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I work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and ethics, mostly in various intersections of these areas (e.g., metaphysics of mind, metaphysics of value and normativity, inter-level metaphysics).
While some of my publications are highlighted in my Southampton profile, a more complete list can be found on my personal website (www.umutbaysan.org) or my Google Scholar page.
Currently, I am working on a series of writing projects in inter-level metaphysics, exploring the prospects of a realist, non-reductionist, and emergentist view about higher-level properties in various debates in metaphysics of mind and ethics.
I have broad teaching interests and experience in many areas of philosophy in the analytic tradition.
In 2025-2026, I am teaching modules in Philosophy of Religion and Moral Philosophy.
Previously in Oxford, I taught lectures and/or tutorials in Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Ethics, Practical Ethics, Metaphysics & Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy, and specialist graduate classes on Moral Status, Metaethics, Moral Metaphysics, and Emergence.
I am a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Previously, I had teaching and research positions at the University of Oxford (2017-2025) and the University of Glasgow (2014-2017). My PhD is also from the University of Glasgow (2015), but I was a visiting PhD student at MIT (2012). Prior to that, I completed an MSc in Cognitive Science (2011) and a BSc in Philosophy (2008) at the Middle East Technical University.