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Course Code: 
PHIL 510
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
0
ECTS: 
8
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

The aim of this course is to investigate ways of philosophizing throughout the history of contemporary philosophy using original texts of philosophers as source material.

Course Content: 

An inquiry through various philosophical inclinations, philosophers, and, through the problems considered by those philosophers of contemporary philosophy on ontology, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of history, philosophy of science, post-structuralism, deconstruction. A proper understanding of the problems of 20th century and placing them in the history of philosophy, and, an evaluation of the perspectives on philosophical activity, along with the historical roots. An analysis of the fundamental arguments in the texts of philosophers such as Russell, Ayer, Schlick, Carnap, Quine, Strawson, Wittgenstein, Camus, Sartre, Gadamer, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze& Guattari.

Teaching Methods: 
Teaching Methods: 1: Lecture, 2: Interactive Lecture, 3: Seminar Discussion, 4: Assignment
Assessment Methods: 
Assessment Methods: A: Testing, B: Seminar, C: Assignment, D: Presentation, E: Term Paper

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course a student:

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1) recognizes and discusses problems of history of philosophy.

1,2,10

1,2,3,4

A,B,C,D,E

2) becomes apt at reading and analyzing philosophical texts.

1,2

1,2,3,4

A,B,C,D,E

3) discusses certain philosophical texts back in the history of philosophy and forth.

1,2,4,12

1,2,3,4

A,B,C,D,E

4) becomes apt at analyzing and interpreting texts.

1,2,3

1,2,3,4

A,B,C,D,E

5) knows the orientation of / follows one problem of history of philosophy in the history of philosophy.

1,2,4,12

1,2,3,4

A,B,C,D,E

6) knows and discusses problems of contemporary philosophy

1,2,4

1,2,3,4

A,B,C,D,E

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

Introduction

 

2

Foucault, Michel, The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

 

3

Foucault, Michel, The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

 

4

Foucault, Michel, The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

 

5

Derrida, Of Grammatology

 

6

Derrida, Of Grammatology

 

7

Derrida, Of Grammatology

 

8

MIDTERM

 

9

Derrida, “Speech and Phenomena”

 

10

Derrida, “Speech and Phenomena”

 

11

Deleuze, Difference and Repetition 

 

12

Deleuze, Difference and Repetition 

 

13

Deleuze, Difference and Repetition 

 

14

Deleuze, Foucault (1986). Trans. Foucault (1988).

 

15

Deleuze, Foucault (1986). Trans. Foucault (1988).

 

16

FINAL EXAM

 

 

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Textbook

 

Additional Resources

Foucault, Michel Essential Works of Foucault, 1954–1984, 3 volumes, edited by   Paul Rabinow, New York: The New Press, 1997–9.

Foucault, Michel Maladie mentale et psychologie, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1962 (Mental Illness and Psychology, translated Alan Sheridan, New York: Harper and Row, 1976).

Foucault, Michel Folie et déraison, Paris: Gallimard, 1966 (Madness and Civilization, translated by Richard Howard, New York: Pantheon, 1965).

Foucault, Michel Raymond Roussel, Paris: Gallimard, 1963 (Death and the Labyrinth: The World of Raymond Roussel, translated by Charles Ruas, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986).

Foucault, Michel Naissance de la clinique, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1963 (The Birth of the Clinic, translated by A. Sheridan Smith, New York: Pantheon, 1973).

Foucault, Michel Les mots et les choses, Paris: Gallimard, 1966 (The Order of Things, New York: Vintage, 1973).

Foucault, Michel L'archéologie du savoir, Paris: Gallimard, 1969 (The Archaeology of Knowledge, translated by A. Sheridan Smith, New York: Harper and Row, 1972).

Foucault, Michel Surveiller et punir, Paris: Gallimard, 1975 (Discipline and Punish, translated by Alan Sheridan, New York: Pantheon, 1977).

Foucault, Michel Histoire de la sexualité, 3 volumes: La volonté de savoir, L'usage des plaisirs, and Le souici de soi, Paris: Gallimard, 1976 (History of Sexuality, 3 volumes:Introduction, The Uses of Pleasure, and Care of the Self, translated by Robert Hurley, New York: Vintage Books, 1988–90).

Derrida, Of Grammatology, trans. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976)  Derrida, "Speech and Phenomena" and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs, trans. David B. Allison (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1973).

Deleuze, Différence et répétition (1968). Trans. Difference and Repetition (1994).

Deleuze, Foucault (1986). Trans. Foucault (1988).

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING

Documents

 

Assignments

 

Exams

 

Assessment

ASSESSMENT

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Midterm

1

20

Presentation

1

20

Final examination

1

30

Final Paper

1

30

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL PAPER TO OVERALL GRADE

 

30

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

70

Total

 

100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAM

 

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

1

acquires fundamental conceptual and methodological knowledge to use productively and creatively in academic studies.

       

X

 

2

improves a versatile critical and analytical approach, problem-solving,  interpretative and argumentative skills  in relation to  advanced philosophical investigations.

     

X

   

3

proves to be a philosopher with principles, who communicates effectively, is specifically successful in written and oral presentation, has proper capacities for teamwork and interdisciplinary studies, takes the initiative, has developed a sense of responsibility, and contributes original ideas to the field of philosophy.

   

X

     

4

applies life-long learning attitude to various ways of acquiring knowledge in order to maintain a professional and personal  development.

     

X

   

5

develops a consciousness of professional and social ethics.

   

X

     

6

acquires the necessary skill of choosing and developing actual means and using computing technologies effectively for a philosophical study.

     

X

   

7

conducts an advanced study in history of philosophy which requires expertise, independently by using original texts.

       

X

 

8

applies philosophical knowledge to questions concerning contemporary, socio-cultural and political problematics.

   

X

     

9

considers universal values and concepts of philosophy as a basis for [furthering] philosophical studies in Turkey; and is able to develop an approach  to study and analyze issues that might arise when conducting discussions concerning history of philosophy in the Turkish language.

     

X

   

10

acquires the skill and background for making contributions to the field of history of philosophy, in national and international terms.

     

X

   

11

uses his/her philosophical knowledge to establish interactions at national and international level.

   

X

     

12

produces work of the quality of a contribution in national and international peer-reviewed journals in philosophy.

     

X

   

13

holds the necessary knowledge of classical languages and history of philosophy to conduct a philosophical study,  particularly in history of philosophy.

       

X

 

 

 

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16 x Total course hours)

16

3

48

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

10

7

70

Midterms

1

22

22

Presentation

1

15

15

Final examination

1

20

20

Final Paper

1

25

25

Total Work Load

 

 

200

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

8

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

8