Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
170201008117FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHYElective482
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to learn the main disciplines of philosophy.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç.Dr. Ahmet Kavlak
Learning Outcomes
1Will be able to explain the basic concepts of philosophy.Defines the basic concepts of philosophy.Explains the basic concepts with examples.Explains the methods of philosophy.Expresses the methods of philosophy in their own words.Summarizes the methods of philosophy.Compares the methods of philosophy.Will be able to interpret the disciplines of philosophy.Explains the basic features of philosophy disciplines.
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
non
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
The main problems of philosophy will be handled on the axis of philosophers.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1definition of philosophy and historical background of its birth
2ancient philosophy and its problems
3the period of socrates, plato and aristotle and their problems
4Augustinus and period of patristic philosophy
5Descartes and modern philosophy
6Francis Bacon, induction and Thomas Hobbes
7Leibniz, Locke
8midterm
9Hume and the concept of causality
10Philosophy of Farabi, Avicenna, Ghazali and Ibn Rushd
11philosophy of Kant
12Fichte, Schelling, Hegel
13Edmund Husserl, Wittgenstein
14
Recommended or Required Reading
felsefeye giriş. Hilmi Ziya Ülken
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures11515
Self Study155
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination13030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)62
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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7
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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