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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FEL 5038	BRITISH IDEALISM	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR KUBILAY AYSEVENER

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

Discussing the idealist tradition according to its reflections in the philosophy in Great Britain and its effects on the thinking movement in the twentiesth century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The student will be able to know the general thinking systematic of British Idealism,
2	specify different and similar points of view of classical idealism and British idealism,
3	discuss different and similar points of view,
4	state new philosophical problems,
5	ground those problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Idealist tradition
2	The appearence of idealist tendency in the Great Britain
3	Idealism against Positivizm
4	Social Philosophy
5	The Problem of Historical Knowledge
6	Bladley and coherence theory
7	Bradley and critical history
8	Midterm exam
9	Oakeshott's philosophy of history
10	Oakeshott's philosophy of politics
11	Collingwood: The Nature and the Aims of a Philosophy of History
12	The New Methaphysics
13	Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers
14	The effects of British Idealism

Recomended or Required Reading

Bradley, F.H., Appearence and Reality, Oxford, 1969
Bradley, F.H., "The Presuppositions of Critical History", Collected Essays, Oxford, 1969
Boucher, David, Geçmişi Yaratmak: Ingiliz Idealizmi ve Michael Oakeshott ın Tarih Felsefesi , (çev. Kubilay Aysevener), Aysevener K., Tarih Felsefesi, Ek 1, Cem Yayınevi, Istanbul 2003
Collingwood, Idea of History, Oxford Clarendon Press 1951
Collingwood, R.G., An Autobiography, Oxford Clarendon Press 1991
Collingwood, R.G., Speculum Mentis, Oxford Clarendon Press 1946
Oakeshott M., On History and Other Essays, Oxford 1983
Kenneth R. Minogue, Michael Oakeshott: Siyasetin Uçsuz Bucaksız Denizi (çev. Mete Tuncay), Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefecileri, (Der. Anthony de Crespigny Kenneth R. Minogue),Remzi Ktb. Istanbul 1981

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Question-Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3:The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in the exam.
LO 4-5:The student s performance will be evaluated by the homework and the presentation they will make.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required.
2. The participation in the presentations will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Kubilay Aysevener
0232 301 87 36
kubilay.aysevener@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	8	3	24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	1	20	20
Preparing presentations	1	30	30
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.10	PO.11	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1											5
LO.2	5					4				4
LO.3	4			3		4	5	5		5	5
LO.4	4	5	4			5		5	5	5	5
LO.5		3	5		4	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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