COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KANT IN READINGS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 7018 KANT IN READINGS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REŞAT LEVENT AYSEVER

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to conceive Kant s system of thought by understanding the fundamentals of Enlightenment thinking. Also conceiving Kant s practical philosophy and discussing about the epistemological, political, ethical and aesthetical dimensions of the break in the history of philosophy by Kant s thinking are the aims of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Conceiving the fundamental properties of enlightenment thinking
2   Having knowledge about the conception of critical reason
3   Conceiving the epistemological grounds of Kant s practical philosophy
4   Conceiving Kant s ethical understanding, discussing fundamental problems of his ethics with respect to his opinions
5   Conceiving fundamental arguments of Kant s political philosophy, discussing the relations between politics and ethics considering Kant s opinions
6   Conceiving Kant s conception of aesthetics with regards to conception of inter-subjectivity, discussing political philosophy and ethics with regards to this concept

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Properties of Enlightenment Thinking
2 Properties of Enlightenment Thinking
3 Kant s Epistemology
4 Kant s Epistemology
5 Justification of Critical Reason
6 Justification of Critical Reason
7 Discussion About Autonomy Concept
8 Midterm Exam
9 Kant s Ethics
10 Critique of Practical Reason and its Significance
11 Kant s Political Philosophy
12 Critique of Judgment and Political Judgment
13 Kant s Aesthetics and Inter-subjectivity
14 Ethics and Politics on the Axis of Inter-subjectivity

Recomended or Required Reading

KANT, I; Ahlak metafiziğinin temellendirilmesi, trc. Ioanna Kuçuradı 2. bs. Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kur. 1995.
KANT, I; Arı usun eleştirisi , çev. Aziz Yardımcı. Istanbul : Idea Yayınevi, 1993.
---------; Etik üzerine dersler, çev. Oğuz Özügül. Istanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi, 1994.
---------; Pratik aklın eleştirisi, 2. bs. Ankara : Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu, 1994.
---------; Prolegomena : gelecekte bilim olarak ortaya çıkabilecek her metafiziğe, trc. Yusuf Örnek, Ioanna Kuçuradi. Ankara : Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu, 1995.
.; Aydınlanma Nedir .
---------; Critique of Pure Reason, N.Kemp.Smith Trans. S. Martin Pres, New York 1975.

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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + 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 will be evaluated by his/her presentation.
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

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)

Yard. Doç. Dr. Özlem Duva Kaya
0232 301 94 13
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 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 45 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 239

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.154554545
LO.255445545
LO.3455554
LO.445544555
LO.5555455545
LO.655454545

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