COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HOW TO DO PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4079 HOW TO DO PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To make students to get used to think straight and appropriate by giving them some examples of how they can take advantage of scientific knowledge, and how the language should be used, and how the issues and the problems can be studied philosophically, after given lectures about philosophical thinking.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will grasp philosophical thoughts after taken lecture about the way of philosophical thinking.
2   Will be able to analyse the terms and to use the language properly.
3   Will be able to give some suggestions about the sources and solutions of the problems.
4   Will differ the views as philosophical one and not.
5   Will be able to find philosophical solutions about some modern problems that she faced after examining them analytically and scientifically.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The term "philosophy"
2 Language and its attraction in philosophy
3 Definite dividing in sentences
4 The terms "freedom", "mind"
5 Asking right questions
6 Making assumptions
7 Seeing the unanswerable questions
8 Mid-term exam
9 Value judgements
10 Finding the propositions according to preferences
11 The view of an Authority
12 Appearance and Reality
13 D. Hume and development of subjective idealism
14 Free will and determinism
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

H.P.Rickman, Anlama ve Insan Bilimleri,
any related book in Turkish to:
-introduction books to philosophy
-books related to philosophy of science

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

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)

hanifi.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

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.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51