Saniye Vatansever.

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1 Saniye Vatansever Education: Summer 2015 Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago Spring 2013 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University 2011 M. A. Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Fulbright Scholar 2008 B. A., Philosophy, High Honors, Bilkent University, Turkey Research and Teaching Interests: Areas of Specialization: Kant, Early Modern Philosophy Areas of Competence: 19 th Century German Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, including Applied Ethics Academic Positions: 2016 Present Instructor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Isik University 2016 Present Instructor, Dept. of Philosophy, Yeditepe University Instructor, Dept. of Philosophy, Bilkent University Summer 2015, 2016 Instructor, Dept. of Philosophy, Boğaziçi University Instructor & Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Philosophy, UIC Publications: Self-Imposed Immaturity: Are We Really Free to Be Enlightened? In Natur und Freiheit: Akten des XII. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, Edited by Violetta L. Waibel und Margit Ruffing, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, (forthcoming). Kant s Conception of the Humean Problem, Philhist 15: Proceedings of Interactions in the History of Philosophy Conference, Dakam Publishing, pp (May 2015). On Embodied Minds in Action. Co-authored with B. Ozturk, Kantian Review, Vol.15-2, pp (2010). [Book review] Under review: The Modality of Empirical Laws: A Critique of Buchdahl and Friedman s Accounts (Revise and Resubmit at The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science [HOPOS].) Kant s Two Conceptions of the Highest Good (Under review at the British Journal for the History of Philosophy) Descartes Two Conceptions of Necessity: Conditional and Absolute Necessity (Under review at Unisinos Journal of Philosophy) Saniye Vatansever 1

2 Work in Progress: The Modal Status of Empirical Laws [Book Project] The Cognitive Basis of Kant s Conception of Disinterested Pleasure (complete draft) Was Hume an Atheist or an Agnostic? Awards and Fellowships: 2016 Boğaziçi -Southampton Newton-Katip Çelebi Project Scholarship ( 750) 2015 Ruth Marcus Prize for Outstanding Member of the Program, UIC (300$) Humanities Institute Dissertation Fellowship, UIC ($20,000) Dean s Scholar Fellowship, UIC ($25,000 and tuition/fee waiver) Spring 2013 Chancellor's Fellowship for Multidisciplinary Research, UIC ($4,000) Fall 2012 Chancellor's Fellowship for Multidisciplinary Research, UIC ($4,000) Fall 2012 Provost's Graduate Research Award, UIC ($3,000) Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship, UIC ($1,000) Travel Awards: UIC: Graduate Student Council Travel Award ($300 x2), Presenter s Award ($300 x2), Liberal Arts Student Travel Award ($500 x3) Fulbright Scholarship for Masters Degree in the USA ($55,000) 2006 European College of Liberal Arts Summer University Scholarship (tuition/fee waiver and all living expenses) Bilkent University Comprehensive Scholarship (tuition/fee waiver, accommodation and monthly stipend) Presentations: (a) Peer-Reviewed Presentations: Kant s Two Conceptions of the Highest Good, Kant: Action, Knowledge and Belief Conference, The American University of Beirut, Beirut (May 2017) A Kantian Approach to the Modal Status of Empirical Laws, UK Kant Society Annual Conference: Kant, Normativity, and Naturalism, University of Southampton (Sept. 2016). Self- Imposed Immaturity: Are We Really Free to Be Enlightened? 12 th International Kant Congress: Nature and Freedom, University of Vienna, Vienna (Sept. 2015). Kant s Conception of the Humean Problem, II. International History of Philosophy Conference, Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center, Istanbul (May 2015). Saniye Vatansever 2

3 The Scope of Kant s Definition of Enlightenment, The Eight Annual Southeast Philosophy Congress, Clayton State University, Atlanta (February 2015). Aufbau is an Ambitious Enterprise: A Critique of Quine and Friedman's Readings, The First Annual Meeting for the Society of the Study of History of Analytical Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton (May 2012). The Significance of Metaphysical Distinctions in Kantian Epistemology, University of Waterloo Graduate Philosophy Conference, Waterloo University (April 2009). (b) Invited Presentations: (c) Commentaries: Kant s Two Conceptions of the Highest Good Department of Philosophy, Lehigh University, Bethlehem (Feb., 2017) Kant s Two Conceptions of Enlightenment The 5th Annual East Mediterranean Seminary for the Scottish Enlightenment, Işık University, Istanbul (May 2016). The Cognitive Basis of Kant s Conception of Disinterested Pleasure World Philosophy Day, Bilkent University, Ankara (November 2015). The Necessity of Kant s Empirical Laws of Nature, Masterclass with Prof. Eckart Förster on Kant s Philosophy of Nature, University of Sydney, Sydney (June 2015). What Does Kant Establish in the Second Analogy of Experience? Public Lecture at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (April 2015). Kant s Account of Empirical Laws, Women in Philosophy Workshop, Northwestern University, Chicago (December 2014). Kant s Account of the Highest Good: What Can We Hope For? And Who Are We? Department of Philosophy, Bogazici University, Istanbul (January 2013). Was Hume an Atheist or an Agnostic? The Annual East Mediterranean Seminary for the Scottish Enlightenment [EMSSE], Zakynthos Island (June 2012). Zubeyde Karadag Thorpe, Turkish Women from Late Ottoman Empire to Early Turkish Republic, Contributions of Mary Wollstonecraft to Contemporary Issues in Philosophy, Bilkent University, (June 2017) Daniel Smyth, Infinity and Givenness: Kant on the Intuitive Roots of Spatial Representation, Chicagoland Graduate Student Conference, UIC (March 2014). Howard Williams, Natural Right in Perpetual Peace, Philosophical Perspectives on Peace III, Boğaziçi University (June 2009). Saniye Vatansever 3

4 Teaching Experience: All of the courses below were taught in English. Courses Taught as Primary Instructor: Philosophy of Mind (Graduate Seminar, Yeditepe University) Professional Ethics (Isik University) Introduction to Philosophy (Yeditepe University, Isik University, UIC) Critical Thinking (Yeditepe University) Informal Logic (Bogazici University) Social and Political Philosophy I & II (Bilkent University) Applied Ethics (Bogazici University) Introduction to Ethics (UIC) Nineteenth Century Philosophy (UIC) Philosophy of Religion (UIC) Courses Taught as Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Ethics (Taught by Samuel Fleischacker, UIC) Nineteenth Century Philosophy (Taught by Sally Sedgwick, UIC) Service: President of the Society for Women in Philosophy in Turkey (SWIP-TR) Organizer of the 2015 World Philosophy Day at Bilkent University Reviewer for Dialogue: The Canadian Philosophical Review Professional Memberships: Society for Women in Philosophy-Turkey [SWIP-Turkey] American Philosophical Association [APA] North American Kant Society [NAKS] East Mediterranean Seminary for the Scottish Enlightenment [EMSSE] Society of the Study for the History of Analytical Philosophy [SSHAP] References: Daniel Sutherland Sally Sedgwick Associate Professor of Philosophy LAS Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, IL Chicago, IL sutherla@uic.edu sedgwick@uic.edu Samuel Fleischacker John Whipple (Teaching Reference) Professor of Philosophy Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, IL Chicago, IL fleischert@sbcglobal.net jwhipple@uic.edu Saniye Vatansever 4

5 Dissertation: Title: Kant s Response to Hume in the Second Analogy Primary Advisors: Daniel Sutherland (Chair, UIC), Sally Sedgwick, Samuel Fleischacker Abstract: In the dissertation, I advance a novel account of Kant s argument in the Second Analogy of Experience. The Second Analogy is significant because there Kant responds to what is known as the Humean problem which inspired his critical philosophy. In order to understand the Second Analogy, one thus needs to identify the exact nature of the Humean problem Kant intends to address. Two popular readings of the Second Analogy identify the Humean problem either with the problem of causation or the with problem of induction. After demonstrating the textual and philosophical problems with both of these readings, I offer an alternative reading, according to which the Second Analogy goes beyond solving the problem of causation and yet falls short of addressing the problem of induction. I thereby point out a false dichotomy between the two popular readings of the Second Analogy and advance an interpretation that better fits Kant s overall critical agenda both textually and philosophically. Saniye Vatansever 5