Hezki Symonds

Hezki Symonds is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent University. He holds a Ph.D. from the Australian National University (2021) and served as a postdoctoral researcher in the same department in 2022. His research focuses on metaphysics, particularly realism and anti-realism, with additional interests in epistemology, philosophy of language and mind, and metaphilosophy. He advocates for philosophical realism, defending the existence of abstract entities like numbers and propositions.

He has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Quarterly and Synthese, addressing topics like ontological debates and methodological issues in metaphysics. His contact details include email yehezkel.symonds@bilkent.edu.tr and office H-236.

Outside academia, Symonds enjoys creative pursuits like doodling, bushwalking, and writing children’s short stories.