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 | Optional | ||||
| Department | PHILOSOPHY | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | OYA ESRA BEKTAŞ (oyaesrabektas@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| It is aimed to introduce students opinions about the basic problems of metaphysics and especially contemporary debates. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | comprehend basic metaphysical problems |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Know the contemporary metaphysical arguments |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-3 Conducting research on, and developing methods in solving, philosophical problems treated in philosophical texts. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | He can develop a perspective on the main debates of metaphysics. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-3 Conducting research on, and developing methods in solving, philosophical problems treated in philosophical texts. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. 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 |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| The scope of metaphysics, determinism and free will, the concept of causality and the connection of causality, the reality of space and time | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | What is metaphysics? | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 2 | Scope of metaphysis. | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 3 | What is being? | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 4 | what is substance? | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 5 | Categories | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 6 | Problem of universals | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 7 | Problem of universals | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Problem of determinism | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 10 | Problem of determinism | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 11 | Problem of Freedom | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 12 | Problem of Causality | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 13 | Philosophers and texts | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 14 | Philosophers and texts | •Discussion Method •Narration Method •Question and Answer |
| 15 | General Considerations | •Discussion Method •Question and Answer |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | • Louis Millet, Metafizik, Çev. Talip Karakaya, Elis Yayınları, 2004. | |
| 2 | • Michael Jubien, Contemporary Metaphysics, Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishings, 1997. | |
| 3 | • Aristoteles, Metafizik, Çev. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Arslan, Sosyal Yayınları, 1996. | |
| 4 | • M. J. Loux, Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction (3rd ed.). London: Routledge, 2006. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Articles and books | ||
| 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 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| 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 | 3 | 9 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 146 | ||