COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PROBLEM OF SUBJECT IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5052 THE PROBLEM OF SUBJECT IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKAN ÇÖREKCIOĞLU

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

To discuss and evaluate the main questions of modern philosophy and the answers to them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to know the main questions of philosophy of modern philosophy and the answers suggested to them by various philosophers
2   Being able to discuss these questions and their main answers by the philosophers
3   Being able to evaluate hese questions and their main answers by the philosophers
4   Being able to improve his/her views answers to these questions, if necessary
5   Being able to demonstrate his/her own answers to the others

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The main problems of modern Philosophy
2 The main problems of modern Philosophy
3 The problem of subject in Cartesian thought
4 The problem of subject in Cartesian thought
5 Self-consciousness and freedom
6 Self-consciousness and freedom
7 The problem of legitimacy in modern philosophy
8 Midterm
9 The problem of legitimacy in modern philosophy
10 Presentation and discussion
11 Presentation and discussion
12 Presentation and discussion
13 Presentation and discussion
14 Presentation and discussion
15 General assessment
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Pippin, Robert B.; Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On the dissatisfactions of European High Culture, Wiley-Blackwell, 1999
Pippin, Robert B. ; Idealism as Modernism: Hegelian Variations, Cambridge University Press, 1997
Pippin, Robert B.; The Persistence of Subjectivity: On the Kantian Aftermath, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Thiel, Udo; The Early Modern Subject: Self-consciousness and Personel Identity from Descartes to Hume, Oxford University Press, 2011
Descartes, Rene; Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, Hackett Publishing Company, 1999
Habermas, Jurgen-McCarthy Paul; Legitimation Crisis, Beacon Press, 1975

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

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

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 94 13
ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

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.15543
LO.2444
LO.354555
LO.4555
LO.55555