COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 1112 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to introduce the general principles of philosophical thinking and basic disciplines of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, the student will be able to distinguish philosophy from other types of knowledge.
2   At the end of the course, the student will be able to know the basic fields of philosophy, the basic problems of these fields and different samples of solutions of these problems
3   At the end of the course, the student will be able to gain the ability to approach to the world and our age with philosophy (especially with philosophical concepts).
4   At the end of the course, the student will be able to explain the concepts, problems and solutions of these problems of philosophy to other people.
5   At the end of the course, the student will be able to gain the ability to comprehend the current problems of philosophy and find original solutions for them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophy and science as fields of knowledge
2 Basic disciplines of philosophy: Ontology
3 Basic disciplines of philosophy: Philosophy of knowledge
4 Basic disciplines of philosophy: Ethics
5 Basic disciplines of philosophy: Philosophy of art
6 Understanding the world with philosophy: concept of friendship
7 Understanding the world with philosophy: concept of courage
8 Midterm exam
9 Understanding the world with philosophy: concept of truth
10 Understanding the world with philosophy: concept of freedom
11 Understanding our age with philosophy: concept of democracy
12 Understanding our age with philosophy: concept of right
13 Understanding our age with philosophy: concept of responsibility
14 A general evaluation of the lecture

Recomended or Required Reading

1. J.M. Bochenski, Felsefece Düşünmenin Yolları, çev. Kurtuluş Dinçer, Ankara: BilgeSu
Yayıncılık.
2. Kurtuluş Dinçer, Kısaca Felsefe, Ankara: Pharmakon Kitap.
3. Platon, Lakhes ve Lysis (Platon, Diyaloglar 2, Remzi Kitabevi)
4.Ahmet Arslan, Felsefeye Giriş, Vadi Yay.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student's performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Reading 1 4 4
Midterm 1 5 5
Final 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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