Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis

Abstract This paper addresses the conceptualisation and measurement of goal-directedness. Drawing inspiration from Ernst Mayr’s demarcation between multiple meanings of teleology, we propose a refined approach that delineates different kinds of teleology/teleonomy based on the temporal depth of generative models of se…

In this paper, we introduce and discuss the itinerary of a 2nd year architectural design course, led by ourselves at Beykent U's Dept. of Architecture. The terms of our discussion traces Deleuze's reworking of Bergson's theory of duration. We retain the critical, hermeneutic and creative moments of Deleuze's selective…

• VELİ ŞAFAK UYSAL

In this paper, we introduce and discuss the itinerary of a 2nd year architectural design course, led by ourselves at Beykent U's Dept. of Architecture. The terms of our discussion traces Deleuze's reworking of Bergson's theory of duration. We retain the critical, hermeneutic and creative moments of Deleuze's selective…

• LEVENT ARIDAĞ

Bu calismada yirminci yuzyil filozoflarindan Henri Bergson’un, felsefesinin temel dayanaklarindan olan bilinc sezgi arasindaki ilgiyi belirleyerek degerlendirmede bulunduk. Ancak bu iki kavram arasindaki iliskiyi ifade etmeden once bilincin ne oldugu ve onun durumlari olan duyum, zekâ, algi, bellek ve hatiradan soz et…

• AYŞE EROĞLU

For one who is alone in a country where he or she has newly arrived, a quarantine is nothing but an incarceration that can barely be tolerated without having moments of mental breakdown. Although, this imposed isolation has the prospect of redemption at its end, the infinite scope of time during which that current sit…

• PARIA VALIZADEH

This chapter focuses on Gilles Deleuze's understanding of the social and his concept of society ‘without organs’. It provides an experimental mapping of the field of social theories by means of a diagram based on two orthogonal axes with a vertical continuum between order and chaos and a horizontal continuum between p…

Bu yazı, felsefe yapmanın söz merkezli geleneksel yöntemlerinin bir eleştirisini içermekte ve felsefi düşünceyi sözel imgelerin ötesine taşıyarak, duyusal ve duygulanımsal imajları felsefe yapmanın bir yolu olarak önermektedir. Henri Bergson’un zaman felsefesinden yola çıkarak, dünyanın bedenden ayrı bir zihin tahayyü…

• AYŞE USLU

Jean-Pierre Dupuy argues that our failure to prevent the looming climate catastrophe results from a faulty metaphysics of time: because we believe the present can proceed down one of the many branches that extend into the future, some of which bypass the catastrophe, we do not think it is absolutely urgent to take dra…

• CORRY MICHAEL SHORES

In this essay Tanpınar's short poem ‘The Dance’ is explored against the background provided by Bergson's ideas on intuition and intellect as it is based on the dichotomy between intuitive awareness of reality as a flow and the fixed form of it. It is not only an aesthetic account of the movements of the dancer but als…

David Lynch filmlerinin analizleri, çeşitli bakış açılarından yola çıkarak oldukça fazla ele alınmıştır. Lynch’in sinemasının rüya benzeri görüntülerin baskınlığı yoluyla gerçeklik kavramlarını istikrarsızlaştırma eğilimi göz önüne alındığında, psikanalitik yönelimli eleştirmenler bu filmleri bilinçdışı arzu ve fantez…

• AZİME CANTAŞ

Charles Darwins’s evolution theory was surveyed and analyzed by Henri Bergson in his book “Evolution Creatrice” (1907). Bergson described the importance of “intuition” and “cognitive processes” during evolution. The present essay describes the importance of entropy changes during evolution of species and…

• BAHAR GÜNTEKİN

Makalede, Bergson’un zihin felsefesinin merkezinde olan bilinç, hafıza ve beyin gibi temel kavramları birbiriyle ilişkili olarak irdelenmektedir. Özellikle de bilincin, beden ya da beyinden bağımsız olarak açıklanmasının mümkün olup olmadığı problemine odaklanılmaktadır. Bu noktada, Bergson’un zihin felsefesinin temel…

• VEDAT ÇELEBİ