1st Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
DATE: 29 April 2017
PLACE: Bilkent University, Main Campus, Room: A-130
Refreshments will be available between talks.
Everyone is warmly invited to attend.
SCHEDULE
09.55-10.00
Opening address by Department Chair, Simon Wigley
10.00-10.55
Was David Hume Really an “Empiricist” Philosopher?
Ali Mert İnal, Yeditepe University
Commentator: Kerem Eroğlu
11.05-12.00
Knowing One’s Own Intentional Actions: Knowledge in Intention, and Its Implications on Knowing Other Agents and Other Minds
Emre Fatih, Koç University
Commentator: Sandy Berkovski
12.00-13.30 Lunch Break
13.30-14.25
A Skeptical Approach to “Suicide”: Suicide as a Human Right
Dilara Boğa, Bilkent University
Commentator: Deniz Ergun, Anıl Karasaç
14.35-15.30
Is a Strictly Non-Normative Epistemology Plausible?
Bartuğ Çelik, Bilkent University
Commentator: Zacharus Gudmunsen
15.40-16.35
The Ontology of Questions: A Case Study for Formal Ontology from Experimental Philosophy Perspective
Taylan Cüyaz, Aysun Şen, Murat Ertaş, METU
Commentator: Istvan Aranyosi
16.45-17.40
“What am I?” or How to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Dualism
Nazlıcan Kanmaz, Boğaziçi University
Commentator: Fatih Görücü
• Each talk will consist of a presentation of 30 minutes, followed by a commentary of 15 minutes and a Q&A session of 10 minutes.
Contact: philstudentconf@bilkent.edu.tr
Organized by students from the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent University: Cem Erkli, Gülce Torun, Kerem Eroğlu, Fatih Görücü, İrem Değirmencioğlu, Deniz Koç, Başak Bozoğlu, Berker
Kılıçlı & Mete Han Gencer.
Hosted by the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent University.
