__NOTOC__ Arda Denkel (6 July 1949 – 21 May 2000) was a Turkish philosopher. He studied at the

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and, under

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, wrote his

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dissertation which he later developed into a more expansive study with his book '' The Natural Background of Meaning'' in 1999. Upon his return to

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he became an important promoter of

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in Turkey, a country traditionally almost entirely cultivated within a continental atmosphere, and became a faculty member in the philosophy department at the

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for the rest of his life. He was twice a visiting professor at the

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between 1985 and 1989, and served as a member of the steering committee of the

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(ESAP) between 1996 and 1999. He also authored several other books and articles in both Turkish and English, including his '' Object and Property'' in 1996. He died in 2000 after a prolonged fight with a brain tumour.

Books

1981, Anlaşma: Anlatma ve Anlama 1984, Bilginin Temelleri 1984, Anlamın Kökeni 1986, Nesne ve Doğası 1995, Reality and Meaning: A Particularistic Point of View 1995, Reality and Meaning 1996, Anlam ve Nedensellik 1997, Düşünceler ve Gerekçeler I 1997, Düşünceler ve Gerekçeler II 1998, İlkçağ’da Doğa Felsefeleri 1999, The Natural Background of Meaning

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denkel, Arda 20th-century Turkish philosophers Analytic philosophers Epistemologists Philosophers of language Metaphysicians 1949 births 2000 deaths