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Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY	22303033		3 + 0	3.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Graduate Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Serap ŞAHİNOĞLU KUŞ
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Goals	Introduction to philosophy and its related concepts, examination of the distinctions between the concepts of philosophy, metaphysics, applied philosophy, ontology, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, logic and intersection areas; examination of the concept of philosophical discourse; introducing and analyzing concepts such as knowledge, truth, dilemma, proposition, paradox, individual, reason, self, system; the possibility of knowledge, the relationship between ethics and epistemology, verification and falsification; especially the ethical discourse of different philosophical approaches. In addition, the discourses of the basic philosophical approaches will be addressed and the concepts of right-wrong and good-evil will be emphasized. The preliminary assumptions of different philosophical approaches to human existence will be discussed. The relations between ontology, epistemology and ethics will be examined. The course will focus on the evaluation of contemporary ethical approaches departing from the history of philosophy.
Course Content	Basic Concepts: Introduction to concepts of philosophy, metaphysics, applied philosophy, ontology, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, logic; identification of distinctions and intersections between ontology, epistemology and ethics; the introduction of what philosophical discourse is and the examination of some of the classical examples of this discourse; questioning the basic concepts of philosophical discourse such as knowledge, truth, dilemma, proposition, paradox, individual, reason, consciousness, self, system and investigating their places in philosophical discourse; the possibility of knowledge, the relationship between ethics and knowledge, the problem of verification-falsification, the structure of philosophical paradoxes. Examination of Basic Philosophical Approaches: Examination of idealist, rationalist, empiricist, positivist, postmodernist philosophical approaches and analysis of examples from characteristic texts. Human as a Concept: The main arguments of philosophical approaches about human nature. The sociological approaches to human nature will be discussed. The philosophical foundations of the concept of human rights will be examined. Relationships between Ethical Theories and Approaches and Philosophical Theories.
Learning Outcomes	1) Defines concepts of philosophy, metaphysics, applied philosophy, ontology, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, logic. 2) Defines the basic concepts of philosophy such as knowledge, truth, dilemma, proposition, paradox, individual, reason, self, system. 3) Knows the concepts of right-wrong and good-evil. 4) Distinguishes the structures of contemporary ethical approaches.