“Artifacts and the Limits of Human Creative Intentions”,Kathrin Koslicki (Neuchâtel, Philosophy)
Title: Artifacts and the Limits of Human Creative Intentions By Kathrin Koslicki (Neuchâtel, Philosophy) Date: Thursday April 29, 2021 Time: 1530-1645 (GMT+3) Abstract: According to Amie Thomasson’s author-intention-based account of artifacts, an artifact of kind K is essentially a product of a largely successful intention to create something of kind K (see, e.g., Thomasson (2003), “Realism and Human Kinds”, Philosophy […]
Live Q&A Session with Peter Singer on Bilkent Philosophy Youtube Channel
Live Q&A Session with Peter Singer on Bilkent Philosophy Youtube Channel Wednesday May 5, 2021 12:30–13:30 (GMT+3) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzij4ZE6X-bu1d9t6DJhlLA The Turkish translation of Peter Singer's influential book "The Life You Can Save" (10th Year Edition, 2019) will be out in May 2021. The translation is edited by Tufan Kıymaz (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy) and the translation committee includes Bilkent University […]
“Laws Loosened: How to make Way for Freedom in a Law-Governed World”,Helen Steward (Leeds, Philosophy)
Title: Laws Loosened: How to make Way for Freedom in a Law-Governed World By Helen Steward (Leeds, Philosophy) Date: Thursday May 6, 2021 Time: 1530-1650 (GMT+3) Abstract: In this paper, I shall consider a number of different ways in which philosophers in recent years have attempted to offer conceptions of natural law which in various respects suggest that the grip […]
“Macedonian painting and the transformation of familiar images in a funerary context”, Professor Olga Palagia
Department of Archaeology Sunday Evening Lecture: Professor Olga Palagia (Emerita, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), “Macedonian painting and the transformation of familiar images in a funerary context » Time: Sunday 9 May at 17:00 Abstract The wall-paintings of underground tombs in Macedonia, dating from the fourth to the mid-second centuries B.C., have preserved an extraordinary repertoire […]
“Aesthetic and/as/against Philosophical Attunement: A Case Study of Literary-Philosophical Entanglements”,Birgit Breidenbach-“Poetry, Ethics, and Life with Others”,Magdalena Ostas
COLLOQUIUM: DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Birgit Breidenbach (University of East Anglia): Aesthetic and/as/against Philosophical Attunement: A Case Study of Literary-Philosophical Entanglements Magdalena Ostas (University of California, Berkeley): Poetry, Ethics, and Life with Others Date: Tuesday May 11, 2021 Time: 18:30-20:30 (GMT+3) Zoom: LINK Meeting ID: 99420308387 Passcode: 856917 Aesthetic and/as/against Philosophical Attunement: A Case […]
“What is our concept of impostor syndrome, and what do, and should, we want it to be?”, Leonie Smith(Manchester, Philosophy)
Title: “What is our concept of impostor syndrome, and what do, and should, we want it to be?” By Leonie Smith (Manchester, Philosophy) Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Time: 1400-1500 (GMT+3) Abstract: What is impostor syndrome? On Katherine Hawley’s account it involves a person holding negative mistaken beliefs or attitudes relating to her own competence and success in an area […]
The Round Table PATABS IV (Production and Trade of Transport Amphorae in the Black Sea)
The Round Table PATABS IV (Production and Trade of Transport Amphorae in the Black Sea) on the 13, 14 and 15 June 2021 from 10:00 to 18:00 on Zoom The Round Table PATABS I (Production and Trade of Transport Amphorae in the Black Sea) was initiated in 2006 with the first meeting in both Georgia (Batumi) and Turkey (Trabzon). Two […]
Live Interview with Amy Kind on Bilkent Philosophy YouTube Channel
Live Interview with Amy Kind on Bilkent Philosophy YouTube Channel. Saturday, June 26, 2021 20:00-21:00 (GMT+3) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzij4ZE6X-bu1d9t6DJhlLA Tufan Kıymaz will be conducting an interview with Amy Kind on the philosophy of imagination. We are collecting questions for this event. If you have any questions for Amy Kind, you can let us know via tufan.kiymaz@bilkent.edu.tr. We will choose some of them for […]
Live Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science and Philosophy
Live Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science and Philosophy Wednesday, August 25, 2021 18:00-19:00 (GMT+3) Bilkent Philosophy YouTube channel Tyson is a well-known and influential science communicator and educator; and many philosophers find his dismissive remarks about philosophy (and those of other influential scientists and science popularizers like Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss and Bill Nye) worrisome. […]
“A multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of early social complexity: the KRASP project 2017-2021”
Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the Seminar of Archaeology about "A multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of early social complexity: the KRASP project 2017-2021." The speaker is Dr. Michele Massa Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Mansueto Institute & Oriental Institute, University of Chicago www.krasp.net/en Zoom meeting on Wednesday 20 October 2021, 16:30-19:00 https://zoom.us/j/99648198873?pwd=elZ1NC9jeXAzU0pBdEZENjZ3eHpEZz09 Abstract […]
“Roman Architecture and Urbanism”
Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the Seminar of Archaeology about "Roman Architecture and Urbanism”, the speakers are Dr. Fikret K. Yegül (Distinguished Professor, emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara) and Dr. Diane Favro (Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles ) on Wednesday 3 November at 16:30 on Zoom
“Labraunda and the 4th century BC architectural experiments”, Prof. Olivier Henry
Dear Colleagues and Students, You are cordially invited to the Seminar of Archaeology about "Labraunda and the 4th century BC architectural experiments". The speaker is Prof. Olivier Henry (Lyon Lumière 2, France), director of the excavations of Labraunda On Thursday 4 November at 17:30 on Zoom