About My Work
I am currently a lecturer in the Philosophy Department at Tufts University. I earned a PhD in Philosophy from Boston University with a dissertation on self-knowledge of commitments and beliefs. It is a project on epistemology, the ethics of beliefs and moral psychology.
In my dissertation, I argue that while knowledge of our ordinary intentions, such as deciding to take a walk, can be based on our internal mental state, knowledge of commitments, which are more representative of our character, requires evidence from our regular patterns of action over time. Additionally, I show that the attitude of commitment, which is both moral and long-term in nature, is what we need to avow our morally significant beliefs.
I am also interested in our moral responsibility to know our implicit biases and whether commitments can be a helpful approach to do so.
Here is my CV
About My Life
I was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, and later moved to Boston to pursue a Ph.D. in Philosophy. I originally majored in Comparative Literature at Istanbul Bilgi University, but I soon realized that my true interest lay in the tensions among conflicting theoretical frameworks. As an Erasmus student, I studied philosophy at the University of Copenhagen before earning my Master’s degree in Philosophy at Boğaziçi University.
Beyond my commitment to spending long, quiet hours reading philosophy, I often find myself unable to resist the pull of literature.
I was also a first-generation college student.
