Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | PHILOSOPHY | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | ARMAN BESLER (armanbesler@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of the course is to introduce the student to topics of modern and traditional epistemology and theories of knowledge proposed by philosophers. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can define knowledge. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can explain the basic concepts of epistemology. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can assess theories of knowledge and make use of them in the analysis of philosophical problems. |
PO-2 Understanding and criticising philosophical works from local and universal points of view. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Presentation of the basic concepts/notions of epistemology; an examination of the possibility, certainty and reality of knowledge; an analysis of how knowledge is gained and of the truth and boundaries of knowledge. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | The subject matter, scope and boundaries of epistemology | Lecture and discussion |
| 2 | What knowledge is | Lecture and discussion |
| 3 | The basic concepts and theories of epistemology | Lecture and discussion |
| 4 | The relation between truth, belief and judgment | Lecture and discussion |
| 5 | Plato's theory of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 6 | The problem of the possibility of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 7 | The certainty and reality of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The Cartesian aprroach to the problem of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 10 | John Locke and empiricism | Lecture and discussion |
| 11 | Hume and scepticism | Lecture and discussion |
| 12 | 19th century philosophers' approach to the problem of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 13 | Modern/contemporary theories of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 14 | Analytical philosophy and the problem of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 15 | Assessment | Lecture and discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Ahmet Cevizci, Bilgi Felsefesi, Say Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008. | |
| 2 | Anthony O'Hear (ed.), Epistemology, Cambridge University Press,2010. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Coursebook. | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 15 | 45 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 4 | 15 | 60 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 165 | ||