1	Course Title:	THEORIES OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
2	Course Code:	FEL5102
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi VEHBİ METİN DEMİR
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. A. Kadir ÇÜÇEN, Prof. Dr. Metin Becermen
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Dr. Öğretim Üyesi V. Metin Demir vmetindemir@uludag.edu.tr Uludağ Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - Türkiye. Tel: +90 224 2941826
18	Website:	http://felsefe.uludag.edu.tr/site/node/153
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of the course is to make considerations regarding the approach of philosophy to the problems of science and to evaluate the theoretical framework of this philosophical approach which tries to give suggestions in order to solve the problem of science.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It is an elective subject in field knowledge and is a must for professional development since it is a course in which the problems of science are addressed.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To see a philosophical problem and reasoning about it.; 2 To identify the problem of science in contemporary philosophy.; 3 To see the look of the science philosophers upon the problem.; 4 To understand the problem of science in a historical context; 5 To explain the structure, methods and verification conception of science.; 6 To recognize contemporary science discourse..; 7 To interpret science with a post-modern look.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Explaining the relation between philosophy and science.
2	Analyzing the problem of knowledge.
3	Explaining science and scientific reasoning.
4	Explaining the scientific method.
5	Comparing classic and modern science.
6	Explaining the conception of science in logical positivism.
7	Explaining Karl Popper’s notion of science.
8	Explaining Wittgenstein’s notion of science
9	Explaining Thomas Kuhn’s notion of science
10	Explaining Feyerabend’s and Lakatos’ notion of science
11	Explaining post-modern notion of science
12	Analyzing the relation between science and technology.
13	Analyzing the relation between environmental problems and science.
14	General evaluation or comments

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Paul Karl Feyerabend, Realism, rationalism and scientific method, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1995. John, Losee, Bilim Felsefesine Tarihsel Bir Giriş, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 2008. Karel Lambert ve Gordon G. Brittan, Bilim Felsefesine Giriş, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara, 2011 Cemal Yıldırım, Bilim Felsefesi, Remzi Kitabevi, 6. baskı, İstanbul, 1998. Ömer Demir, Bilim Felsefesi, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa, 2012. Doğan Özlem, Bilim Felsefesi, İnkılap Kitabevi, İstanbul. Wittgenstein Ludwig, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, çev.: Ömer Naci Soykan, alıntı yapılan eser Felsefe ve Dil, İstanbul Kabalcı Yayınları, 1995. Öztürk, Mehmet Fatih Sultan, “Quine, Doğallaştırılmış Epistemoloji ve Epistemolojinin Normatif Yönü”, Felsefe Dünyası, 2007/1, Sayı 4. Magee, B. Karl Popper’ın Bilim Felsefesi ve Siyaset Kuramı, İstanbul 1982. Lakatos, I. ve Musarave, A. Bilginin Gelişimi, çev.: H. Arslan, Paradigma, İstanbul 1992. Kuhn, T. Bilimsel Devrimlerin Yapısı, çev.: N. Kuyaş, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul 1982. Reichenbach, J. H. Bilimsel Felsefenin Doğuşu, çev.: C. Yıldırım, İstanbul 1981. Russell, Bertrand, Din ve Bilim, çev.: Akşit Göktürk, Say Kitap Paz., İstanbul 1983.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	5	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	7	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Conducting and presenting research, participating in class and writing articles.
Information	Each student will make a presentation on the content of the course and will give a term paper or an article.

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	5	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	18	18
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	18	18
Total WorkLoad			120
Total workload/ 30 hr			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 LO2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 LO3 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 LO4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 LO5 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 LO6 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 LO7 5 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High