Felsefe: Recent submissions

  • An ethical criticism of industrial animal farms 
    Aracı, Seçil. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis argues that it is impossible to defend the practices of industrial animal farms ethically depending on the principle of “do no harm”. “Do no harm” principle is accepted by many ethical theories and introduces ...
  • Historical perspective in the sciences 
    Karagözoğlu, Senem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    The present thesis aims to demonstrate that the distinction between historical and scientific disciplines is indefensible, because a historical perspective is necessary for a scientific understanding of the universe. To ...
  • Do incomplete definite descriptions refute Russell’s theory of descriptions? 
    Ataman, Işık Pelin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    The aim of this study is to formulate a Russellian solution to the problem of incomplete definite descriptions, and thereby defend Russell’s Theory of Descriptions. To this end, I argue that the proper way to approach the ...
  • Is later Wittgenstein a relativist?: an investigation on / through forms of life 
    Turan, Caner. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    There are two main interconnected concerns of this thesis. One is to make an investigation on “forms of life” which is one of the most important notions in philosophical framework of later Wittgenstein. When Wittgenstein ...
  • Hilbert's finitism and its limits 
    Ön, Emek. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    The use of the concept of infinite and of nonconstructive methods in mathematics needs justification. For this reason, we need to prove that these methods do not lead to inconsistencies. In order to achieve that, we formalize ...
  • The seeming middle ground : concessions of a realist 
    Kingston, Laura Elizabeth. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This project scrutinizes philosophical positions that have both realistic and relativistic tendencies in order to show how the precarious relationship between truth and reality can be stabilised through an endorsement of ...
  • Egg donation: where should market stand? 
    Sürmen, Banu Berna. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    Over the last twenty years, the demands of market have captured the reproductive medicine. As levels of infertility among women have been rising immensely, there is also an increased demand for eggs. This demand has lead ...
  • An introduction to the ontological foundations of Gödel's incompleteness theorems 
    Çitil, Ahmet Ayhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1994., 1994.)
    In the present thesis, we carry out an ontological investigation of Goders incompleteness theorems in view of which we obtain an interpretation of Godel's incompleteness results. In our ontological investigation, we determine ...
  • Phenomenology of spirit as the teleological unfolding of consciosness 
    Kandemir, Fatma Deniz. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    Phenomenology of Spirit as the Teleological Unfolding of Consciousness” In this thesis, Hegel‟s conception of the “experience of consciousness” as the very movement of natural consciousness towards knowledge of itself will ...
  • Embodiment of rules in action :|primacy of action in late Wittgenstein and Marx 
    Bakır, Onur. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis investigates how rules and actions can be related to each other in an immanent way. To do this, I first focus on a prominent thinker, Ferdinand de Saussure, who defends the inevitability of separating rules and ...
  • Marx’s economic law of motion 
    Korkmaz, İbrahim. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    As the economist Stephen Cullenberg pointed out, for Marx, the law of falling rate of profit is the most important law of political economy. The central theses of this study are [a] that Marx’s law of falling rate of profit ...
  • Plato's Socrates : dialectical method as techne 
    Yılmaz, Şirin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis aims to investigate how Plato in his dialogues through the Socratic character treats the method of dialectic as being some kind of techné. On the grounds of Plato’s dialogues, the inquiry begins by enumerating ...
  • The place of Albert Schweitzer in contemporary philosophy and why we should concern ourselves with his ethical thought nonetheless 
    Willey, Clinton Marshall. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    As a philosopher, Albert Schweitzer is known chiefly for his notion of Reverence for Life, as well as his statement that “My life is my argument.” Yet The Philosophy of Civilization, his philosophical magnum opus, is a ...
  • On the identity of emotions: concepts, feelings, and intentionality 
    Dolun, Botan. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    Historically, the philosophy of emotion deals with the question of what emotions are and how they relate to other types of mental states. This thesis gives an answer to this question in two consecutive steps. First, we ...
  • Thought, critique, and novelty in Kant’s critical philosophy 
    Pusar, Güçsal. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    The main concern of the thesis is to expose the specifically critical thrust of Kant’s conception of genius. The guiding thread of our investigation is Kant’s conceptualization of taste as the discipline of genius. We argue ...
  • How to provide a consistent account of akrasia 
    Geyik, Sefa. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    The aim of this thesis is to provide o consistent solution for the philosophical problem of akrasia. Akrasia, a Greek word, is translated into English as “lacking command over oneself” or “weakness of will”. The question ...
  • On the possibility of nonconceptual experience: the case of music experience 
    Ar, Özge. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    The present thesis concerns the possibility of nonconceptual concent from a representationalist framework. It briefly reviews the literature on nonconceptual content. It takes conceptuality and nonconceptuality as features ...
  • The concept of certainty and implications of the view that knowledge does not require certainty 
    Çil, Dilek Arlı. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis aims at investigating the odd implications of the view that knowledge does not require certainty such as the utterances “I know p, but I am not certain that p”, “I know p, but it is not certain that p”, “I know ...
  • Bones and justice: ethical dimensions of the use of skeletal age diagnosis for forensic purposes 
    Altınay, Rüstem Ertuğ. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    Forensic bioethics is a branch of bioethics that has traditionally enjoyed little interest. The aim of this thesis is to focus on skeletal age diagnosis, a popular forensic procedure in Turkey, to explore the ethical ...
  • The ontological foundations of McTaggart's argument on the unreality of time 
    Kovanlıkaya, Aliye. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1994., 1994.)
    In this thesis, it is attempted to investigate the ontological foundations of McTaggart's argument on the unreality of time which is generally considered independently from McTaggart's ontology. It is also aimed to show ...