COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0004 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUHITTIN AYGÜN

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Chemistry
Biology
Statistics(Evening)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Evening)
Statistics
Chemistry (Evening)
Mathematics (English)
Physics
Faculty Of Science

Course Objective

To investigate the relationship between science and philosophy in terms of history of science

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Realize the relationship between philosophy and science
2   Comprehend the relationship between philosophy and science
3   Comprehend the whatness of sceintific knowledge
4   Apply the philosophical perspective to his/her scientific field
5   Analyze the relationship between philosophy and science in different manners

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is science What are the basic topics of philosophy of science
2 Basic problems of philosophy of science
3 History of science
4 History of science
5 The relationship between history of science and philosophy of science
6 The relationship between history of science and philosophy of science
7 The Vienna Circle
8 Midterm exam
9 Popper
10 Popper
11 Thomas Kuhn
12 Lakatos
13 Postmodern science
14 Postmodern science

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefe, Bursa: Sentez Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture format, discussion, problem solving and question-answer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy
e-mail: : kurtul.gulenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials/Resitation 0
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0
Preparing Presentations 0
Other (please indicate) 0
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 3 3
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for Final Exam 1 6 6
Ouiz etc 0
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.14
LO.24
LO.344
LO.44
LO.54