Epistemology(PH221)
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
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PH221 | Epistemology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | |
Admission Requirements |
Language of Instruction | French |
Course Type | Compulsory |
Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
Course Instructor(s) | Aliş SAĞIROĞLU asagiroglu@gsu.edu.tr (Email) |
Assistant | |
Objective | The course objective is to give students the necessary tools to analyze and discuss epistemological texts and endow them with a philosophical approach for the understanding of the relationships between major scientific themes and real epistemological problems. |
Content | Students will acquire the capacity of analyzing and assessing issues specific to epistemology through lectures of major philosophical texts. |
Course Learning Outcomes | Learning Principal Concepts and terms of the epistemology . Learning argument analysis and producing argumentation concerning knowledge acquisition processes. |
Teaching and Learning Methods | Classical academic course format, interactive discussions, student presentations, site internet for homework upload and reference material distribution. |
References |
• Platon – Théétète • Descartes - Méditations métaphysiques • Locke - Essai sur l’entendement humain • Hume - Enquête sur l’Entendement Humaine • Berkeley - Principes de la connaissance humaine |
Theory Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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1 | Methodology, presentation of course, definition of problems |
2 | Platon - Menon |
3 | Platon - Théétète |
4 | Platon - Sophiste |
5 | Platon - Parménide |
6 | Protogoras et S. Empiricus - Scepticisme |
7 | Descartes - Méditations métaphysiques |
8 | Mid-Term |
9 | Locke - Essai sur l’entendement humain |
10 | Hume - Enquête sur l'entendement humain |
11 | Berkeley - Principes de la connaissance humaine |
12 | Reid - Recherche sur l'entendement humain d'après les principes du sens commun |
13 | Kant - Critique de la raison pure 1 |
14 | Kant - Critique de la raison pure 2 |
Practice Topics
Week | Weekly Contents |
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Contribution to Overall Grade
Number | Contribution | |
---|---|---|
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 40 | 0 |
Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 60 | 0 |
Toplam | 100 | 0 |
In-Term Studies
Number | Contribution | |
---|---|---|
Assignments | 1 | 20 |
Presentation | 0 | 0 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 60 |
Project | 0 | 0 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
Quiz | 1 | 20 |
Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
Reports | 0 | 0 |
Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Toplam | 3 | 100 |
No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Analyze philosophical texts with analytical and critical rigor; | X | ||||
2 | Get an exhaustive knowledge on the history of philosophy; from antiquity to 20th century; | X | ||||
3 | Provide access to information and expertise in the fields of systematic philosophy, such as ethic, esthetic, history of science, philosophy of society; | X | ||||
4 | Establish the relation between philosophy and other fields of knowledge, such as, history, psychology, anthropology, sociology and other positive sciences; | X | ||||
5 | Learn the theories of political science and the philosophical evaluation of historical and actual events; | X | ||||
6 | Have a sufficient level of French and English in order to follow philosophical debates; | X | ||||
7 | Have a sufficient level of the ancient Greek, Latin and Ottoman languages for reading philosophical texts written in these; | X | ||||
8 | Develop a creative thinking and a knowledge of aesthetic theories which will allow the analysis of artworks and the history of art; | X | ||||
9 | Acquire academic research methods and writing ability as well as to develop analytical skills, interpretation and criticism. | X |
Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
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Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Assignments | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 152 | ||
Total Workload / 25 | 6.08 | ||
Credits ECTS | 6 |