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Course Code: 
PHIL 123
Course Type: 
Area Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
5
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
The aim of this course is to introduce basic concepts and terms in philosophy. Basic concepts such as essence, substance, knowledge, right, truth, reason, experience, value in various fields of philosophy(e.g.)Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics, Political Philosophy,Æsthetics) will be situated. The evolution of these concepts within specific periods in the history of philosophy will be analysed as well. Methodology will be developed through a critical reading of texts, study of vocabulary and analysis of different meanings of concepts.
Course Content: 

The aim of this course is to introduce basic concepts and terms in philosophy. Basic concepts such as essence, substance, knowledge, right, truth, reason, experience, value in various fields of philosophy(e.g.)Ontology, Epistemology, Ethics, Political Philosophy,Æsthetics) will be situated. The evolution of these concepts within specific periods in the history of philosophy will be analysed as well. Methodology will be developed through a critical reading of texts, study of vocabulary and analysis of different meanings of concepts. 

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course a student:

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching

Methods

Assessment Methods

1) is informed of the speciality philosophical questioning.

1,2,7

1,2,3

A,C

2) is introduced with philosophical concepts.

1,8,9

1,2,3

A,C

3) starts acquiring the knowledge of how to look at texts of the history of philosophy through concepts. 

5,6,7

1,2,3

A,C

4) starts referring to philosophical concepts in relation to theoretical and practical matters.

3,4,10

1,2,3

A,C

 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

Introduction to Philosophy

Basic principles of philosophy

2

Introduction to philosophical questioning

Basic principles of philosophy

3

What is Philosophy, Bertrand Russell: On the Value of Philosophy

Russell

4

How should one live? Plato: The Apology

Plato

5

How can I know what is right? Immanuel Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Kant

6

How can I know what is right?, Friedrich Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morality

 

Nietzsche

7

General assessment of discussions on ethics.

Ethics

8

MID-TERM

 

9

Is Knowledge Possible, René Descartes: Meditations I and II

Descartes

10

Science and Truth, Karl R. Popper: Conjectures and Refutations, Thomas S. Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

 

Popper, Kuhn

11

Film Screening (Examined Life)

Film Analysis

12

What is Really Real? Plato: The Republic, Jorge Luis Borges: The Circular Ruins

Berkeley

13

Are We Free or Determined? Jean Paul Sartre: Existentialism,

 

Sartre

14

Is there a God?, St. Thomas Aquinas: The Five Ways

Aquinas

15

Final Examination

 

 
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Kessler, Gary E. Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader. 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004  

Additional Resources

1961. The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, edited by R.E. Egner and L.E. Denonn. London: George Allen & Unwin.

(1785) Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten)

(1641) Rene Descartes,  Meditations on First Philosophy. Cottingham, J., trans., 1996. Cambridge University Press.

(1886), Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

(1963), Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.

 
 

Material Sharing

Documents

-

Assignments

-

Exams

-

 
 

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

25

Assignments

5

25

Final Examination

1

50

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

50

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

50

Total

 

100

 

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Area-Specific Course

 
 

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

1

Grasps the fundamental concepts and analytical methods necessary to succeed in academic studies in the field of philosophy.

 

 

 

 

X

2

Acquires a versatile critical and analytical approach, and problem-solving, interpretative and  argumentative skills necessary for a successful career in philosophy.

 

 

 

 

X

3

Communicates effectively, is specifically successful in written and oral presentation, has proper capacities for teamwork and interdisciplinary studies, takes the initiative, has developed a sense of responsibility, contributes original ideas to the field of philosophy, and is loyal to ethical principles.

 

 

X

 

 

4

Reaches the perfection of pursuing professional and personal development by using all means of knowledge with a view to lifelong learning.

 

X

 

 

 

5

Develops a consciousness of professional and social ethics.

 

X

 

 

 

6

Gains the skills of choosing and developing contemporary means required in philosophical applications as well as using computing technologies effectively.

 

 

X

 

 

7

Acquires substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy.

 

 

X

 

 

8

Learns a classical and at least one modern foreign language so as to read the historical texts of philosophy in the original.

X

 

 

 

 

9

Pinpoints, recognizes, grasps and discusses the problems of philosophy within their context in the history of philosophy.

 

 

 

X

 

10

Develops perfection in reading, understanding and analyzing philosophical texts in different languages.

 

X

 

 

 

 
 

ECTS

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)

15

3

45

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

10

3

30

Mid-terms

1

10

15

Assignments

5

2

15

Final examination

1

20

20

Total Work Load

 

 

125

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

5

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

5