COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY IN 18TH CENTURY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 2004 PHILOSOPHY IN 18TH CENTURY COMPULSORY 4 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Theoretical and practical philosophy of the 18th century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explains the historical and philosophical context of the 18th century.
2   Defines the fundamental principles of Enlightenment thought.
3   Analyzes the fundamental differences between idealism and empiricism.
4   Identifies and discusses the epistemological traditions of the 18th century.
5   Knows the main political issues, the concept of human rights, and the rights of women in the 18th century, based on the work of Mary Wollstonecraft

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 18th-century intellectual thought
2 18th-century intellectual thought
3 18th-century philosophical traditions
4 The Leibniz-Wolff School and Rationalism
5 The Leibniz-Wolff School and Rationalism
6 Locke and Empirism.
7 Locke and Empirism.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Hume and the Critique of Causality
10 Hume and the Critique of Causality
11 Kant and Enlightenment
12 Kant and Enlightenment
13 Universalism and Justice
14 Mary Wollstonecraft and the formulation of the modern concept of human and women rights.
15 Mary Wollstonecraft and the formulation of the modern concept of human and women rights.
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Soysal, Deniz. Ideler ve Tanrı: Bir 18. Yüzyıl Felsefesi Öyküsü. Istanbul: Say Yayınları, 2020.

La Mettrie, Julien Offray de. Makine Insan. Çev. Asli Evcan Ankara: FOL Kitap, 2022

Hume, David. Insanın Anlama Yetisi Üzerine Bir Soruşturma. Çev. F.Burak Aydar, Ankara: FOL Kitap, 2019

Kant, Immanuel. Ebedi Barış Üzerine Felsefi Bir Tasarı. Çev. Celal Yesilcayir, Ankara: FOL Kitap, 2012

Beiser, Frederick C. Aydınlanma, Devrim ve Romantizm. Çev. Asli Önal, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2021

Locke, John, Insan Anlağı Üzerine Bir Deneme (An Essay concerning Human Understanding), çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1996.

Wollstonecraft, Mary, Kadın Haklarının Gerekçelendirilmesi (A Vindication of the Rights of Women), Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Debate
Take Home

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exam
Take home exam
Final Exam

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, take home and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1-Attendance is mandatory for 70% of the classes.
2- Midterm, final, and assignment questions, as well as discussions, will be evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 12:00-13:00
Friday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Reading 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.134
LO.243
LO.333
LO.4443
LO.544

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