{"id":2216,"date":"2017-09-13T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=2216"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:10:16","slug":"tufan-kiymaz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/tufan-kiymaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Tufan K\u0131ymaz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Assistant Professor<\/h3>\n

Assistant Chair and Associate Dean<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D.,<\/em> Indiana University, Bloomington<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:<\/strong> Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Well-Being<\/p>\n

Personal Homepage:<\/strong> https:\/\/tufankiymaz.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Email<\/strong>: tufan.kiymaz@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a>
\nPhone<\/strong>: +90-312-290 1049
\nOffice<\/strong>: H-233A<\/p>\n

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About<\/h3>\n

Tufan K\u0131ymaz received his PhD in Philosophy, with a minor in History and Philosophy of Science, from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2017. The same year he joined the philosophy department in Bilkent, from where he has received his Bachelor\u2019s degree. His main area of research is philosophy of mind, more specifically our first-personal knowledge of subjective qualities like what it is like to see red or what it is like to be in pain, and the possibility of a fully materialistic and scientific explanation of this type of knowledge. He is also interested in philosophy of religion, philosophy of well-being, Modern Stoicism, and philosophical pedagogy.<\/p>\n

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

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2021) The Fine-Tuning Argument and the Objection from Artificial Intelligence<\/a>. Flsf<\/em>, 31: 1-13<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2021) On the Paradigmatic Conception of the Physical<\/a>. Problemos,<\/em> 99: 80-86  <\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2020) A Priori Physicalism and the Knowledge Argument<\/a>. Teorema,<\/em> 39\/2: 87-103<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2020) Hassas Ayar Arg\u00fcman\u0131: Bilim Tanr\u0131\u2019y\u0131 M\u0131 \u0130\u015faret Ediyor?<\/a> Beyt\u00fclhikme<\/em>, 10\/4: 1367-1381<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2019) Phenomenal Concepts and Physical Facts: A Dialogue with Mary<\/a>. Filozofia: Journal for Philosophy,<\/i> 74\/10: 797-807<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2019) Kant and the Impossibility of Non-Euclidean Space<\/a>. Philosophical Forum,<\/i> 50\/4: 485-491<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2019) What Gary Couldn’t Imagine<\/a>. Journal of Philosophical Research,<\/i> 44: 293-311 <\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2019) On The Meaning of “The Meaning of Life<\/a>.” Filosofia Unisinos: Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, <\/em>20\/2: 146-154<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2019) Subjective Physicalism as a Response to the Knowledge Argument<\/a>. MetaZihin, 2\/2: 199-211<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2018) Baker’s Theory of Material Constitution and Thinking Things into Existence<\/a>. Filozofia Nauki: The Philosophy of Science, <\/i>26\/4: 49-56<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2018) Aristotle on the Naturalness of Death from Old Age<\/a>. Mediterranean Journal of Humanities,<\/i> VIII\/2: 427-436<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sample Turkish language publications<\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2022) K\u0131br\u0131sl\u0131 Zenon – Mutluluk Hayat\u0131n Diren\u00e7siz Ak\u0131\u015f\u0131d\u0131r<\/em><\/a>. Destek Yay\u0131nlar\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2021) G\u00f6r\u00fcng\u00fcsel Bilgi ve \u0130mgelem Yetene\u011fi<\/a>. MetaZihin<\/em>, 2\/2: 79-90<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u0131ymaz, T. (2021) Fizikselcilik Kar\u015f\u0131t\u0131 Bilgi Arg\u00fcman\u0131’n\u0131n Bir Savunusu<\/a>. Kayg\u0131,<\/em> 20\/2: 653-695<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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