COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STR 5019 PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KUBILAY AYSEVENER

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

The aim of this course is discussing the issues of the philosophy of history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students will be able to comprehend the basic problems of the philosophy of history.
2   The students will be able to specify the differences of understanding the notion of history in the histoy of philosophy.
3   The students will be able to support their knowledge by means of concrete examples.
4   The students will be able to understand the important questiong in recent studies.
5   The students will be able to ground their thoughts about philosophy of history.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is philosophy of history
2 Fictional history notions
3 Circularity and progress
4 Critical history notions
5 The possibility and the borders of historical knowledge
6 The medhod problem of history
7 Explaining and understanding
8 Causality and intentionality
9 Mid- term exam
10 History writing as a tradition
11 The notion of scientific history
12 The subject of history
13 Tradition and contextuality
14 Meta-history

Recomended or Required Reading

Kubilay Aysevener, Tarih Felsefesi, Cem Yayınevi, Istanbul 2004
W.H. Walsh, Tarih Felsefesine Giriş, Hece Yayınları, Ankara 2006
Georg Simmel, Tarih Felsefesinin Problemleri, DoğuBatı, Ankara 2008
Michael Stanford, Introduction to the Philosophy of History, Blackwell 1998

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Question-Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: The student s performance will be evaluated by the exam and the questions that
will be asked in the presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required.
2. The participation in presentations and the term works will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Kubilay Aysevener
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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 35 35
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1
LO.233
LO.3
LO.43
LO.5