Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı as Turkish philosopher and writer (1869–1949).
Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı was born at Svilengrad in 1869. His recorded nationality is Turkey. He studied at Galatasaray High School and Imperial School of Medicine.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at Istanbul University.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy, creative and professional writing and poetry.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Turkey matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı died in 1949, aged 80. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at Istanbul University
- Fields: philosophy, creative and professional writing and poetry
