Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FDB-23-106ÇAĞDAŞ FELSEFE AKIMLARIElective136
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The course teaches the contemporary philosophical movements in reference to their major representatives together with their influence on contemporary thought since the nineteenth century.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Fatih Özkan
Learning Outcomes
1The students will get knowledge of the contemporary philosophers, their philosophical systems and basic issues in the contemporary philosophy.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
To introduce how the philosophical thought shifted since Kant in conjunction with the impact of contemporary philosophical trends and philosophers on today’s understanding.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Analytic PhilosophyDiscussion
2Modern Nature PhilosophyDiscussion - Seminar
3PositivismDiscussion
4Linguistic PhilosophyDiscussion - Seminar
5ExistentialismDiscussion
6Postmodern PhilosophyDiscussion - Seminar
7EntuitionismDiscussion
8HermeneuticsDiscussion - Seminar
9ScepticismDiscussion
10StructuralismDiscussion - Seminar
11MaterialismDiscussion
12MarksismDiscussion - Seminar
13FenemenologyDiscussion
14New OntologyDiscussion - Seminar
15Overview-DiscussionDiscussion
Recommended or Required Reading
1. D.West, Kıta Avrupası Felsefesi’ne Giriş, İstanbul 1998 ; 2. Bedia Akarsu, Çağdaş Felsefei, İstanbul 1998 ; 3. Bochenski, Çağdaş Avrupa Felsefesi, İstanbul 1997 ; 4. R. Vernaux, Eksiztansiyalizm Üzerine Dersler, Kayseri 1994 ; 5. K. Jaspers, Felsefe Nedir?, İstanbul 1997; 6. F. Copleston, A History of Philosophy, London 1959; 7. J. Locke, Two Treatises on Government, yy. 1968; 8. G. W. F. Hegel, Reason in History, Newyork 1953; 9. İ. Kant, The Critic of Pure Reason, London 1990
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 Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures15345
Seminar188
Criticising Paper155
Self Study2510
Reading1110110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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