Ioanna Kuçuradi passed away: One of the leading names in the world of philosophy
Quick Look
- President of the Turkish Philosophical Association and Honorary President of the World Federation of Philosophical Organizations, Prof.
- İoanna Kuçuradi ended his life at Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine Training and Research Hospital.
- Born in Istanbul in 1936, Kuçuradi graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Philosophy in 1959 and started his academic career at Erzurum Atatürk University.
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Why It Matters
Ioanna Kuçuradi is considered a leading figure in the Turkish and international philosophical community. He served as the President of the Turkish Philosophical Association and the Honorary President of the World Federation of Philosophical Organizations. He was one of the first academics to establish a philosophy department at Hacettepe University. He served in academic and administrative positions for many years and made significant contributions to the field of philosophy education.
Ioanna Kuçuradi, President of the Turkish Philosophical Association and Honorary President of the World Federation of Philosophical Organizations, passed away. Ioanna Kuçuradi's life and works are a matter of curiosity. Well, Prof. Dr. Who is Ioanna Kuçuradi, what are his works? Why did Ioanna Kuçuradi die?
WHO IS IOANNA KUÇURADI?
Ioanna Kuçuradi was born on October 4, 1936 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Philosophy in 1959.
Prof. Dr. He started working as Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu's assistant. He became a doctor in 1965 with his thesis titled "The Human Problem in Schopenhauer and Nietzsche". He worked at Erzurum Atatürk University between 1965-1968. He transferred to Hacettepe University in 1969. He was appointed as the head of the deanship of the Philosophy department established by Emel Doğramacı. He became an associate professor in 1970 and a professor in 1978. In 1983, he was elected to the board of directors of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, FISP, and served as secretary general between 1988-1998 and as president of the federation between 1998-2003.
He founded the philosophy department at Hacettepe University in 1969 and served as the head of the department until his retirement in 2003.
Kuçuradi, who is the president of the Turkish Philosophical Association, started teaching at Maltepe University's Philosophy Department in 2006. He served as the director of the Human Rights and Philosophy Application and Research Center of the same university between 1997 and 2005, and as the head of the UNESCO Chair established within the center since 1998.
WHY DID IOANNA KUCURADI LOST HIS LIFE?
President of the Turkish Philosophical Association, Honorary President of the World Federation of Philosophical Organizations, Maltepe University Department of Philosophy faculty member Prof. Dr. Ioanna Kuçuradi died this evening at Maltepe University Faculty of Medicine Training and Research Hospital, where he was treated.
WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF IOANNA KUÇURADI?
Behind the Curtain -Poems- (1962)
The Tragic in Max Scheler and Nietzsche (1965)
Nietzsche and Man (1966)
Schopenhauer and Man (1967)
Teaching Philosophy in Our High Schools (1969)
Man and His Values: The Value Problem (1971)
Ethics (1977)
Looking at Art through Philosophy (1980)
Among the Events of the Age (1980)
Uludağ Speeches - Concepts of Freedom, Morality, Culture (1988)
Human Philosophy in Our Century - In Memory of Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu (1997)
Morality Ethics and Ethics (2019)
Open Questions
- No detailed information was given about the cause of death of Ioanna Kuçuradi.
- What were Kuçuradi's recent works and plans?
- Who will fill the gap in the Turkish Philosophical Institution and the World Federation of Philosophical Organizations?
