Author: Simon Wigley
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Mind, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Buddhism Conference
Mind, Ethics, and Metaphysics in Buddhism Conference Dates: February 20-22, 2026 Location: Bilkent University Room: Humanities Seminar Room (H-232) Speakers: Amber Carpenter — Einstein Forum/ KCL Bronwyn Finnigan — Australian […]
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Sandrine Bergès delivers the 2025 Antognazza Lecture
Professor Sandrine Bergès recently presented the Annual Antognazza Lecture at the Literary and Philosophical Library in Newcastle (UK). In her talk, she revisited Mary Astell’s analogy of marriage as a […]
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Evrensel Sebep successfully defends his doctoral thesis
We are very happy to announce that Evrensel Sebep has successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘The Citizenry as a Collective Agent‘. In his thesis Evrensel challenges the traditional view […]
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Zeynep Çelik receives BSA New Horizons Award
We are delighted to announce that our PhD student, Zeynep Çelik, has been awarded the British Society of Aesthetics (BSA) New Horizons Award for 2025, and will be presenting her […]
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Workshop on the History of Modal Metaphysics
Dates: April 29 – May 2, 2025 Location: Bilkent University About: The first session of the workshop was devoted to Aristotle’s so-called statistical theory of modality. We then turned to […]
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Jonathan Payton publishes “From singular to plural. . . and beyond?”
Director of Graduate Studies Jonathan Payton has published a new article in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. The paper, “From singular to plural. . . and beyond?,” develops a ‘one-level’ plural language which has all […]
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Four new appointments
Arash Abazari Daniel Ferguson Alex Moran Jack Woods We are very happy to announce that Arash Abazari, Daniel Ferguson, Alex Moran and Jack Woods will be joining the department in September […]
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James Kinkaid receives young scholar award
James Kinkaid has been awarded the Science Academy’s Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) for 2025. The aim of the award is to reward the best young academics and to support them […]
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Fotoğrafın Arkasındaki Hikaye: Phineas Gage
Phineas Gage’in (1823-1860) vakası tıp tarihinde en erken kayda geçmiş ciddi beyin hasarı vakalarındandır. Gage’in vakasını ilginç kılan şey sadece beyin travması yaşadıktan sonra hayatta kalmış olması değil, aynı zamanda […]
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Story Behind the Picture: Phineas Gage
Phineas Gage (1823-1860) is one of the earliest recorded cases of severe brain injury in medical history. What makes Gage’s case especially interesting isn’t just his survival after the brain […]
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