Epistemology(PH221)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||