COURSE UNIT TITLE

: 17TH CENTURY WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5118 17TH CENTURY WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS 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 FATIH TOKTAŞ

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To provide for attendants the knowledge of philosophers and interpreting their texts and the practicle and theoretical knowledge for evaluating these informations in the contexts of the philosophers of seventeenth century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the basic ideas ofphilosopher of seventeetth century such as being, knowledge and value
2   To be informed and concious about tecniques and methods of philosopher of seventeenth century
3   To learn each philosopher seen in the lectures individiually and comperatively
4   To construct the relation between philosophy and science
5   To read and grasp seventeenth century philosophers' texts

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Descartes: The theory of knowledge
2 Descartes: Philosophy of Mind
3 Descartes: The understanding of theology
4 Descartes: The perception of metaphysics
5 Descartes: The perception of morality
6 Hobbes: The theory of knowledge
7 Hobbes: The perception of physics and theology
8 Hobbes: The perception of Morality and Politics
9 Spinoza: The theory of knowledge
10 Spinoza: Metaphysical and theological understanding
11 Leibniz: The perception of logic
12 Leibniz: The understanding of physics and metaphysics
13 Leibniz: The understanding ıf theology
14 Leibniz: Teodisy and the freedom of human being

Recomended or Required Reading

Cevizci, Ahmet (2001). On Yedinci Yüzyıl Felsefesi Tarihi, Asa Kitabevi, Istanbul.
Cevizci, Ahmet (2011). Felsefe Tarihi, Say Yay., 3. Basım, Istanbul.
Durant, Will (2009). Felsefenin Öyküsü, çev. Ender Gürol, Iz Yay., Istanbul.
Gökberk, Macit (2008). Felsefe Tarihi, Remzi Kitabevi, 18. Basım, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, search, question-answer, observing on the examples, task and practice

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

The attendants will develop the knowledge about the texts of philosophers and their methods

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendants is counted according to the mid term exam, task and their performance during the lectures

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fatih.toktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
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) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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