Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 313 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 313 Course Title: PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall 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 ARMAN BESLER (armanbesler@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aims of this course is to introduce the student to non-classical, non-extensional systems of logic, and to exhibit the functionality of these systems in expressing and solving philosophical problems.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain the problems and boundaries of first-order extensional logic. PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
Examination
LO-2 can explain the concept of extensionality. PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
Examination
LO-3 can explain the basic philosophical and logical problems concerning modality. 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.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
An illustration of how logical systems known as "non-classical" are utilized in philosophical disciplines, especially in ontology and epistemology, in other words, how these systems become "philosophical" logics. With a focus on systems of modal logic; an exhibition of the contribution of these systems in the formulation and resolution of the problems in historical as well as modern ontology.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The boundaries of first-order extensional logic Lecture
2 The boundaries of first-order extensional logic Lecture
3 The generation of non-extensional logics Lecture
4 The generation of non-extensional logics Lecture
5 Non-extensional logics in broad perspective Lecture
6 Basic notions of modal logic Lecture
7 The development of modal logic Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Systems of modal logic Lecture
10 Systems of modal logic Lecture
11 Philosophical applications Lecture
12 Philosophical applications Lecture
13 Semantical problems Lecture
14 Semantical problems Lecture
15 Recent employments of modal logic Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Grünberg, T. (2000). Sembolik Mantık El Kitabı, 2. Cilt: Özel Mantık Sistemleri, Ankara: METU Press.
2 Melia, J. (2014), Modality, New York, NY: Routledge.
3 Burgess, J. P. (2009). Philosophical Logic, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
4 Priest, G. (2001). An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic: From If to Is, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 14 70
       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 5 5 25
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 5 5 25
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 164