Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CONTEMPORARY PHILOSPHICAL MOVEMENTS İLH424 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery Text analysing, presentation and discussing the issues by using interactive method.
Course Coordinator
Instructors Celal TÜRER
Assistants
Goals The way to keep up with the globalized world could be possible by learning and transfering the contemporary thought. The introduction of contemporary thought can be acquired by knowing the contemporary philosophy. The purpose of this course is to ensure the dynamism of thought.
Course Content To handle the philosophical movements from Kant until now.
Learning Outcomes 1) The student knows current trends in contemporary philosophy.
2) The student can penetrate the backgrounds of today's problems.
3) The student examines the literature related to contemporary philosophy, religion, culture, language and morality.
4) The student discusses the approaches related to contemporary philosophy, religion, culture, language and morality.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week General lines of contemporary philosophy, the improvement from Medieval Philosophy to Kant. Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Immanuel Kant Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week German idealists: Herder, Fichte, Schelling Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week German idealists: Hegel, the fragmentation of Hegel school. Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Positivism Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Materialism: Strauss, Fauerbach, Marks Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week The philosophy of life: Nietzsche, Dilthey, Bergson Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Phenomenology: Brentano, Max Scheler Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week New Ontology Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Modern empiricism and analytical philosophy Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Modern empiricism and analytical philosophy Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Pragmatism Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week New realism Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Scientific materialism Lecture; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
-Aziz Çalışlar(Düzenleyen ve Çeviren), Çağdaş Felsefe, İstanbul 1985.
-Bedia Akarsu, Çağdaş Felsefe, İstanbul 1987.
-Celal Türer, William James’in Ahlâk anlayışı, Ankara 2005.
-Heinz Heimsoeth, Felsefenin Temel Disiplinleri, çev. Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu, İstanbul 2013.
-Heinz Heimsoeth, İmmanuel Kant Felsefesi, çev. Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu, İstanbul 1986.
-Kant, Arı Usun Eleştirisi, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İstanbul 1993.
-Kant, Pratik Aklın Eleştirisi, çev. İonna Kuçuradi ve arkadaşları, Ankara 1980.
-Murtaza Korlaelçi, Pozitivism’in Türkiyeye Girişi, Ankara 2014.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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PY550555
PY750005
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*DK = Course's Contrubution.
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 1 5
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 4
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload