COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KANT AND THE CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5045 KANT AND THE CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Kant's critical philosophy is investigated. The basic books of Kant's critical philosophy - Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Philosophy, Critique of The Power of Judgment - are examined. The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Fichte, Schelling and Hegel is analysed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The participants gain the knowledge of the basic concepts of Kant's critical philosophy.
2   The participants are able to evaluate the ideas developed by Kant related to critical philosophy.
3   The participants are able to make comparisons between new and old theories of critical theories.
4   The participants could ground these ideas on a solid basis.
5   The participants equip themselves with an intellectual capital that renders them critic in the field of Kant's critical philosophy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The possibility of metaphysics
2 Hume and the bounds of possible experience
3 Concepts and Ideas
4 Idea of transcendental philosophy
5 Transcendental logic and transcendental dialectics
6 The architechtonic of pure reason
7 Jacobi's critique of Kant
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Fichte
10 The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Fichte
11 The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Schelling
12 The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Schelling
13 The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Hegel
14 The reception of Kant's critical philosophy by Hegel

Recomended or Required Reading

Kant, Immanuel (1993) Arı Usun Eleştirisi, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, Istanbul: Idea Yayınevi.
Kant, Immanuel (1983) Gelecekte Bilim Olarak Ortaya Çıkabilecek Her Metafiziğe Prolegomena, zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten könne, çev. Ioanna Kuçuradi - Yusuf Örnek, Ankara: METEKSAN.
Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill. (Der.) (1909). Kant s Critique of Practical Reason, and Other Works On The Theory of Ethics. London: Longman s, Gren, and Co.
Ameriks, Karl. (Der.) (2000). The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Aristoteles, (1988). Nikomakhos a Etik. (çev. Saffet Babür). Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Caygill, Howard. (1994). A Kant Dictionary. Norwich: Blackwell Publishers.
Copleston, Frederick. (2004). Felsefe Tarihi, Kant, Cilt 6. (çev. Aziz Yardımlı). Istanbul: Idea Yayınevi.

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

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 94 11
metin.bal@deu.edu.tr
http://www.metinbal.net

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparing presentations 2 40 80
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 241

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.15353
LO.254454
LO.3555
LO.45453
LO.545555