COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND MIND

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6032 LANGUAGE AND MIND 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

discussing and evaluating the relations between language and world, and language and mind on the basis of various views about these subjects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course the students will be able to grasp various views on the relations between language and mind , and language and world.
2   to discuss these views.
3   to evaluate them.
4   to catch the problems in the views on language-mind and language-world relations.
5   to improve his/her solutions on the problem which he/she catch.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theories of mind
2 Theories of mind
3 Theories of language
4 Theories of language
5 The relations between language and mind
6 The relations between language and mind
7 The relations between language and mind
8 Midterm
9 Student presentation and discussion
10 Student presentation and discussion
11 Student presentation and discussion
12 Student presentation and discussion
13 Student presentation and discussion
14 Student presentation and discussion
15 Student presentation and discussion
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

- Lia Formigari, A HISTORY OF LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHIES, Amsterdam: John Benjamin, 2004
- Brian Beakley & Peter Ludlow, THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND: Classical Problems Contemporary Issues, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006.
- John R. Searle, INTENTIONALITY, Cambridge: Cambridge UP,
- Lepore & Van Gulick (eds), JOHN SEARLE AND HIS CRITICS, Cambridge: Basil Blackwell, 1991.
- John R. Searle, Bilinç ve Dil, Litera Yayıncılık, 2005.

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 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 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 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 264

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.15455
LO.2
LO.3454544
LO.4
LO.55555