COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 1029 SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give information about what scientific research and scientific writing is, scientific research awareness,preparation stage for a scientific research,referance preparation and giving ,how a method based scientific research is made and applying it, thus making students have a scientific point of view to life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the basic concepts about science
2   Explan the historical development of science in general
3   Prepare a scientific research draft
4   Evaluate and criticise a scientific research on linguistics
5   Explain the ways that is used in a scientific research.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is scientific research Definitions, Main Features and Functions
2 What is the origins and history of scientific research Definitions, Main Features and Functions
3 Contemporary Scientific Thought I Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Pavlov
4 Contemporary Scientific Thought II Descartes, Kant, Popper
5 Scientific Knowledge And Reality Features and Constraints
6 Constituents of Scientific Thought Logic, Experience etc.
7 Why do we need Scientific Thought Reality
8 Mid term
9 Philosophy of Science I Paradigms: Kuhn
10 Philosophy of Science II Scientific Ethics
11 On the Way to Scientific Knowledge I
12 On the Way to Scientific Knowledge II Positivist and Post-Positivist Understanding
13 The Individual Evolved With Scientific Thought Discussion
14 How to Become a Scientific Society Discussion
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Butterfield, H. (1997). The origins of modern science (Vol. 90507). Simon and Schuster.
Carey, S., ve Smith, C. (1993). On understanding the nature of scientific knowledge. Educational psychologist, 28(3), 235-251.
Carnap, R. (2012). An introduction to the philosophy of science. Courier Corporation.
Henry, J. (2011). A short history of scientific thought. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Ladyman, J. (2012). Understanding philosophy of science. Routledge.
Leiss, W. (1975). Ideology and science. Social Studies of Science, 5(2), 193-200.
Medawar, P. B. (2013). Induction and intuition in scientific thought. Routledge.
Raj, K. (2007). Relocating modern science. Circulation and the construction of knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900.
Rosenberg, A. (2011). Philosophy of science: A contemporary introduction. Routledge.
Russell, B. (2017). The scientific outlook. Routledge.
Stengers, I. (2000). The invention of modern science (Vol. 19). University of Minnesota Press.
Suchting, W. A. (1995). The nature of scientific thought. Science & Education, 4(1), 1-22.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Question and answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1,2,5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 3 and 4 will be evaluated via homework assignment/Project

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Individual homework preperation (CBIKO Talent Gate) 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 127

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555