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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FEL 5023 PROBLEMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EZGI ECE ÇELIK KARAÇOR

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

To discuss and evaluate the fundamental problems and the proposed solutions for these problems of philosophy of science.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to apprehend the fundamental problems and the proposed solutions of philosophy of science 2   Being able to discuss the proposed solutions for the selected problem or problems 3   Being able to evaluate the proposed solutions for the selected problem or problems 4   Being able to develop new perspectives on caught problems of the proposed solutions for the selected problem or problems. 5   Being able to evaluate their own perspective written or verbally on caught problems of the proposed solutions for the selected problem or problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 History of Western Science 2 Key Features of Scientific Reasoning 3 Model of Scientific Explanation 4 Historical foundations of philosophy of science 5 Vienna Circle 6 Karl Popper and falsificationism 7 Willard Van O. Quine and Two Dogmas of Empiricism 8 Midterm Exam 9 French tradition's philosophy of science 10 Thomas Kuhn: Pradigm and Scientific Revolution 11 Feyerabend and Postmodern understanding of science 12 Technique and Science as Ideology 13 Feminist epistemology; gender and science 14 Debates in contemporary philosophy of science 15 Text Analysis 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scintific Revolutions, The University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question and answer, discussion, lecture.

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-5 will be evaluated by the midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 79 18 ezgi.celik@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 midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing assignments 1 25 25 Preparing presentations 1 35 35 Midterm 1 3 3 Final 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 5 5 4 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 4 5 LO.5 4 5 4 4 5