Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 411 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 411 Course Title: PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS 4 Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / 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 GÖRKEM BİRİNCİ (gorkem@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course is reading and discussing the philosophical texts

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can do analyzing of philosophical text 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-12 Attaining knowledge and using sources in the field of history of science.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
 		Examination
LO-2 Can detect the methods of philosophers 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-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can detect the thoughts of philosophers in the texts 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-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Kant, Russell, Husserl
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introducing the method that to be applied Discussion, instruction
2 Choosing an work Discussion, instruction
3 Beginning of the reading of the work Discussion, instruction
4 Introduction to the discussions Discussion, instruction
5 Reading-discussion Book criticism
6 Reading-discussion Book criticism
7 Reading-discussion Book criticism
8 mid-term exam
9 Choosing an new text Book criticism
10 Reading-discussion Book criticism
11 Reading-discussion Book criticism
12 Reading-discussion Book criticism
13 Reading-discussion-writing Book criticism
14 Reading-discussion-writing Book criticism
15 Reading-discussion-writing Book criticism
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Martin Heidegger, Varlık ve Zaman, Çev. Kaan Ökten, Agora Kitaplığı, 2008
2 Jean-Paul Sartre, Varlık ve Hiçlik, Çev. Turhan Ilgaz ve Gaye Çankaya Esen, İthaki, 2009
3 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Çev. Oruç Aruoba, Metis Yayınları, 2016
Required Course instruments and materials

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 6 5 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 6 5 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 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 4 28
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150