Browsing by Keywords "Imagination"
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Are fictional emotions SUI generis?
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)In this master‟s thesis, I address the question whether fictional emotions are sui generis or whether they are reducible to genuine emotions. I argue that we can neither put fictional emotions in a different category nor ... -
Imagi-nation of gendered nationalism : the represantation of women as gendered national subjects in Ottoman-Turkish novels (1908-1938)
(Bilkent University, 2005)The relation between gender and nationalism has been a controversial issue since the 1980’s when the feminist analyses have brought to light different ways in which women are implicated in nationalist projects. Although ... -
Imagination in the study of history: Collingwood reconsidered
(Bilkent University, 2019-05)Philosopher and historian R.G. Collingwood made bold claims for the role imagination plays in the study of history, but does not adequately qualify his claims. In this thesis I add content to Collingwood’s conception of ... -
Is external memory memory? biological memory and extended mind
(Elsevier, 2012-09)Clark and Chalmers (1998) claim that an external resource satisfying the following criteria counts as a memory: (1) the agent has constant access to the resource; (2) the information in the resource is directly available; ... -
The pure possibility of Immanuel Kant's aesthetics
(Bilkent University, 2006)This study aims at evaluating the aesthetic views of Immanuel Kant. The experience of the beautiful and that of the sublime are discussed. The experience of the beautiful is analysed with respect to the faculties of ... -
The representation of women as gendered national subjects in Ottoman-Turkish novels (1908-1923)
(Routledge, 2007)In order to understand the ongoing production of gendered nation in Anderson's sense, which is mainly realized in the cultural domain, novels can play a significant role in terms of representing the imagined boundaries and ... -
“Some further being”: engaging with the other in David Malouf's an imaginary life
(Sage, 2006-03)This article is most concerned with analysing the role of the other in Malouf’s fiction. It briefly considers Malouf’s relationship with history and postcoloniality before engaging in a close reading focused on Malouf’s ... -
Spaces of boredom : imagination and the ambivalence of limits
(Bilkent University, 2005)This study aims to contribute readings of arguments pertaining to and conceptualizations of the experience of boredom to discussions of art, philosophy and culture. Relevant histories and readings of philosophical accounts ...
