COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5034 NEW APPROACHES IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY 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

The objective of the course is to discuss one of the new approaches in the contemporary philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to know a selected new approach in the contemporary philosophy,
2   will be able to detect relations between the selected new approach and the old ones
3   will be able to avaluate the selected new approach
4   will be able to link the new approach with contemporary world problems
5   will be able to demonstrate the relations between the new approach and contemporary world problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 New approaches in contemporary philosophy of knowledge
2 New approaches in contemporary philosophy of knowledge
3 New approaches in contemporary ontology
4 New approaches in contemporary philosophy of art
5 New approaches in contemporary ethics
6 New approaches in contemporary ethics
7 New approaches in contemporary political philosophy
8 New approaches in contemporary political philosophy
9 Midterm
10 presentation and discussion
11 presentation and discussion
12 presentation and discussion
13 presentation and discussion
14 presentation and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

- Oliver Leaman, The Future of Philosophy: Towards the Twenty First Century (New York/London: Routledge, 1998).
- Fricker & Hornsby (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy (Cambridge: Cambridge Un. Press, 2000).
- Stuart Sim (ed), The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism (New York/London: Routledge, 2001).
-Christopher Norris (ed), Deconstruction: Theory and Practice (New York/London: Routledge, 2002).

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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 1-3 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)

Prof. Dr. R. Levent Aysever
0232 301 79 17
levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr
http://www.leventaysever.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

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
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
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.154
LO.25534544
LO.34544545
LO.4545
LO.5455

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