COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REŞAT LEVENT AYSEVER

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

Discussing the relations between language and social reality on the basis of John R. Searle s social ontology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

- John R. Searle, THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL REALITY, New York: The Free Press, 1995.
- John R. Searle, MAKING THE SOCIAL WORLD, Oxford/New York: Oxford UP, 2010.
- Savas L. Tsohatzidis, INTENTIONAL ACTS AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTS, Dordrecht: Springer, 2007.
- Michael Theunissen, THE OTHER: STUDIES ON THE SOCIAL ONTOLOGY OF HUSSERL, HEIDEGGER, SARTRE AND BUBER, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986.
- Heikki Ikaheimo & Arto Laitinen (eds), RECOGNITION AND SOCIAL ONTOLOGY, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 79 17
levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes