COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS: READING AND WRITING I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 2129 PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS: READING AND WRITING I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to experience the important place of the for of the philosophical reading among other types of reading

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the student will be able to distinguish dirfferenet forms of reading,
2   distinguish the differences between different strategies of different forms of reading,
3   comprehend teh differences between of the forms of philosophical readings,
4   point out the required reading strategies while studying the text,
5   justify the idea that differenet forms of readig require different strategies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ancient Philosophy Texts: Plato and Aristotle
2 Ancient Philosophy Texts: Plato and Aristotle
3 Medieval Philosophy Texts: Augustine and Aquinas
4 Medieval Philosophy Texts: Augustine and Aquinas
5 Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy Texts: Descartes and Spinoza
6 Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy Texts: Descartes and Spinoza
7 Enlightenment Philosophy Texts: Kant and Rousseau
8 Midterm Exam
9 Enlightenment Philosophy Texts: Kant and Rousseau
10 19th Century Philosophy Texts: Hegel and Marx
11 19th Century Philosophy Texts: Hegel and Marx
12 Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy Texts: Husserl and Sartre
13 Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy Texts: Husserl and Sartre
14 Analytic Philosophy Texts: Wittgenstein and Quine
15 Analytic Philosophy Texts: Wittgenstein and Quine
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Akşit Göktürk, OKUMA UĞRAŞISI (Istanbul: Çağdaş Yayınları)
Alberto Manguel, OKUMANIN TARIHI (Istanbul: Yapıkredi Yayınları)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, text reading, homepaper, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: The student's performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wed. 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
midterm 1 1,5 2
final exam 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

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.13554
LO.2453
LO.3554345
LO.4554445
LO.54453