9th Bilkent International Undergraduate Philosophy Conference will take place on Sunday, March 29, 2026, via Zoom.<\/p>\n
To attend the conference, please register here:
\nhttps:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/sv2ILyFsQku2N5cubfYmAw#\/<\/p>\n
Registration is free, but required. Once you are registered, Zoom meeting information will be sent to you via e-mail.<\/p>\n
Conference Program:
\n(Istanbul time, GMT+3)<\/p>\n
13:00-13:10
\nTufan K\u0131ymaz
\nOpening Speech<\/p>\n
First Session:
\n13:10-13:40
\nPelin Yonca Gen\u00e7 (Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, T\u00fcrkiye)
\n“Can You Just Write It for Me?” Apologies in the Age of AI<\/p>\n
13:40-14:10
\nSinan Orbay (Bilkent University, T\u00fcrkiye)
\nSense as Conditions for Reference (Rethinking Frege on Identity)<\/p>\n
Second Session:
\n14:20-14:50
\nMakan Moslemkhani (Kharazmi University, Iran)
\nA Critique of Botin’s A Posteriori Russellian Physicalism<\/p>\n
14:50-15:20
\nIeva \u0160mitait\u0117 (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
\nFrom Taste to Politics? The Problem of Sensus Communis in Kant’s Critique of Judgment<\/p>\n
Third Session:
\n15:30-16:00
\nYuyao Zhang (New York University, USA)
\nExplaining Our Territorial Rights: Political Ontology, Particularity, and the Ethical Demand<\/p>\n
16:00-16:30
\nArda Bulut (Ko\u00e7 University, T\u00fcrkiye)
\nAccuracy of Causal Theoretical Models: Idealizations and Scope of Model Use<\/p>\n
Fourth Session:
\n16:40-17:10
\nJada Wilson (Temple University, USA)
\nSplit Selves, Political Agency, and Marginalized Resistance: A Fanonian Lens on Political Psychology<\/p>\n
17:10-17:40
\nJinglong Yang (Vanderbilt University, USA)
\nAgainst Moral Deference: Why Artificial Moral Agents Need Not Undermine Phronesis<\/p>\n
If you have any questions, you can reach us at philstudentconf@bilkent.edu.tr<\/p>\n
Organizers:
\nBilkent University Department of Philosophy
\nBilkent Philosophical Society<\/p>\n