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Course Code: 
PHIL 314
Course Type: 
Area Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
6
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
The aim of this course is to help students cover the most recent developments in contemporary logic and learn modal and philosophical logics as well as alternative logical systems.
Course Content: 

Axiomatic system for the Predicate Logic:  Independence, Completeness, Consistency. The foundation of mathematics. Cantor's theory of transfinite numbers. Axiomatic set theory. Crisis in the foundation of mathematics and logical paradoxes Modal logic. 

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Exercises
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Testing, B: Experience, 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) conceives the current scope of the field logic in detail.

1, 2, 6, 9

1, 2, 3, 4

A, C

2) develops the skills of analyzing and testing arguments with modal operators.

1, 2, 6, 9

1, 2, 3, 4

A, C

3) grasps the possibilities of applying logic to different mathematical philosophical problems.

1, 2, 6, 9

1, 4

A, C

4) discusses logical analyses of the relations of philosophical concepts in specific areas.

1, 2, 6, 9

1, 2, 3, 4

A, C

5) gains mastery in specific fields of modal and philosophical logic.

1, 2, 6, 9

1, 2, 3, 4

A, C
 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

First-Order Logic

Textbook Ch. 1

2

Higher-Order Logic

Textbook Ch. 2

3

Set Theory

Textbook Ch. 3

4

Modal Logic

Textbook Ch. 7

5

Deontic Logic

Textbook Ch. 8

6

Epistemic Logic

Textbook Ch. 9

7

Temporal Logic

Textbook Ch. 10

8

Midterm Exam

  

9

Intuitionistic Logic

Textbook Ch. 11

10

Free Logics

Textbook Ch. 12

11

Relevant Logics

Textbook Ch. 13

12

Many-Valued Logics

Textbook Ch. 14

13

Nonmonotonic Logic

Textbook Ch. 15

14

Logic and Natural Language

Textbook Ch. 20

15

Final Exam

  
 

 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Goble, L. (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2001.

Additional Resources

Marciszewski,W., Dictionary of Logic as Applied in the Study of Language, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1981.

 Grünberg, T. ve A. Onart, Mantık Terimleri Sözlüğü, Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 1976.

Wilfrid Hodges’ logic page at http://wilfridhodges.co.uk/
 
 

Material Sharing

Documents

  

Assignments

  

Exams

  
 
 

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

30

Assignments

6

30

Final

1

40

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

40

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

60

Total

 

100
 

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Specific Area Courses
 
 

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

6

60

Mid-terms

1

20

20

Assignments

6

2

12

Final examination

1

20

20

Total Work Load

 

 

157

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

6,28

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

6
 
 

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