5th Bilkent University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

The 5th Bilkent Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2022, online via Zoom. The purpose of this conference is to provide an academic platform for undergraduate students to share their philosophical views and arguments with their peers.

Presentations will be in the form of a 20-minute (live or pre-recorded) talk followed by a 10-minute question-answer session. Pre-recorded presentations are possible but the question and answer session that follows the presentation will be live in each case.

Organizers:

• Bilkent University Department of Philosophy
• Bilkent Philosophical Society

Organizing Committee:

Faculty Supervisor:

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

Undergraduate Committee Members:

• Eylül Adıgüzel (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Esma Bihter Akın (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Damla Belemir Aydın (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Hasan Alparslan Bayrak (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Berk Celayir (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• İrem Sena Karakoç (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)
• Gamze Kaya (Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy)

Conference date: Saturday, February 26, 2022 (via Zoom)

• To attend the conference, please register:

  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYucOuhrTwtHtCqWFNZHc63UfBuugrGQkXv

  After registration, you will receive an e-mail with the Zoom link for the conference.

  If you have any questions, you can reach us at [email protected]

  Conference Program: 

  (Istanbul time, GMT+3)

  14:00-14:05    

  • Opening Speech

  First Session:

  14:05-14:35  

  • Ecem Güvercin (Bilkent University, Turkey)
  • Tragedy of Commons: The Unjustification of Efforts of Survival

  14:35-15:05  

  • Zhiyuan (Charles) Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
  • Definite Descriptions are Indeed Not Semantically Ambiguous: A Semantic Test

  Second Session:

  15.20-15:50  

  • Sabina Pachlopníková (King’s College London, England)
  • A Subtle Touch: Hegel and Lacan in Discourse

  15.50-16:20     

  • Aayush Giri (University of Delhi, Ramanujan College, India)
  • An inquiry into the nature of perception – Biases & Prejudices

  Third Session:

  16.35-17:05       

  • Hasan Ayer (Ankara University, Turkey)
  • Can Groups Hold Rights? Constructing A Normative Basis for Collective Rights Without Attributing Groups a Moral Status

  17.05-17:35        

  • Jakob Gertler (Southern Utah University, USA)
  • Identity, Silencing, and Non-Communicative Discursive Injustice

  17.35-17:40

  • Closing Speech