COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · PH491
Philosophical Research: Contemporary Philosophy I
Elective · Turkish
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Content Weekly Contents Assessment System Relation of Proficiency ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
Erinç ASLANBOĞA
erincatcat@yahoo.com
erincatcat@yahoo.com
Content
Objective
Konowladge about the western philosophy since XVIth century
Course Content
Learning an era through major philosophers
Course Learning Outcomes
Learning an era through major philosophers
Teaching and Learning Methods
Students presents the authors
References
Jean-Michel Besnier, Histoire de la philosophie moderne et contemporaine
Paul Ricoeur, Time and Narrative
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | General introduction to the modern philosophy |
| 2 | Monatigne |
| 3 | Hume |
| 4 | Machiavelli |
| 5 | Particularities of "renaissance" |
| 6 | Descartes |
| 7 | Hobbes |
| 8 | Pascal |
| 9 | Spinoza |
| 10 | Schelling |
| 11 | Schopenhauer |
| 12 | Kirkegaard |
| 13 | Problems of dialectics |
| 14 | General lines of the XIXth century |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 60 |
| Total | 0 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 1 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
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; | |||||
| 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 | 13 | 4 | 52 |
| Assignments | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 144 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 5.76 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 6 | ||