COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 4007 PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY ELECTIVE 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FÜSUN KÖKALAN ÇIMRIN

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

It is to consider the relation between history and philosophy and to observe history philosophically.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   recognize the main difference between historical knowledge and philosophical knowledge
2   understand the differences between linear view of history and cyclical understanding of history
3   know the contribution of Aristotle to the debate on history
4   understand the Christian view of history
5   apprehend the contemporary attempts to go beyond the linear and cyclical dichotomy

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 History in the Ancient Age
2 The transition from cyclical understanding to linear understanding of history: St.Augustinus
3 The transition from linear understanding of history to cyclical one in the Islamic Medieval
4 The Concept of History in the Modern Ages; Bacon, Hobbes, Leibniz: Skepticism and Enlightenment
5 Philosophy of History as a Discipline: Rousseau, Voltaire, Isellin, Wegelin, Köster
6 History and Understanding; Philosophy of Herder
7 Kant and hypothetical Understanding of history
8 Schiller and Philosophy before German Idealism
9 German Idealism: Fichte, Schelling and Hegel: history and reason
10 Romantic Philosophers
11 German History School: Droysen, Sybel, Treitschke, Ranke. Right and left Hegelians
12 Positivist and Marxist understandings of history

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Doğan Özlem,Tarih Felsefesi,Anahtar Yay.,Istanbul,1994.
2) G.Le Bon,Tarih Felsefesi,çev.H.Akdeniz-M.Temelli,ataç yay,1.basım,Istanbul,2004.
3) Şahin Uçar,Tarih Felsefesi Yazıları,Vadi yay.,1.basım,Ankara,1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 110

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.145
LO.245
LO.3455444
LO.443
LO.544