Academic appointments § Assistant Professor Philosophy Depart. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Fall 2007 - Present § Visiting Scholar St. Cross College University of Oxford Fall 2010 § Assistant Professor Philosophy Depart. California State Univ., San Bernardino, 2006- 2007 Tenure Track USA
Education § Ph.D. in Philosophy August 2006 Indiana University, Bloomington, USA § Joint Ph.D. with Cognitive Science § M.A. in Philosophy June 1999 Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey § B.A. in Philosophy June 1996 Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
PUBLICATIONS n Demir H., ed., 2011, Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology: Critical Reflections, Springer, forthcoming. n Demir H. “The Counterfactual Theory of Information Revisited”, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 89, No. 2, forthcoming. n Demir H. “The Fourth Revolution: Philosophical Foundations and Technological Implications”, Knowledge, Technology and Policy [Current name: Philosophy & Technology), Vol. 23, No. 1-2, pp. 1-6, June 2010. n Demir H. The Fundamental Properties of Information Carrying Relations. In: Thinking Machines and the Philosophy of Computer Science: Concepts and Principles, ed. Jordi Vallvardu, IGI Global, 2010. n Demir H. “Representation and Information: A Two-Level Analysis”, Proceedings of the VIIIth European Conference on Philosophy and Computing, 2010. n Demir H. “Felsefi Gelenek ve Felsefe Eğitimi: Yavuz – Enç Tartışmasına Yeni bir Bakış”, Hilmi Yavuz Akademik Sempozyumu Bildirgeleri, Artuklu Universitesi, Mardin, 2010. n Demir H. “Information Carrying Relations: Transitive or Non-Transitive”, Proceedings of the VIIth European Conference on Philosophy and Computing, 2009. n Demir H. “Counterfactuals vs. Conditional Probabilities: A Critical Analysis of the Counterfactual Theory of Information”, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 45-60, March 2008. n Allwein G., Demir H., Pike L. “Logic Classes for Boolean Monoids and an Interpretation in CMOS Circuits”, Journal of Logic, Language and Information, Vol. 13, No. 3, December 2004, pp. 241-266, Kluver Academic Publishers. n Sheya A., Demir H., Hanania R. “Consistent Argument Predicate Binding is Important for Predicate-Predicate Linking”, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Cognitive Science Society, August 2004, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. EDITORIALS n Guest Editor. “Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology: Critical Reflections”. Special Double Issue of Knowledge, Technology and Policy, Vol. 23, No. 1-2, June 2010, Springer.
SUBMITTED WORKS n Demir H. “Dichotomy and Continuum: Grice’s Distinction between Natural Meaning and Non-natural Meaning”. Under review in Metaphilosophy (Submitted on October 11, 2010). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS n “Merging Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Information”, Invited Speaker, 3rd International Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, Free University, Brussels, November 2010. [*] n “A Bayesian Approach to Mental Representation and Information”, Invited Speaker, Workshop on Bayesian Argumentation, Lund University, Sweden, October 2010.* n “Representation and Information: A Two-Level Analysis”, 2nd International Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, Bilkent University, Ankara, May 2010. n “Cognitive Science as an Independent Discipline”, Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, METU, Ankara, March 2008. n “A Methodological Question: The Observer’s Perspective vs. the Animal’s Perspective”, Things and Thoughts – III, Boğaziçi University, November 2007. n “Dretske’s Epistemology and the Problem of Misrepresentation”, Keith Lehrer’s Epistemology Reading Group, University of Arizona, November 2006. n “Cognitive Science as an Independent Discipline: A SWOT Analysis Attempt”, Cognitive Science Curriculum Workshop, Indiana University, June 2006. n “Inverse Conditional Probabilities: Good or Evil?”, Neurophilosophy: The State of the Art, McDonnell Project, California Institute of Technology, June 2005. n “(Mis)Representation and Propositional Content”, Cognitive Science Group Lecture Series, California State University, Fresno, April 2005. n “Error Comes With Imagination: A Probabilistic Theory of Mental Content”, The Midsouth Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, February 2005. n Commentator on Gregory Johnson’s “Comments on Affect Programs”, The Midsouth Philosophy Conference, February 2005. n “A Worldly Wittgenstein: Situation Semantics as a Model for Tractarian Awe”, The History of Analytic Philosophy Conference, University of Iowa, 2002. n “Influential Ideas – Weak Arguments: Frege against Psychologism”, The Foundations of Mathematics Conference, METU, Ankara, 2000. Referee Work n Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2010 (ed. Stewart Candlish) n Synthese, 2010 (ed. John Symons) n Synthese, 2009 (guest ed. Luciano Floridi) n Metaphilosophy, 2009 (guest ed. Patrick Allo) n Canadian Association of Philosophy, 2007 (guest ed. Darren Abramson) n Connection Science, 2003 (assoc. ed. Andy Clark) n Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 2003 (ed. Jim Townsend) GRANTS n TÜBİTAK – 2219: Post-Doctoral Research Grant. 2010, First Period (6 months, 1450 Euros per month).
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE n IACAP (International Association of Computing and Philosophy) Award Committee Member, 2010. n IACAP 2012 1st World Conference Organization Committee Member. n Chair of the Organization Committee, 2nd International Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, May 2010, Bilkent University. DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE n Publicity Committee Chair 2007 – Present, Bilkent Univ. n Philosophy Ambassadors Program Supervision 2006 – 2007, Philosophy, CSUSB n Philosophy of Cog. Sci. Senior Hire Search Committee 2004 – 2005, Philosophy, IUB n University Graduate Student Organization Representative 2003 – 2004, Philosophy, IUB n Philosophy Graduate Admissions Committee 2002 – 2003, Philosophy, IUB n International Student Orientation Session Presenter 2003, IUB n Philosophy of Cog. Sci. Junior Hire Search Committee 2002 – 2003, Philosophy, IUB AWARDS – FELLOWSHIPS n Chancellor’s Fellowship: 2000 – 2004 Indiana University, Bloomington n Outstanding Instructor Award: 2004 Philosophy Dept, IUB n Summer Research Awards: 2002 – 2006 Cognitive Science Dept, IUB n Outstanding Service Award: 2003 Philosophy Dept, IUB |