COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6091 PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

One of the aims of this course is to introduce the discipline of philosophical anthropology with respect to its sources, to its emerging conditions and to problems that it deals with. Being the oldest questions of philosophy, the question of What is human is related with other fields of philosophy. One of the main goals of this course in the light of especially the Enlightenment philosophy and Kant s philosophical outlook is to consider the problems of practical philosophy through philosophical anthropology and to evaluate the solutions that are proposed to these problems with respect to moral-political aspects of human.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Conceiving the properties of philosophical thinking
2   Conceiving the relations of philosophy with different problem fields
3   Having moral-political discussions within the problem of subject
4   Discovering new philosophical problems
5   Relating the problems of country and world with philosophy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Initiation and Properties of Philosophical Anthropology as a Philosophical Discipline
2 Initiation and Properties of Philosophical Anthropology as a Philosophical Discipline
3 Initiation and Properties of Philosophical Anthropology as a Philosophical Discipline
4 Ancient Greece and Zoon Politikon
5 Ancient Greece and Zoon Politikon
6 Medieval Age and Concept of Persona
7 Medieval Age and Concept of Persona
8 Midterm Exam
9 Cartesian Cogito
10 Cartesian Cogito
11 Design of the Modern Subject and Relation of Hegemony
12 Kant s Anthropological Objection against Cartesian Cogito
13 Kant s Anthropological Objection against Cartesian Cogito
14 Evaluation of Anthropology with respect to Pragmatic Viewpoint
15 Moral-Political Aspects of Kant s Philosophical Anthropology
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Adams, William Y., The Philosophical Roots of Anthropology, CSLI Publications,
1998.
Alquie, Ferdinand, Descartes tan Kant a Kadar Nedensellik Dusuncesi , Cev: Tulin
Bumin, Seminer Felsefe, sayı:7, Ege Universitesi Basımevi, 1990.
Beyssade, Jean-Marie, Descartes: Bir Devrim mi , Cogito, sayı: 10, YKY, 1997.
Brook, Andrew, Kant and The Mind, Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Buber, Martin, What is Man , Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, vol. 4, Harvard
University Press, 1962.
Bumin, Tulin, Tartısılan Modernlik: Descartes ve Spinoza, YKY, 2003.
Cassirer, Ernst, Insan Ustune Bir Deneme, cev: Necla Arat, YKY, 1980.
Copleston, Frederick, A History of Philosophy, Vol 6: Wolf to Kant, MPG Limited,
1999.
Cornford, Francis McDoanld, Platon un Bilgi Kuramı, cev.: Ahmet Cevizci,
Gundoğan Yay., 1989.
Davies, Tony, Humanism, Routledge, 1994.
Frierson, Patrick R., Freedom and Anthropology in Kant s Moral Philosophy,
Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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 assignment of the student and 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 9 3 27
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 6 18
Preparation for midterm exam 6 7 42
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 1 44 44
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

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.15554
LO.244
LO.35
LO.4545
LO.5455