İhsan Fazlıoğlu

Philosophy and science historian. Born in Ankara in 1966. Upon completion of Kadıköy İmam Hatip High School (1985) and Istanbul University Department of Philosophy (1989), he conducted researches on the history of Islamic science and mathematics at the Faculty of Science and Literature of Jordan University (1990-92) and at the Islamic History of Mathematics and Critical Text Preparation Atelier of Aleppo Institute of the History of Arabic Science (1991). He completed his master’s study at Istanbul University History of Science Department with his thesis titled "İbn el-Havvâm (ö.1324) ve el-Fevâid al-Bahâiyya fî e-Kavâid el-Hisâbiyye Adlı Eseri: Tenkitli Metin ve Tarihî Değerlendirme ” (1993).

He worked as a research assistant in the same department for a while and as a researcher in the Department of Manuscripts at International Research Centre of Islamic Culture and Arts (IRCICA) (1987-1990, 1992-1996). He studied on manuscripts at Cairo for a short period and started working at Department of Philosophy of Istanbul University in 1996 and completed his doctorate study at the same department (1988). He conducted researches in his field at the University of Oklahoma (USA) from 2001 to 2002. He was awarded the associate professorship title by the Inter-University Committee in 2005.

İhsan Fazlıoğlu, who concentrated on the history of “Philosophy-Science” and history and philosophy of mathematics, especially studied the development of these structures within the Islamic and Turkish History of Civilization based on the manuscript resources. Fazlıoğlu, who has submitted papers to many national and international symposiums, continued working as a lecturer at History of Philosophy Department, Faculty of Literature at Istanbul University.

His articles were published in various scientific journals such as Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, Dîvân İlmî Araştırmalar Dergisi, Kutadgubilig Felsefe-Bilim Araştırmaları, Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cogito, Dîvân İlmî Araştırmalar Dergisi and within symposium communication books. He performed issue editorship in some of the journals where his articles were being published. He was a member of the editorial board and one of the article authors of the Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi.

HIS WORKS:

Osmanlı Astronomi Literatürü Tarihi (Editor: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. With Ramazan Şeşen, Cevat İzgi and Cemil Akpınar, 2 volumes, 1997), Uygulamalı Geometri'nin Tarihine Giriş: el-İkna fi ilmi'l-misaha (2004), Tarihimiz Konuşuyor (Joint Book. with Ahmet Tabakoğlu, Cezmi Bayram, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Ergun Göze, İskender Pala, İsmet Bozdağ, 2004), Türkiye'de & Türkçede Felsefe Üzerine Konuşmalar (as editor, 2010), Işk İmiş Her Ne Var Alem'de İlim Bir Kil ü Kal İmiş Ancak - Fuzuli Ne Demek İstedi? (2011).

REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Ünlü Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, c. 2, 2013) ) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (C. 12, 2017).