9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will take place on Sunday, March 29, 2026, via Zoom.
To attend the conference, please register here:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/sv2ILyFsQku2N5cubfYmAw#/
Registration is free, but required. Once you are registered, Zoom meeting information will be sent to you via e-mail.
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
If you have any questions, you can reach us at philstudentconf@bilkent.edu.tr
Organizers:
Bilkent University Department of Philosophy
Bilkent Philosophical Society
For details, please see:
http://www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr/index.php/2025/11/18/9th-international-undergraduate-philosophy-conference/