9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

Sunday, March 29, 2026, via Zoom.

Registration is free, but required. Once you are registered, Zoom meeting information will be sent to you via e-mail.

Click here to register:https://zoom.us/meeting/register/sv2ILyFsQku2N5cubfYmAw#/registration

Conference Program:

(Istanbul time, GMT+3)

13:00-13:10    

• Tufan Kıymaz
• Opening Speech

First Session:

13:10-13:40  

• Pelin Yonca Genç (Boğaziçi University, Türkiye)
• “Can You Just Write It for Me?” Apologies in the Age of AI

13:40-14:10  

• Sinan Orbay (Bilkent University, Türkiye)
• Sense as Conditions for Reference (Rethinking Frege on Identity)

Second Session:

14.20-14:50  

• Makan Moslemkhani (Kharazmi University, Iran)
• A Critique of Botin’s A Posteriori Russellian Physicalism

14.50-15:20     

• Ieva Šmitaitė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
• From Taste to Politics? The Problem of Sensus Communis in Kant’s Critique of Judgment

Third Session:

15.30-16:00      

• Yuyao Zhang (New York University, USA)
• Explaining Our Territorial Rights: Political Ontology, Particularity, and the Ethical Demand

16.00-16:30       

• Arda Bulut (Koç University, Türkiye)
• Accuracy of Causal Theoretical Models: Idealizations and Scope of Model Use

Fourth Session:

16.40-17.10     

• Jada Wilson (Temple University, USA)
• Split Selves, Political Agency, and Marginalized Resistance: A Fanonian Lens on Political Psychology

17.10-17.40       

• Jinglong Yang (Vanderbilt University, USA)
• Against Moral Deference: Why Artificial Moral Agents Need Not Undermine Phronesis

17.40-18.00

• Closing Speech

Please click here to register. If you have any questions, you can reach us at [email protected]

Organizers:

• Bilkent University Department of Philosophy
• Bilkent Philosophical Society

Organizing Committee:

Faculty Supervisor:

• Dr. Tufan Kıymaz (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)

Planning Committee Members:

• Beyza Nur Taştemir (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Sermin Aydemir (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Eyşan Ezgi Gökçay (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Nil Deniz Yıldız (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)