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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FEL 5025	THE PROBLEM OF METHODOLOGY IN PHILOSOPHY	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REŞAT LEVENT AYSEVER

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Discussing and evalutaing methods of philosophyzing by various philosophers and being improved views about philosophical method.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The student will be able to know various methods of philosophyzing,
2	discuss them,
3	evaluate them,
4	detect the problems rised by these philosophical methods,
5	improve his/her view about philosophical method.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	What is method of philosophyzing
2	Philosophyzing methods: Socrates, Plato
3	Philosophyzing methods: Aristotle
4	Philosophyzing methods: Descartes, Husserl
5	Philosophyzing methods: Russell, Austin
6	Philosophyzing methods: Derrida
7	Philosophyzing methods: evaluating and discussing philosophyzing methods
8	midterm
9	Presentation and disscussion
10	Presentation and disscussion
11	Presentation and disscussion
12	Presentation and disscussion
13	Presentation and disscussion
14	Presentation and disscussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Timothy Williamson, THE PHILOSOPHY OF PHILOSOPHY (New York: Blackwell, 2007)
Platon, DIYALOGLAR 1-2 (Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi)
Aristoteles, BIRINCI ANALITIKLER (Ankara: Dost Kitabevi)
Descartes, YÖNTEM ÜZERINE KONUŞMA ()
Descartes, FELSEFENIN ILKELERI ()
Husserll, FENOMENOLOJI ÜZERINE BEŞ DERS (Ankara: BilgeSu, 2010)
Bertrand Russell, LOGICAL ATOMISM (London/New York: Routledge, 2010))
John. L. Austin, PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS (Oxford/New York: Oxford Un. Pr. 1990)
Derrida, GRAMATOLOJI (Ankara: BilgeSu Yayınları, 2010)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

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

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 79 17
levent.aysever@deu.edu.tr
http://www.leventaysever.com

Office Hours

Thursday 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	8	3	24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	10	130
Preparation for final exam	1	55	55
Preparation for midterm exam	1	35	35
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	4													4
LO.2		5	4				3			5			5	4
LO.3		4		5		5	5	5	4		4	4		5
LO.4	5				5	5		5		5	5			5
LO.5		5		5	4							5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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