Department of Philosophy

Contemporary Philosophy II(PH404)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
PH404 Contemporary Philosophy II 8 3 0 0 3 6
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Language of Instruction French
Course Type Compulsory
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Umut ÖKSÜZAN uoksuzan@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
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Objective Explain and discuss the historical origins, dimensions and methodological questions concerning the fundamental problems of contemporary philosophy.
Content We will study in the framework of phenomenology and existentialism the following fundamental problems and methods: Relationship between metaphysics and positive sciences, the idea of ??phenomenology, essence, consciousness, reality, experience , knowledge, truth, meaning, being, existence, understanding, concept, world, freedom, action, humanism, epokhe, phenomenological reduction, description, destruction of traditional ontology, the dialectic.
Course Learning Outcomes Acquisition of detailed knowledge of the fundamental problems and methods of contemporary philosophy. Acquisition of the ability to develop an original reflection around philosophical issues.
Teaching and Learning Methods Presentation, commentary, discussion.
References Edmund Hussserl, L'idée de la phénoménologie, Paris, PUF, 1970.
Martin Heidegger, Etre et Temps, Paris, Authentica, 1985.
Martin Heidegger, "Lettre sur l'humanisme", in Questions III-IV, Paris, Gallimard, 1990.
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'existentialisme est un humanisme, Paris, Gallimard, 1996.
Emmanuel Levinas, "Humanisme et an-archie", in L'Humanisme de l'autre homme, Hérault, Fata Morgana, 1972.
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Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 50
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 1 50
Toplam 1 50
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 13 3 39
Working Hours out of Class 13 3 39
Assignments 1 40 40
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 23 23
Total Workload 141
Total Workload / 25 5,64
Credits ECTS 6
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