Researcher and writer (b. 27
January 1921, İstanbul - d. 26 February, İstanbul). She graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of
Literature, Department of Philosophy (1943). She also completed her doctorate
studies at the same university. She became an assistant professor in 1960 and
then a professor in 1968. She served as the Head of the Branch of Systematic
Philosophy and Logic in the Department of Philosophy at İstanbul University;
she retired in 1984. Until 1982 she was a member of the Turkish Language
Association and the vice president in the last period of this association. Her
articles were published in the reviews Felsefe Arkivi (1949), Türk Dili (1979), Arayış (1981), Gösteri (1981-82) etc and the
newspaper Cumhuriyet. After Kamuran
Birand, Akarsu was the second woman philosophy professor in Turkey. After
retiring, she was involved in founding the Philosophy Group Education
Department at Çukurova University for which she also prepared the course
program.
WORKS:
Wilhelm
von Humboldt'ta Dil Kültür Bağlantısı
(The Relationship between Language and Culture in Wilhelm von Humboldt, 1955),
Max Scheler'de Kişilik Problemi (Problem of Personality in Max Scheler,
1962), Modern Toplumda Kadın (Women
in Modern Society, 1963), Ahlâk
Öğretileri 1: Mutluluk Ahlâkı (Ethical Doctrines I: Ethics of Happiness,
1965), Kur'an'ın Ahlâk Felsefesi
(Philosophy of Ethics in the Holy Koran, 1968), Ahlâk Öğretileri 1I: Immanuel Kant'ın Ahlâk Felsefesi (Ethical
Doctrine II. Ethic Philosophy of Immanuel
Kant, 1968), Atatürk Devrimi ve Yorumları
(The Revolution of Atatürk and Their Interpretations, 1969), Felsefe Terimleri Sözlüğü (A
Dictionary of Philosophy Terms, 1975),
Çağdaş Felsefe (Contemporary Philosophy, 1979), Ahlâk Öğretileri I-II (Doctrines of Ethics II, 1982), Atatürk Devrimi ve Temelleri (Kemalist
Revolution and its Fundamentals, 1995).