COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LOGICAL STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6230 LOGICAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IBRAHIM EMIROĞLU

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

Using the knowledge about concepts, propositions and inferences, especially to analyze the scientific texts accurately and comfortably, to gain the power to evaluate and use them. In addition, as a result of these acquisitions and gains, to recognize the mistakes well and to develop a determination awareness to be correct and consistent.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will find an pportunity for analysing the concept of "truth" and "concistincy".
2   Students will be able to use concepts in apple-pie order and not fall into confusion in using concepts. (revised)
3   Students will develop to analyze arguments to quickly understand what could be deducted from what or vice versa and ability control between premiss and conclusion.
4   Students ability control between premiss and conclusion.
5   Students learn the ways aware during speaking and writing from mistakes quickly.
6   Grasp the importance of not making mistakes in scientific, philosophical and religious areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Correct and Consistent Reasoning
2 Contradiction (Review on Examples)
3 Definition Reviews
4 Concept Blur, Ambiguity and Confusion
5 Examining Reason (Middle Term) in Evidences
6 Formal Fallacy in Arguments
7 Midterm Exam
8 Certainty, Doubt and Suspicion
9 Subtleties of Discussion
10 Violations of Right and 'Adab' in Discussion
11 Subtleties of Inference and Language in Quran
12 Quranic Attitude towards Wrong Thoughts and Behaviors
13 Logical Analysis on Examples I
14 Logical Analysis on Examples II

Recomended or Required Reading

Ibrahim Emiroğlu, Mantık Yazıları (Logic Reviews,), Ankara, 2016.
Ibrahim Emiroğlu, Yanlış Düşünce ve Davranışlar Karşısında Mevlânâ (Mevlana: Against false thoughts and behaviors), Istanbul 2009.
Ibrahim Emiroğlu, Mantık Yanlışları (Logical Fallacies), Ankara 2004.
Toulmin, Stephen, The Uses of Argument, Cambridge 2006.
Yaran, Cafer Sadık; Informel Mantığa Giriş (Introduction to Informal Logic), Istanbul, 2010.
Ibrahim Emiroğlu, Ders materyali (Lecture materials) (Pps: 200 slayt)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question - answer, observation on examples, task and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students are convinced of correct and consistent thinking and develop their knowledge and skills to comfortably examine and evaluate concepts, judgments and arguments in scientific, philosophical, religious, even written and visual media.

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibemir@hotmail.com; ibrahim.emiroglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.154455
LO.254455
LO.354455
LO.454455
LO.554455
LO.654455

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