COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCI AND ETHICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSE 6011 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCI AND ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR CIHAN IŞIKHAN

Offered to

Performing Arts
Painting
Sculpture
Graphic
Opera
Music
Musicology
Art and Design
Film Design
Ceramics and Glass
Textile and Fashion Design
Traditional Turkish Arts

Course Objective

Understanding fundamental approaches and concepts of philosophy of science.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding fundamental approaches and concepts of philosophy of science.
2   Understanding fundamental approaches and concepts of epistemology.
3   Possess a frame of mind that can question everything.
4   Understanding fundamental ethics of scientific publication ethics.
5   To do works in accordance with scientific pulication ethics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Discussion of knowledge and epistemology. Fundamental problems of epistemology. categories of knowledge. Norms of scientifical knowledge.
2 Historical development of scientific knowledge in Europe after enlightenment. 19th century Europe and value of scientific knowledge.
3 Philosophy of science: definition and discussions. Pionieers of philosophy of science: Henri Poincare, Pierre Duhem and Alexandre Koyre.
4 Vienna circle: logic of scientific research and methodology: Karl Popper and Imre Lakatos.
5 elevatory approachs on scientific knowledge: Robert merton and his norms of science.
6 Dogmatism on scientific knowledge: Thomas Khun. anarchism of scientific knowledge: Paul Fayareband.
7 Pierre Bourdieu andsocial uses of science. Questioning of scientific knowledge: sociology of scientific knowledge.
8 Scientific knowledge and ideology.
9 Scientific epistemologic community.
10 Discussion of science in art/art in science.
11 Concept of ethic and approaches on theory of ethic.
12 Scientific ethic and history of scientific ethic.
13 Process of research and publication ethics: content and fundamental problems.
14 Process of research and publication ethics: content and fundamental problems.
15 General evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Bourdieu, Pierre (2015). Bilimin Toplumsal Kullanımları, (çev: Levent Ünsaldı), Heretik Yayınları, Ankara.
Habermas, Jürgen (1993). Ideoloji Olarak Teknik ve Bilim, (çev. Mustafa Tüzel), Yapı Kredi yayınları, Istanbul.
Tuna, Korkut (2011). Batılı Bilginin Eleştirisi Üzerine, Iz Yayıncılık, Istanbul.
Wallerstein, Immanuel (1997). Sosyal Bilimleri Düşünmemek, (çev: Taylan Doğan), Avesta Yayınları, Istanbul.
Westfall, Richard S. (1995). Modern Bilimin Oluşumu, (çev: Ismail Hakkı Duru), Tübitak Yayınları, Ankara.
Feyereband, Paul (1999/a). Yönteme Karşı, (çev: Ertuğrul Başer), Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.
Feyereband, Paul (1999/b). Özgür Bir Toplumda Bilim, (çev: Ahmet Kardam), Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.

Feyereband, Paul (2015). Bilimin Tiranlığı, (çev: Barış Yıldırım), Sel Yayınları, Istanbul.
McCarthy, E. Doyle (2002). Bilgi Kültürü/Yeni Bilgi Sosyolojisi, (çev: Figen Yılmaz), Çiviyazıları Yayınları, Istanbul.
Yıldırım, Cemal (1979). Bilim Felsefesi, Remzi Kitabevi Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor tells the subject and students pose questions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + DKL * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students must be attend the lessons seventy percent.
2. Every kind of attend of copy to be puneshed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

firat.kutluk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Reading 10 2 20
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.135
LO.21555
LO.3353
LO.45531335
LO.55

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