Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 303 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 303 Course Title: PHILOSOPHY OF ENLIGHTENMENT Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall 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 OYA ESRA BEKTAŞ (oyaesrabektas@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course introduce the student to the general character of 18th century Western philosophy, the historical and philosophical aspects of the notion of Enlightenment, the social and philosophical problems/quandaries that have carried human thought to Enlightenment, and the leading theories/claims of the period.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain the general character of Enlightenment. PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
 		Examination
LO-2 can grasp the complex forms the Rationalism-Empiricism debate has taken in Enlightenment. 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-3 can grasp the centrality of the divide between the social and the natural. 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
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The general character of the philosophical period called "Enlightenment"; the eve and sources of the period of Enlightenment; the relation of developments in natural and social sciences to the phenomenon of Enlightenment; the position and appearence of the Rationalism-Empiricism debate in the Enlightenment; the centrality of the question of the subject; the contrariety between morals and nature; the political philosophy of the Enlightenment; the aesthetics of the Enlightenment.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What is Enlightenment? Lecture,Discussion Method
2 Enlightenment in its Philosophical Dimension Lecture,Discussion Method
3 Basic Principles of Enlightenment Philosophy Lecture,Discussion Method
4 British Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
5 British Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
6 Scottish Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
7 Scottish Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
8 mid-term exam
9 French Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
10 French Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
11 French Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
12 German Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
13 German Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
14 Criticism of the Enlightenment Lecture,Discussion Method
15 Aesthetics of Enlightenment Discussion Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Cevizci, A. (2007). Aydınlanma Felsefesi Tarihi, İstanbul: Asa.
2 Ewald, O. (2014). Fransız Aydınlanma Felsefesi, çev. Aytaç, G., İstanbul: Doğu Batı.
3 Copleston, F. (2014). Aydınlanma, çev. Yardımlı, A., İstanbul: İdea.
4 Onur Bilge Kula, Doğu'dan Batı'ya Aydınlanma, Tekin Yayınevi
Required Course instruments and materials
Coursebook

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 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 1 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 12 48
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 12 48
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       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 4 4 16
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 4 16
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 130