COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6206 PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to foster the attendants to evaluate the main problems of philosophy such as existence, knowledge, value by reading the original philosophy texts of contemporary period's philosophers

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the basic opinions of contemporary period philosophers by reading their own texts
2   To gain a knowledge of consiousness about the methods and tecniques of contemporary period philosophers
3   To read and grasp the texts of contemporary philosophers
4   To learn contemporary philosophical streams comparatively
5   To learn the profits of contemporary philosophy for the main area of theology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 On the concept of contemporary philosophy
2 Outlook on contemporary philosophy streams
3 Auguste Comte and Empiricist Philosophy
4 Ayer: Language, Truth and Logic I
5 Ayer: Language, Truth and Logic II
6 Russel: Logical Positivism I
7 Russel: Logical Positivism II
8 Midterm Exam
9 Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Language I
10 Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Language II
11 Karl Popper and Critical Rationalism I
12 Karl Popper and Critical Rationalism II
13 Thomas Kuhn and Revolutionary Process in the sciences I
14 Thomas Kuhn and Revolutionary Process in the sciences II

Recomended or Required Reading


Bedia Akarsu, (1979). Çağdaş Felsefe Akımları, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul.
A.J. Ayer, (2010). Dil, Doğruluk Mantık, çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul.
B. Russell, (2006). Felsefede Ilmi Metod, çev. Hamdi Akverdi, Yeni Zamanlar Yayınları, Istanbul.
L. Wittgenstein, (2010). Felsefi Soruşturmalar, çev. Haluk Barışcan, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul.
K. Popper, (2012). Bilimsel Araştırmanın Mantığı, çev. Ilknur Ata, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul.
T.S. Kuhn, (2011). Bilimsel Devrimlerin Yapısı, çev. Nilüfer Kuyaş, Kırmızı Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To read and grasp the texts of classical period philosophers, task and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The attendants develop their abilities for reading the texts of contemporary philosophers and understanding their methods

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendants is counted according to the mid term exam, task and their performance during the lectures

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@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 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Reading 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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