COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GADAMER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6018 GADAMER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

Specifying the main frame of philosophical hermeneutics and how it effected the twentieth century's thought movements, based on Hans-Georg Gadamer's master piece Truth and Method.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to comprehend the general thought systematics of Gadamer.
2   Being able to specify the common and different points between Gadamer's view and the classical idealist approach.
3   Being able to discuss and transfer the solution offers.
4   Being able to catch new philosophical problems.
5   Being able to ground them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The baselines of hermeneutic tradition
2 Heidegger and existentialist hermeneutics
3 Husserl's phenomenology
4 contextuality
5 Introduction to Gadamer's hermeneutics
6 Truth and Method
7 Truth and Method
8 Mid-term
9 Truth and Method
10 Truth and Method
11 Dialogic hermeneutics
12 Tradition
13 The logic of questions and answers
14 The influences of Gadamer
15 Presentation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Gadamer, Hans Georg. Hakikat ve Yöntem, Paradigma, Istanbul, 2008.
Gadamer, Hans Georg. Güzelin Güncelliği, Çizgi, Konya, 2005.
Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Hermeneutik ve Hümaniter Disiplinler, çev. Hüsamettin Arslan, Paradigma Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 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 assignment of the student and 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 presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 87 36
kubilay.aysevener@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 45 45
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 275

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.154455
LO.2
LO.35454
LO.44
LO.5555

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