COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GERMAN IDEALISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5030 GERMAN IDEALISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KUBILAY AYSEVENER

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to teach the basic points of the German Idealism and its effects on the contemporary philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student will be able to know the basic thinking systematic of German Idealism.
2   The student will be able to specify both the common points of Classic Idealism and idealist view, and the differences between them.
3   The student will be able to discuss the solution offers and express them.
4   The student will be able to catch new philosophical problems.
5   The student will be able to ground them.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The general frame of German Idealism
2 Herder and "The Thoughts on the Philosophy of the History of the Mankind"
3 Hegel's critique on Herder's "The Thoughts on the Philosophy of the History of the Mankind"
4 Kant and Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim
5 Fichte and "The Characteristics of the Present Age"
6 Schelling and the notion of history
7 Hegel and "The Philosophy of World History"
8 Hegel and the reason in history
9 Mid-term exam
10 Simmel and the problems of the philosophy of history
11 Dilthey and the Methodology of the Geisteswissenschaften
12 The effects of German Idealism
13 The Hermeneutic Tradition
14 Postmodenism

Recomended or Required Reading

Doğan Özlem-Güçlü Ateşoğlu (Der.), Tarih Felsefesi Seçme Metinler, Doğu Batı, Anlara 2006
Kant, Dünya Yurttaşlığı Amacına Yönelik Genel Bir Tarih Düşüncesi
Hegel, G.W.F., The Philosophy of History, tra. J. Sibree, New York 1956
Windelband, Wilhelm, History and Natural Science , trans. Guy Oakes, History and Theory 1980, vol.: 19, no: 2, s. 165-185
Dilthey Wilhelm, Hermeneutik ve Tin Bilimleri, (çev. Doğan Özlem), Paradigma, Istanbul 1999

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The activities are shown in deail in the section of "Evaluation Methods" and "Workload Computation"

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

Learning outcomes will be evaluated by the exams and the presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is required to deliver the works and make the presentations on/until the given deadline.
2. Attendance is required.

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
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LO.2444334
LO.3553345454
LO.455534455
LO.54555