COURSE SYLLABUS

MODERN AND POST-MODERN DISCOURSES IN PHILOSOPHY

1	Course Title:	MODERN AND POST-MODERN DISCOURSES IN PHILOSOPHY
2	Course Code:	FEL6116
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third 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:	No
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Metin BECERMEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Funda Günsoy Turowski
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Funda Günsoy Turowski fundagk@uludag.edu.tr Uludağ Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümü Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, 16059 Görükle, Bursa - Türkiye. Tel: +90 224 2941823
18	Website:	http://felsefe.uludag.edu.tr/site/node/153
19	Objective of the Course:	The main aim of the course is to focus on debates between modern versus postmodern theories. So, the course includes discussions on the founding claims of modern philosophy about reason, culture, knowledge, language, subject etc and the criticisms of post-modern thought against the founding claims and ideals of modernity. It also aims to develop an awareness of the conceptual distinctions between modernism and post-modernism.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To have knowledge about the differences between modern and postmodern philosophical discourses

Learning Outcomes:

1	Identify and consider philosophical problem;
2	Discussion on the human question in contemporary philosophy;
3	Consider the problem in terms of philosophers’ texts;
4	Consider the problem in terms of the texts;
5	Analysis of the problem in terms of the texts;
6	Develop a view on the problem by help of the texts;
7	Comprehension of our age;
8	Striving solutions for contemporary problems of technology;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Putting forward the bases of modern-postmodern debates
2	Putting forward the bases of modern-postmodern debates
3	Examination of Saussure’s view of language which is one of the bases of the relevant debate
4	Examination of later Wittgenstein’s view of language which is one of the bases of the relevant debate
5	Consideration of Lyotard’s view on postmodernism
6	Consideration of Foucault’s critique about emergence of modern institutions
7	Consideration of Foucault’s critique about emergence of modern institutions
8	Midterm examination
9	Consideration of Deleuze’s thoughts
10	Consideration of Deleuze’s thoughts
11	Consideration of Derrida’s thoughts
12	Consideration of Derrida’s thoughts
13	Consideration of Derrida’s thoughts
14	General evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	M. SARUP, Post-Yapısalcılık ve Postmodernizn, trans. Abdülbaki Güçlü, İstanbul: Kırk Gece Yayınları, 2010. Mehmet KÜÇÜK, Modernite versus Postmodernite, İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2011. M. RASKIN-N. CHOMSKY, Postmodernizm ve Rasyonalite, İstanbul: Bgst Yayınları, 2008. T. EAGLETON, Postmodernizm ve Yanılsamaları, trans. Mehmet Küçük, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2011. F. JAMESON, Postmodernizm ya da Geç Kapitalizmin Kültürel Mantığı, trans. Abdülkadir Gölcü, Ankara: Nirengikitap, 2011.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	A midterm exam and a final exam
Information	After the 7-week course, a midterm exam and a final exam at the end of the semester are held . The student must be prepared for the course before the course and actively participate to the course.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High