COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROBLEMS IN ONTOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5029 PROBLEMS IN ONTOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to discuss the basic notions of ontology which is the
basic fiel of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to know main terms and notions of ontology,
2   gain a view about the main problems of ontology,
3   evaluate the problems over concrete examples,
4   ground those evaluations,
5   can adapt them to the new philosophical views.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The terms and notions of ontology
2 What is being
3 Nihilism
4 Realism
5 Idelism
6 The kinds of being
7 Geist
8 Geist
9 Mid-term exam
10 Phenomenology
11 Existence
12 Being and Nothingness
13 Being and Time
14 New Ontology

Recomended or Required Reading

Aristoteles, Metafizik, Ege Üni. Basımevi, Izmir 1985
Thomas Aquinas, Varlık ve Öz, Say Yayınları, Istanbul 2007
Jean Poul Sartre, Varlık ve Hiçlik; Ithaki, Istanbul 2010
Martin Heidegger, Varlık ve Zaman, Agora Kitaplığı, Istanbul 2008
Christopher P. Long, The Ethics of Ontology: Rethinking Aristotelian Legacy, State University of New York Press, Albany,2004
Matthew s. Rukgaber, Kant's Ontology, Reality and the Formal Structure of the First Person Perspective,Urbana, 2019

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Question-Answer
4.Take home and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + PRS * 0.10 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3:The student's performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked
in midterm exam and the presentattion that the student will perfprm.
LO 4-5:The student's performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked
in final exam and the homework that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Özlem Duva Kaya
0232 301 94 12
ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 35 35
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15554
LO.2554
LO.355554445
LO.454554555
LO.545555