COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PROBLEMS OF 20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6025 THE PROBLEMS OF 20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR REŞAT LEVENT AYSEVER

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

To demonstrate philosophical issues of the 20th century with reference to the fundamental texts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to comprehend the general systematic of thought of the 20th century,
2   Being able to determine common and distinct points of 20th century philosophy and previous philosophical traditions,
3   Being able to discuss and convey solutions proposed for issues,
4   Being able to grasp new philosophical problems
5   Being able to ground above points

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Guidelines of 20th Century Thought
2 Nietzsche s Influence on 20th Century Thought
3 Existentialist Tradition
4 Existentialist Tradition
5 Reflections of German Idealist Tradition
6 English Idealism
7 Colingwood and New Metaphysics
8 Midterm
9 Critical Philosophy
10 Critical Philosophy
11 Hermeneutic Tradition
12 Hermeneutic Tradition
13 Logic of Social Sciences in 20th Century
14 Postmodernism

Recomended or Required Reading

20. Yüzyıl Felsefe Tarihi, Christian Delacampagne, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları: Istanbul, 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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

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

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)

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

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.14244354
LO.253
LO.355555
LO.43434
LO.5554545