Journal of Logical Studies is an international research journal which is published biannually. JLS aims to publish scientific research such as papers, book reviews and symposium reviews on logic and philosophy and to share these studies with public.
JLS provides articles written by qualified specialists in the area of Logic. It continues to publish compelling original research articles that contribute to the development of scholarly understanding and interpretation in the thought in all traditions and periods - including the areas of Logic and Philosophy. JLS publishes an English title, an abstract (at least 150 words), keywords (at least 5 concepts), a summary (at least 750 words), and a bibliography prepared in ISNAD Citation Style for each article.
General Principles
1. JLS is a peer-reviewed journal and it is publishing place is Kayseri/TURKEY. It is published biannually. When necessary, it can be also published as special publications and extra-publications apart from these publications...
2. JLS is an academic journal which publishes studies such as presentation articles, translations, interviews, scientific articles about all branches of Logic and Philosophy.
3. These scientific articles, interviews, translations, and presentation articles which is added to the journal system is accepted as an application for publishing the article and the article is sent to peer-reviewed journals.
4. All the copyrights of the articles sent to the JLS belong to the journals, and it can not be published in another journal, copied or used without refering as a source or without getting permit from the JLS.
5. The publication language of JLS is Turkish, English, Arabic, and other spread world languages. On the other hand, if necessary, the articles can be accepted in other languages.
6. There must be at least 200-250 vocabulary Turkish (summary) and at least 750 words English (absract), 3-5 vocabulary Turkish (key words) and English (key words). There must be Turkish and English titles. The articles which do not fulfill these conditions are not published even if they completed their peer-reviewed process.
7. As the articles sent to JLS is going to be in the process of the refree, there must notbe decipher knowledge of the identification or the name of the author in the articles added to the system. After completed of the process of the article's peer-reviewed, it will be added in the information about the author or authors.
8. After the article is uploaded to the system by the author, the processes below have occured. Loaded article has been checked in terms of the rules of publishing and spelling by the editor/the assistant of the editor. After the editor has completed the approval, the article has been directed to the writing refree. Three refrees have been appointed for every article having been confirmed. One of these refrees is the language summary refree. Other two refrees consist of Professional academics in their branches. The author must check the duration of the refree of his own article from his main page.
9. After the articles are sent from the personal page JLS through the e-mail and password, refree process of the articles can be followed from the same page. Folloving this stage, it must be waited for the reports to come to do the correction. Because the author can add only one correction.When one refree does the correction he wanted and the article is added to the system, in the next stage, if the second refree wants to correct something, these corrections will not be done.
10. The articles added to the system of the journal must not be published in another place. Symposium report can be published with the explanation of the situation throuhgh footnote in the article.
11. The work referred under the title of SOURCE at the end of the article must be organized by the way in the order of author's surname, author's surname is in capital author's name is in small letter.
12. When you request a member of JLS as an author or a refree, all information required must be filled completely. Work and interests of the author/refree in the title of autobiography must be put in order. In the title of main branch first the main branch must be written and then the branch must be written.
Ex: Management/management an organization; Turkish language and literature/new Turkish language
13. JLS is online journal.
14. Writing must be organized respecting to the measures below while they are added to the journal system.
Page Layout
1. Writings must be written in the Microsoft Word program and pages must be organized like below.
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Format: |
A4 Vertical |
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Top Margin: |
5 cm |
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Bottom Margin: |
5 cm |
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Left Margin: |
4,5 cm |
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Right Margin: |
4,5 cm |
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Font: |
Platino Linotype |
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Font Style: |
Normal |
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Writing and Gap Size (Body): |
10,5 |
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Abstract |
9 |
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Writing and Gap Size (Footnote Text): |
9 |
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Paragraph Spacing: |
First 6 nk – Then 0 nk |
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Paragraph Indent: |
1 cm |
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Line Spacing: |
Only |
2. In the writings used a special font which is not in the Microsoft Word Program, font sytle which is used must be added while the article is added to the system.
3. There must not be details such as page number, header and footer in the articles.
4. In terms of spelling and punctuation, except when the article or the subject is compulsory, Turkish Language Association pelling guide must be taken essential.
5. In the reference systems of the articles, Chicago system can be performed. But there must be references at the end of every article.
Genel İlkeler
1. Uluslararası hakemli bir dergi olan MAD’in yayın yeri Kayseri'dir. Yılda 1 (bir) sayı olarak yayımlanır. Gerektiği durumlarda bu sayıların dışında özel sayılar ve ek sayılar yayımlayabilir.
2. MAD, Öncelikle Mantık olmak üzere Felsefe, Felsefe Tarihi, Din Felsefesi alanları ile ilgili bilimsel makaleler, röportajlar, çeviriler, tanıtım yazıları vb. çalışmaları yayınlayan akademik bir dergidir.
3. Bilimsel makaleler, röportajlar, çeviriler, tanıtım yazılarının dergi sistemine eklenmesi, yazının yayınlanması için başvuru olarak kabul edilir ve yazı hakem sürecine gönderilir.
4. MAD’e gönderilen yazıların bütün telif hakları dergiye aittir. Bu yazılar MAD dergisinden izin alınmaksızın başka bir yerde yayınlanamaz, çoğaltılamaz, kaynak gösterilmeden kullanılamaz. Ayrıca yazılardan doğabilecek herhangi bir yasal sorumluluk yazarlarına aittir.
5. MAD dergisinin yayın dili Türkçe, İngilizce, Arapça'dır.
Dergimizin makale gönderim ve süreç işletimi ücretsizdir. Dergimiz tarafından çalışmaları yayınlanan yazarlara telif ücreti ödenmemektedir.
2020'de Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi'nden mezun oldu. Aynı üniversitede yüksek lisansını tamamladı (2023). Halihazırda Erciyes Üniversitesi'nde doktorasına devam etmekte ve Erciyes Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi'nde araştırma görevlisi olarak görev yapmaktadır.
Dr. Akbay graduated from Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Theology in 2008. Between 2008 and 2012, he conducted research through various exchange programs and internship scholarships in the United States and Germany. He completed his master's degree in the Psychology of Religion at SDU Institute of Social Sciences in 2011 with a thesis titled "Rollo May's Understanding of Individual and Religion," and his doctorate in Logic in 2017 with a dissertation titled "The Epistemic Origins of Concepts in the Context of Being, Language and Thought in Platonic and Aristotelian Philosophy." During 2013-2014, he conducted doctoral research at King's College London with a TÜBİTAK 2214 scholarship. He served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Logic at SDU Faculty of Theology between 2018 and 2025. During 2024-2025, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, with a TÜBİTAK 2219 postdoctoral research scholarship. He received his associate professorship certificate from the Council of Higher Education (ÜAK) in July 2023. Since February 2025, he has been serving at the same institution with the title of Associate Professor. Dr. Akbay conducts research on Plato, Aristotle, the Skeptics, Epicureans, Stoics, and al-Fārābī.
PROF. DR. FERRUH ÖZPİLAVCI – CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Year and Place of Birth: 1974, Kırşehir, Turkey
- Marital Status: Married, father of three children
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EDUCATION
- 1992 – Adapazarı Imam Hatip High School
- 1997 – Marmara University, Faculty of Theology (Bachelor’s Degree)
- 2000 – Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (Master’s Degree)
- Thesis: The Theory of the Soul in Abu’l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī
- 2008 – Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (Ph.D.)
- Dissertation: Natural Philosophy in Abu’l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 1999–2008: Research Assistant, Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences
- 2008–2009: Research Assistant, Department of Logic, Faculty of Theology, Marmara University
- 2009–2011: Lecturer, Faculty of Theology, Marmara University
- 2011: Assistant Professor
- 2017: Associate Professor
- 2022: Full Professor
- Currently: Chair of the Department of Logic, Faculty of Theology, Marmara University (as of 17.12.2024)
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INSTITUTIONS WHERE HE HAS TAUGHT COURSES
- Marmara University
- Ibn Haldun University
- 29 Mayıs University
- Near East University
- Classical Thought School (Klasik Düşünce Okulu – KDO)
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ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
- 2010–2023: Head of the Department of Translation and Publication, Turkish Manuscripts Institution
- 18 April 2023 – 15 August 2024: Acting President of the Turkish Manuscripts Institution
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PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES
- 2004–2010: Actively involved in the publication of numerous classical and modern works in collaboration with the founder of Litera Publishing, Mr. Muhittin Macit.
- Published works include subjects such as philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Sufism, theology, Islamic law, architecture, psychotherapy, and literature.
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PROJECTS AND COORDINATION
- Coordinated the preparation and publication of hundreds of classical manuscripts through the “1001 Works Project,” including translations, transcriptions, critical editions, and facsimile prints.
- Contributed to the transmission of classical manuscript heritage to contemporary readers.
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FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Classical logic
- Islamic tradition of logic
- Natural philosophy
- Epistemology
- History of Islamic thought
- Manuscript studies
- Academic publishing
PUBLICATIONS AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
1. Seyyid Şerif Cürcani ve diğerleri. (Nureddin Muhammed b. Şerîf Cürcânî, Mehmed Hâlis Efendi), Mantık Risaleleri (Risâle-i Suğrâ - Risâle-i Kübrâ - Dürre fi’l-Mantık - Velediyye - Gurre fi’l-Mantık - Mîzânü’l-Ezhân), (Arapça, Farsça, Osmanlıca), Çeviri - Çeviri Yazı - Eleştirmeli Metin, İnceleme, Tıpkıbasım: Ferruh Özpilavcı, Mustafa Özbakır, Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yayınları, İstanbul 2024, ISBN: 978-975-17-5794-4; 348 s.
Kenan Tekin is an Assistant Professor of the History of Philosophy at Boğaziçi University. His research interests include Islamic philosophy in general and history and philosophy of science during the Ottoman period (1300-1900) in particular. In 2016, he received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University with a dissertation entitled “Reforming Categories of Science and Religion in the Late Ottoman Empire”. Tekin was a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 2019 to 2021. He has published several research articles and book chapters on the theory of science in post-classical Islamic history (c. 1250-1550) including “Islamic Philosophy and the Globalization of Science: Ahmed Cevdet's Translation of the Sixth Chapter of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah” (The British Journal for the History of Science 55, no. 4 (2022): 459–75) and “The Conception of Science in Postclassical Islamic Thought (647–905/1250–1500): A Study of Debates in Commentaries and Glosses on the Prolegomenon of al-Kātibī’s Shamsiyya” (Journal of Islamic Philosophy 13 (2022): 83-123). Tekin received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2024. He is currently working on a book project on Islamic philosophy of science.