and career. He was born on 8 March 1956 in Debrecen, Hungary. He took M.A. degrees at the Lajos Kossuth University, Faculty of Arts in English and German studies in Debrecen in 1981. He started his academic career at the Department of German  Studies at the Kossuth University. In 1987 he became an assistant professor and was appointed to an associate professor (docent, reader) in 1991. He acted as a head of department from 1994 until 2001. In 2000 the three universities in Debrecen were integrated into the University of Debrecen. In 1996 he received the title of university (full) professor and in the same year he was appointed to the Head of the Institute of German Studies and managed it until 1999. From 2001 until 2017 he acted as a head of the Graduate School of Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts  at the University of Debrecen. He acted as the head of the Department of Theoretical Linguistics from 2005 until 2007 and then he managed the Department of German Linguistics. András Kertész received his dr. univ. ("doctor universitatis") degree in 1983. He took the candidate (C.Sc.) of Linguistics degree in 1981 and was awarded Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree in Linguistics in 1996. He was elected to corresponding membership of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2001 and to full membership in 2010. From 2014 until 2020 he was the chairman of the Section of Linguistics and Literary Scholarship of the  Hungarian Academy of Sciences and member of the Academy's board. In 2014 he was elected as a member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea, London). András Kertész lectured as a visiting professor in Germany: the University of Tübingen, the University of Greifswald, the University of Jena, the University of Bielefeld, the Technical University of Berlin and the IDS – Institute of German Language (Institut für Deutsche Sprache), Mannheim. Since 1992 he was the principal investigator of 18 research projects. Family. His father, Andor Kertész (1929−1974) was a Hungarian mathematician, full member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, (East) Germany . His mother, Ilona Tóth was a teacher of history and geography. He has a sibling. His younger sister, Gabriella Kertész (born 1959) is a physician. András Kertész's wife is Ildikó Tóth. They have two children, a daughter and a son. Achievements. His main fields of interest are in the philosophy of linguistics and theoretical linguistics with special respect to the foundational problems of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Within the framework of his modular philosophy of linguistics he revealed the relationship between the cognitive and the social factors of linguistic theorizing. He extended the methods of both modular and holistic  cognitive linguistics to the analysis of scientific concept formation. He developed the heuristics of the segmental phonology of German. Together with Csilla Rákosi he put forward the so-called ’p-model’ of plausible argumentation which, besides capturing the structure of linguistic theories, can also be applied to the solution of problems in the general philosophy of science and argumentation theory.