COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5026 PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR REŞAT LEVENT AYSEVER

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

to discuss and evaluate the main questions of philosophy of language and the answers to them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to know the main questions of philosophy of language and the answers suggested to them by various philosophers
2   will be able to discuss these questions and their main answers by the philosophers
3   will be able to evaluate hese questions and their main answers by the philosophers
4   will be able to improve his/her views answers to these questions, if necessary
5   will be able to demonstrate his/her own answers to the others

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The main problems of philosophy of language
2 The main problems of philosophy of language
3 Main views on the relations between language and world
4 Main views on the relations between language and world
5 Main views on the relations between language and mind
6 Main views on the relations between language and mind
7 Main views on the relations between language and human action
8 Main views on the relations between language and human action
9 Midterm
10 Presentation an discussion
11 Presentation an discussion
12 Presentation an discussion
13 Presentation an discussion
14 Presentation an discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

- Siobhan Chapman ve Christopher Routledge (eds), Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (Edinburg University Press, 2009).
- A. W. Moore (ed), Meaning and Reference (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993).
- Noam Chomsky, Dil ve Zihin, çev. Ahmet Kocaman (Ankara: BilgeSu Yayıncılık, 2011).
- Savas L. Tsohadzidis, Foundations of Speech Acts Theory (New York/London, Routledge, 1994).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

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 questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 79 17
levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr
http://www.leventaysever.com

Office Hours

Thursday 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

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.1445544
LO.24554
LO.3544535555
LO.4555455
LO.5545455

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