COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6216 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To make students be acquainted with the problem and subjects of philosophy of science
and its history. To make students gained the contemporary approaches of philosophy of
sciences and its critical evaluation observing historical processes of history of
science

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students become acquainted with the existing reasons of philosophy of science
2   Students explain the contents of history of sciences and its history
3   The students apprehend basic concepts of history of science and its philosophy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science, History of Science and Philosophy of , the changes of scientific accumulation
2 Science in ancient civilizations I- Sumerian, Babylonian, Persian, Indian, Chinese
3 Science in ancient civilizations II- Ancient Greeks, Hellenistic period, Romans, Mayans
4 Science in medieval period I- Scince islamic world (9. 12. Centuries), The arise of science in Islamic World, The areas of science, The important men of science, Turkish men of science, philosophy of science
5 Science in Medieval Period II- In Islamic World, Selcukhs and Ottomans
6 Traslatinons and transtions of Sciences to Europe
7 Science in Medieval time III- The quality of medieval european thought, science in scholastic period, the effects of Islamic sciences in Europe, Construction of sciences and education and its spread
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Renaissance and Modern Science Renaissance and science, the new developments in astronomy; Chemistry, Medicine and animal sciences : Galileo, Kopernik, Newton, etc
10 Enlightment Age and Science Developments on Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
11 Science and Revolution of industry. Biology and astronomy theories in new physics
12 Contemporary Science Quantum Theory and atom, the theory of einstein and microbiology, developments in cosmic physics
13 Contemporary philosophical arguments on natural sciences Kuhn, Feyerabend
14 The relation between nature - science - human

Recomended or Required Reading

Main sources:
Kaynaklar: Cemal YILDIRIM, Bilim Tarihi, Bilim Felsefesi, Bilimin Öncüleri;
Sevim TEKELI, Esin KAYA vd. Bilim Tarihi;
Richard S.Westfall, Modern Bilimin Oluşumu;
Doğan ÖZLEM Felsefe ve Doğa Bilimleri
Colin A. Ronan, BilimTarihi
Secondary sources:
Aydın SAYILI, Mısırlılarda ve Mezopotamyalılarda Matematik, Astronomi ve Tıp.
Jared Diamond, Tüfek, Mikrop ve Çelik
Samuel Noah Kramer, Tarih Sümer de Başlar
George Ifrah, Bir Gölgenin Peşinde

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Speech, Research, analysis of text and conception, question and answer, application

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced

Assessment Criteria

The success of student is evaluated based on his or her mid-term and final examinations
and his or her attendance continuity to lectures and his or her participation on the
arguments during the course

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday: 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.2545
LO.3555