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  • The concept of "ideology" in Nietzsche's philosophy : the construction of the subject 
    Mutlu, Erol. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    Although Nietzsche employs the concept of “ideology” very rarely, his strong critique of Western culture can be read, in terms of methodology and content, as an analysis of ideology. The values, ideals, idols, illusions, ...
  • The concept of bildung Hegel's phenomenology and nineteenth century European novel 
    Gürle, F. Meltem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1996., 1996.)
    This thesis presents an analysis of the pattern of Bildung (fonnation, development, education) in Hegel's Phenomenologie des Geistes (phenomenology of Mind/Spirit) upon a background of nineteenth century novel. Focusing ...
  • 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 ...
  • The critical assessment of the direct referentialist solutions to the semantic problems of empty names 
    Polat, Mustafa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    Direct Referentialist account of proper names fundamentally contends that the sole semantic meaning of a proper name is its referent if and only if it has any. By the principle of semantic compositionality, it entails the ...
  • The democracy paradox, and some of its moral and legal implications 
    Şenol, Hüseyin Fırat. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Science, 2002., 2002.)
    The thesis focuses on showing that it is not a paradox of democratic governments to use sanctions on individuals whose actions are conducive to increasing rebellion and uncivilised behaviour in the society, and on those ...
  • The Disclosure of petrified unrest: The Gezi protests from the perspective of Jean-Luc Nancy and Walter Benjamin 
    Kelekçi, Özge. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    Just before and deep down in the Second World War, Walter Benjamin pronounces that progress idea is a conglomeration of catastrophes which always already left traces of who had died, who had been defeated whereas in the ...
  • The emergence of inostensible reference 
    Doğru, Gökhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    This thesis is a struggle to combine the developments in modern linguistics and philosophy of language by focusing on the emergence of inostensible reference. Inostensible reference is a linguistic tool that allows ...
  • The functional ground of the organization of the living body in Aristotle 
    Atalay, Gizem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    The living body is a complex structure consisting of multiple parts, and its structural arrangement shows variations from one species of living beings to another. Yet, despite the differences in their structures, the parts ...
  • The human soul, free will and determinism under capitalism through Cronenberg’s films 
    Yamalıoğlu, Beste. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    In this thesis, I will explore the effects of capitalism on human nature, in particular on whether we have free will or not, as portrayed in David Cronenberg films. In the first half I will make an introduction to determinism ...
  • The immediate object of visual perception 
    Uluç, Işıl. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    This thesis aims to understand the nature of the visual perception by mainly focusing on the question, “What is the immediate object of visual experience?” To this aim, I will examine the theories of perception and give ...
  • The knowledge of contingent a priori truths, performatives and pragmatic inferences 
    Muhtaroğlu, Nazif. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    Saul Kripke claims that there are contingent a priori truths. His argument for this claim depends on his account of naming. By assuming his account of naming, I try to improve his argument by adding two premises expressing ...
  • The manifestation of freedom as a 'productive politics'” 
    Sarı, Yasemin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    This thesis aims to provide an insight to the concept of freedom through an integration of Marx's and Arendt's systems. The investigation will begin with Arendt's distinction between the concepts of labor and work in order ...
  • The moral self. An exploratory study of moral agency and conceptions of self 
    Sözmen, Beril. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    The main question directing this thesis is concerned with the implications of the nature of the self on the one hand and the conceptions that individuals have of their selves on the other for their moral judgement, their ...
  • 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 ...
  • The ontology of social relations in Marx's Capital 
    Yılankaya, Banu. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    This thesis aims to read Marx's analysis of value as suggesting an ontology of social relations. To this aim, I will first provide a preliminary account of Marx's philosophy in Capital with a view to expounding the basis ...
  • 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 ...
  • The problem of 'space' in Frege's ontology a transcentental inquiry 
    Armaner, Türker. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1994., 1994.)
    This thesis is an attempt to evaluate Frege's ontology of numbers in a critical way in view of Kant's transcendental philosophy. Despite the significant divergences between Kant and Frege, these two philosophers will be ...
  • The problem of 'understanding' in Martin Heidegger's Being and Time 
    Alpar, F. Neren. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 2001., 2001.)
    This thesis examines understanding as a fundamental existentiale in Heidegger's Being and Time, and its grounding position to all activities of cognizing. The ultimate goal of the thesis is to reveal the metaphysical basis ...
  • The problem of induction from a metaphysical point of view 
    Bakdur, Eser. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    The aim of this study is to examine the metaphysical solutions recently proposed for the problem of induction, which we inherited from the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume. The problem of induction concerns its ...
  • The problem of infinity: A pendulous swing between empiricism and metaphysics 
    Arslan, Nesibe Sena. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This thesis is an attempt to evaluate the resolutions and further discussions about Zeno’s paradoxes of motion, which approach the matter from two different viewpoints: empirical and metaphysical. I examine the empirical ...