COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BRITISH IDEALISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5038 BRITISH IDEALISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN GÖÇMEN

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Discussing the idealist tradition according to its reflections in the philosophy in Great Britain and its effects on the thinking movement in the twentiesth century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student will be able to know the general thinking systematic of British Idealism,
2   specify different and similar points of view of classical idealism and British idealism,
3   discuss different and similar points of view,
4   state new philosophical problems,
5   ground those problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Idealist tradition
2 The appearence of idealist tendency in the Great Britain
3 Idealism against Positivizm
4 Social Philosophy
5 The Problem of Historical Knowledge
6 Bladley and coherence theory
7 Bradley and critical history
8 Midterm exam
9 Oakeshott's philosophy of history
10 Oakeshott's philosophy of politics
11 Collingwood: The Nature and the Aims of a Philosophy of History
12 The New Methaphysics
13 Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers
14 The effects of British Idealism
15 General assessment
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bradley, F.H., Appearence and Reality, Oxford, 1969
Bradley, F.H., "The Presuppositions of Critical History", Collected Essays, Oxford, 1969
Boucher, David, Geçmişi Yaratmak: Ingiliz Idealizmi ve Michael Oakeshott ın Tarih Felsefesi , (çev. Kubilay Aysevener), Aysevener K., Tarih Felsefesi, Ek 1, Cem Yayınevi, Istanbul 2003
Collingwood, Idea of History, Oxford Clarendon Press 1951
Collingwood, R.G., An Autobiography, Oxford Clarendon Press 1991
Collingwood, R.G., Speculum Mentis, Oxford Clarendon Press 1946
Oakeshott M., On History and Other Essays, Oxford 1983
Kenneth R. Minogue, Michael Oakeshott: Siyasetin Uçsuz Bucaksız Denizi (çev. Mete Tuncay), Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefecileri, (Der. Anthony de Crespigny Kenneth R. Minogue),Remzi Ktb. Istanbul 1981


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Question-Answer


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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3:The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in the exam.
LO 4-5:The student s performance will be evaluated by the homework and the presentation they will make.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required.
2. The participation in the presentations will be considered in grading.


Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Kubilay Aysevener
0232 301 87 36
kubilay.aysevener@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

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.15
LO.2544
LO.34345555
LO.445455555
LO.5354545