COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL REALITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6004 LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL REALITY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REŞAT LEVENT AYSEVER

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

Discussing the relations between language and social reality on the basis of John R. Searle s social ontology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course the students will be able to grasp the relations between language and social reality.
2   to discuss the relations between language and social reality.
3   to evaluate the theories about the relations between language and social reality.
4   to give his/her answers about the questions which he/she catches in the theories on the relations between language and social reality.
5   to explain his/her answers.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The notion of `social ontology
2 Various social ontologies
3 Various social ontologies
4 Searle: The Construction of Social Reality
5 Searle: The Construction of Social Reality
6 Searle: The Structure of Human Civilization
7 Searle: The Structure of Human Civilization
8 Discussion on Searle s Social Ontology
9 Midterm
10 Student presentation and discussion
11 Student presentation and discussion
12 Student presentation and discussion
13 Student presentation and discussion
14 Student presentation and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

- John R. Searle, THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL REALITY, New York: The Free Press, 1995.
- John R. Searle, MAKING THE SOCIAL WORLD, Oxford/New York: Oxford UP, 2010.
- Savas L. Tsohatzidis, INTENTIONAL ACTS AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTS, Dordrecht: Springer, 2007.
- Michael Theunissen, THE OTHER: STUDIES ON THE SOCIAL ONTOLOGY OF HUSSERL, HEIDEGGER, SARTRE AND BUBER, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986.
- Heikki Ikaheimo & Arto Laitinen (eds), RECOGNITION AND SOCIAL ONTOLOGY, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2011.

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 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 presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 45 45
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.155555
LO.2455454545
LO.3545454554
LO.4454455545
LO.54555455

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