Epistemology
asagiroglu@gsu.edu.tr
Content
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.
Course 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
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 40 | 0 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 60 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | 0 |
| Activities | 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 |
| Total | 3 | 100 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||