Philosophical Anthropology
aaltinors@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
What is “human being”? An examination of the human being and of philosophical problems arising in connection with it. Presentation of diffents philosophical conceptions concerning human being and his existantial conditions.
Course Content
Conceptions of human from presocratic philosophers to Cassirer.
Course Learning Outcomes
1.Competence of philosophical reflection on human being.
2.Essential conceptions of philosophical anthropology.
3.Philosophical formation on conditions of human existence.
Teaching and Learning Methods
Face-to-face
References
Bernard Groethuysen: Anthropologie philosophique
Jacques Poulain: De l'homme. Eléments d'anthropologie philosophique du langage
Denis Trierweiler: Hans Blumenberg: Anthropologie philosophique
Arnold Gehlen: Essais d'anthropologie philosophique
Gérard Raulet: Max scheler l'anthropologie philosophique en Allemagne dans l'entre-deux-guerres
Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu: İnsan Felsefesi
Mustafa Günay: Felsefe Tarihinde İnsan Sorunu
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Objet and scope of philosophical anthropology |
| 2 | Human being as a philosophical problem |
| 3 | Human in presocratic philosophy |
| 4 | Socrate and Plato |
| 5 | Aristotle |
| 6 | Conceptions on human in the middle age |
| 7 | Mid-term |
| 8 | Conceptions on human in Renaissance |
| 9 | Conceptions on human in the age of enlightenment |
| 10 | Human in German Romanticism |
| 11 | Max Scheler |
| 12 | Arnold Gehlen |
| 13 | Ernst Cassirer |
| 14 | Final reflections |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 16 |
| 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 | 14 | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 38 |
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; | |||||
| 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; | |||||
| 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 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Other | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Workload | 150 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 6.00 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 6 | ||