{"id":207,"date":"2016-11-02T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:56:18","slug":"nazim-keven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/nazim-keven\/","title":{"rendered":"Naz\u0131m Keven"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n

Ph.D.,<\/em> Washington University in St.Louis<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:<\/strong> Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neurophilosophy, Moral Psychology<\/p>\n

Personal Homepage: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.sci-phi.org\/<\/a>
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Email: <\/strong>nazimkeven@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a>
\nPhone<\/strong>: +90-312-290 3136
\n<\/em>Office:<\/strong> H-347
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About<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Naz\u0131m Keven joined the department in 2016. He completed his MA in the Philosophy Department at Simon Fraser University in 2009 and his PhD in the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2016. He received the Science Academy, Turkey’s Young Scientist Award BAGEP<\/a> in 2020. His main area of research is in Philosophy of Cognitive Science, with a particular focus on memory, narratives, and human sociality.  His work is published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences<\/a>, Synthese, Neuropsychologia<\/em> and Hippocampus<\/em>. Apart from philosophy, he is an outdoorsy person, who especially enjoys hiking, cycling, scuba diving, photography, and vanlife.<\/p>\n

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Sample publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Keven, N. (in press). \u201cEpisodic Memory, Vicarious Learning, and Gossip\u201d  In A. Sant\u2019Anna, and C. Craver (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Memory<\/i>. Oxford.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N. (2024). What is Narrativity?<\/a> Ratio, 37(2\u20133), 204\u2013214.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N. (2024). Can Episodic Memory Deter Cheating and Promote Altruism?<\/a> Synthese, <\/em>203(5), 132.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N. (2022). \u201cWhat does it take to remember episodically?<\/a>\u201d In A. Sant\u2019Anna, C. Jude McCarroll, and K. Michaelian (Eds.), Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory<\/em>. Routledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N. (2019). Let’s Call a Memory a Memory, But What Kind?<\/a> Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, E260<\/em>. [Commentary]<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N., Kurczek, J., Rosenbaum, R. S. & Craver, C. (2018). Narrative Construction is Intact in Episodic Amnesia<\/a>. Neuropsychologia<\/em>, 110:104-112.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N. (2018). Carving Event and Episodic Memory at Their Joints<\/a>. Behavioral and Brain Sciences<\/em>, 41, E19. [Commentary]<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N., & Akins, K. A. (2017). Neonatal Imitation in Context: Sensory-Motor Development in the Perinatal Period<\/a>.(Target Article<\/a>) Behavioral and Brain Sciences<\/em>, 40, E381.<\/span><\/p>\n

Craver, C. F., Keven<\/strong>, N<\/strong>., Kwan, D., Kurczek, J., Duff, M. C., & Rosenbaum, R. S. (2016). Moral Judgment in Episodic Amnesia<\/a>. Hippocampus<\/em>, 26<\/em>(8), 975\u2013979.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keven, N. (2016). Events, Narratives and Memory<\/a>. Synthese<\/em>, 193<\/em>(8), 2497\u20132517.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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