
Béla Tarr is one of the most important directors in the history of Hungarian cinema. Born on 21 July 1955 in Pécs, he died in Budapest on 6 January 2026. Over his career from 1977 to 2011, he directed nine feature films, known for formal choices that fundamentally depart from the traditional cinematic understanding of time and space. His films are characterized by black-and-white cinematography, extremely long takes (sequence shots), and the absence of conventional narrative structures. His work
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Mehmet Ali Kapan

Peter Zumthorâs architectural approach transcends the purely rational and visually oriented templates of modernism, embodying a sensory depth. Zumthorâs philosophy defines space not merely as a physical form but as an âatmosphereâ experienced through all human senses. This perspective presents a phenomenological stance that opposes the Cartesian dominance of vision, placing bodily experience and the intrinsic meaning of materials at its center. The architect treats architecture not only as an ar
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KĂŒbra GĂŒl Sol

Psychologism is a stance in the philosophy of logic that fundamentally reduces logical and mathematical truths to psychological facts. For instance, the psychologistic position holds that the laws of logic themselves carry no intrinsic meaning but are merely psychological laws describing how the mind thinks. Historically, those who advocated psychologism as an intellectual movement adopted this stance. This current of thought characterizes certain attitudes displayed by some thinkers in 19th-cen
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M. Esad Ăetin

Phenomenology is a philosophical approach and qualitative research method that seeks to understand the essence of phenomena and the meanings attributed to them by starting from individualsâ lived experiences. The term âphenomenologyâ is derived from the Greek words âphainomenonâ (appearance) and âlogosâ (reason, discourse) and can be defined in its broadest sense as âthe knowledge of appearances.â Edmund Husserl, regarded as the founder of this approach, developed phenomenology as a method focus
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Melahat Pamuk

Adlerian Therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Alfred Adler, the founder of individual psychology, which emphasizes understanding the individual within their social context. This therapy method seeks to understand and resolve psychological issues by analyzing the individualâs lifestyle, early childhood experiences, and relationships within their social environment. According to Adler, the individual strives for effort to overcome an innate feeling of inferiority and to achieve sel
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