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Bilkent Archaeology Day

The Department of Archaeology of Bilkent University has the pleasure to invite you to the Bilkent Archaeology Day on Friday, April 12, 2019. It will be held in the C Block Auditorium (Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences). New Perspectives on the Bronze Age in Anatolia Program Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Students Symposium: Magic and Ritual […]

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“The Challenges of Being a Thinking Thing”, By Lisa Shapiro (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy)

“The Challenges of Being a Thinking Thing” By Lisa Shapiro (Simon Fraser University, Philosophy) Date: Friday, 12th April, 2019 Time: 1100-1230 Place: H-232 This is a SWIP-TR event. Abstract:  What is it to be a thinking thing? What is it to teach someone to be a thinking thing? I look to the school at Saint-Cyr founded by Madame Maintenon to problematize our understanding of a Cartesian thinking thing as simply conscious awareness and to motivate an alternative interpretation which holds that thinking […]

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