COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAIN ISSSUES AND PROBLEMS OF LOGIC

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5081 MAIN ISSSUES AND PROBLEMS OF LOGIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To make the attendants cognized nine basic topics of logic and to the degree of recognization of basic problems of logic and arguing them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be acquainted with the problems of logic.
2   Will explain the relation between classical logic and other sciences.
3   Grasp basic philosophical concepts and relate them each other.
4   Think correctly and consistently
5   Define concepts correctly and evaluate correctly sentences and its kinds.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of logic
2 The problem of the source of logic
3 The topic, importance and usage areas of logic.
4 The classification of classical logic, formel and informel
5 The relation of logical rules with existence
6 Definition and its mistakes in logic.
7 Propositions and the problem of messiness in propositions
8 Midterm Exam
9 The proceeding of syllogism
10 Discussions about the worth of syllogism
11 Discussions about the fertility of enductive and deductive evaluation styles
12 The target of content logic and its relation with formel logic
13 Discussion about evidental and rhetorical arts and the worth of their premises
14 Rhetoric, Poem and Sophistica

Recomended or Required Reading

Ibrahim Emiroğlu, Ana Konularıyla Klasik Mantık.
Şafak Ural, Temel Mantık
Necati Öner, "Mantığın Ana Ilkeleri ve Bu Ilkelerin Varlıkla Olan Ilişkileri", A.Ü. Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 1969, C. XVII
Irving Copi, A.Gould James, "Is The Syllogisma Petitio Principii", Reading on Logic, USA, 1972.
Ismail Köz, Mantık Felsefesi
Abdulkadir Çüçen; "Mantığın Kaynağı Problemi", A.Ü. Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 1999, C.XL;
Teo Grünberg, "Mantık ve Gerçeklik" (Bildiri, Ank. 1986)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Search, Question- Answer, task and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

They develop their abilities and the knowledge about the main topics and problems of logic.

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant will be determined according to the examinations and lecture performances.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.emiroglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.133345
LO.2333453
LO.343345
LO.443445
LO.535