Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yasin Ramazan Başaran

BOOKS

• Düşünmenin Alfabesi [The Alphabet of Thinking – A Book of Critical Thinking], Timaş, Istanbul 2020.
• Araştırmanın Alfabesi [The Alphabet of Research – Academic Culture for Beginners and Who Wants to Restart], Timaş, Istanbul 2021.
• Düşün Bir de Sağlıklı Düşün [Think and Think Again – An Intoduction to Healthy Thinking], Server, Istanbul 2022.
• Gerçeklik Yeniden: Metafiziğe Dönüş Üzerine Bir İnceleme [Reality Again: An Investigation on the Return of Metaphysics], Timas, Istanbul 2023.
• – with F. Zehra Selvi, Analik Felsefe Okumalari [Readings on Analytic Philosophy], Eskiyeni, Ankara 2024.
• İşe Yaramayan Şeyler Üzerine [On Not-Useful Things - Theses Against Nihilism], Timaş, İstanbul 2025.

BOOKS EDITED

• Düşünme Biçimleri [Ways of Thinking], with Yusuf Şahin, Eskiyeni Yayınları, Ankara 2025.

BOOKS TRANSLATED

• Metaphysics of Free Will in Islamic Philosophy by Prof. Gurbuz Deniz, from Turkish to English. Ankara University Press, Ankara 2024.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Two methods of Understanding the Sacred Book. Journal of Islamic Research. Vol. 3 No. 2, (2010) - Index Islamicus Accession Number: ICHA425230
• The Idea of Subjective Faith in al-Maturidi’s Theology, Journal of Islamic Research. Vol. 4 No. 2, (2011)
• Avicenna on the Soul's Power to Manipulate Material Objects, Eskiyeni, vol.30, (2015)
• God of Ibn Sīnā: Immutable Yet Responsive. Eskiyeni 51 (December 2023), 977-991. ESCI
• Metaphysics of Extraordinary Events. Hitit İlahiyat Dergisi. (December 2023), 966-981. ESCI, Scopus.
• A Defence of Intrinsic Necessity on the Metaphysical Unity of Nature. darulfunun ilahiyat 36, sy. 2 (August 2025), 511-38. Scopus.

BOOK REVIEWS

• "M. A. Muqtedar Khan. Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan.". Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi 25 (2020): 200-202

ARTICLES TRANSLATED

• “A Third Version of the Ontological Argument in the Ibn Sinian Metaphysics” P. Morewedge, into Turkish “İbn Sina Metafiziğinde Ontolojik Argümanın Üçüncü Versiyonu”, in Din Felsefesi Açısından Meşşâi Gelen-ek-I IV, ed. Recep Alpyağıl, İz Yayınları, İstanbul 2020. 404-428

CHAPTERS

• “Mûcib Bizzat Teorisi” [The Idea of a Necessitarian God], İslam Düşüncesinde Teoriler 1: Metafizik II. ed. Ö. Türker. Ketebe Yayınları, İstanbul, 2021.
• Din-Bilim İlişkisinde Model Arayışları [Seeking for Methods in Science and Religion Debates] in Güncel Kelam Tartışmaları II, ed. M. Bulgen and E. Doko, MÜİF Yayınları, İstanbul, 2021.
• “Dinî İddialar Ne Kadar Rasyonel Olabilir?” [How rational can religious claims be?] in Ekoller ve Kurumlar Düşünce Bilimleri, ed. N. Doru and K. Gökdag, Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Mardin: 2022.
• “Ethics in the Premodern Ottoman Empire” in Shakespeare and Virtue A Handbook, ed. J. R. Lupton and D. Sherman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: UK; New York, NY, 2023.
• “Reconstruction of Legal Authority: An Analysis of the Contemporary Discourse on Maqaşid Al-Sharī'ah” in İlahiyat Bilimlerinde Makâsıd, vol. I, Nida Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2023.
• "Eleştirel Düşünme" [Critical Thinking] in Düşünme Biçimleri, ed. Yasin Ramazan and Yusuf Şahin, Eskiyeni Yayınları, Ankara 2025.
• "Gerçeklik" [Reality], in Araftaki Kelimeler, ed. Rukiye Aydoğdu Demir, DİB Yayınları, Ankara 2025.
• "Anlamın Peşinde: Metafizik, Natüralizm ve Nihilizm" [After Meaning: Metaphysics, Naturalism, and Nihilism], in Müslüman Düşünce ve Sorunları I, ed. Gürbüz Deniz and Tuncer Namlı, Eskiyeni, Ankara 2025.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY

• “Harikulade” [Extraordinary] in TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, revisions to 1^st edition. Date of Publication: December 2023.

SERIES EDITOR

• Bilim Felsefesi [Philosophy of Science], Goeffrey Gorham..trans. Gülsüm Esen, BabilKitap, Istanbul 2022. ISBN: 9786057058096
• Zihin Felsefesi [Philosophy of Mind], Edward Feser, trans. Osman Baran Kaplan, BabilKitap, Istanbul 2023. ISBN: 9786057263117
• Dedemin Sandalyesi – Felsefe Fikri 1, Sumeyra Uzer, Mecaz Cocuk, Istanbul 2022. ISBN: 9786258148336

ESSAYS

• Muhatabın Bağlamı -Dücane Cündioğlu'nun Yorum Metoduna Bir Bakış- [The Context of the Addressee], Notlar Dergisi, No.1 January 2015
• Anlayan-Doğa ve Dinî Okumanın İmkanı [The Possibility of Religious Reading], Notlar Dergisi, No. 2, May 2015
• İslam Akademik Kültürünü Bütüncül Okumak [A Holistic Reading of Islamic Academic Culture], Notlar Dergisi, No. 4, April 2016
• Doğa Varsayımı ve Yaratma [Assumption of Nature and Creation], Milli Mecmua, No. 14, June 2020
• Düşünce ve Gerçeklik Arasında: Gelenek, Sezgi ve Eleştiri [Between Thought and Reality: Tradition, Intuition, and Criticism], Sabah Ulkesi, No. 66, January 2021
• Her Değer Bir Değil [Not All Values are the Same], Lacivert, No.89, April 2022
• Duygu ve Düşünce İkileminden Ahenkli Gerçeklik Algısına [From the Dilemma of Emotions and Thoughts to an Harmonious Perception of Reality], Sabah Ulkesi, No.72, July 2022
• Doğrulama, Yanlışlama ve Din [Verification, Falsification, and Religion], Teklif, No.9, May 2023

PRESENTATIONS

• Rethinking Rationality of Religion with Alfarabi, "Mapping the Landscapes of Islamic Studies at IU Conference", Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN USA November 1, 2014
• Taking Avicenna Seriously: Reevaluation of al-Ghazali’s objections on creation, 50th Anniversary Meeting of MESA in Boston, MA USA, November 17-20, 2016
• Farabi on Religion: Certainty, Realization, and Community, Graduate Student Colloquium On Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies History, Memory, Identity Co-Organized by Diyanet Islamic Research Institute & Ali Vural Ak Center For Global Islamic Studies At GMU Lanham, MD USA, April 8-9, 2017
• Does belief in the afterlife give meaning to life? “Abrahamic Reflections on the Afterlife” sponsored by Haifa University, Jerusalem Israel, March 8-20, 2022
• Dinî İddialar Rasyonel Olabiir mi? [Can Religious Beliefs be Rational?], “III. Uluslararası Dil, Düşünce ve Din Bilimleri Kongresi”, Mardin Turkey, May 25-27, 2022
• Leaving Things in His Hands: An Analysis of the Believer's Confidence in God (tawakkul), “The Rationality of Religious Emotions in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” Goethe University Frankfurt Am Main, Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Bad Homburg Germany, May 15-17, 2023
• God of the Philosophers and God of Ibn Sīnā, “Philosophy and Religions in the Abrahamic Traditions: International Conference”, Marmara University and Templeton Foundation, Istanbul Turkey, May 29-June 1, 2023
• Reconstructıon of Legal Authority in Islamic Jurisprudence, “Maqasid in Religious Studies: International Symposium”, Van YY İlahiyat Faculty of Divinity, Van, October 13-15, 2023.