COURSE SYLLABUS

CONCEPTS OF PHILOSPHY

1	Course Title:	CONCEPTS OF PHILOSPHY
2	Course Code:	FLS1002 BH
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	0
6	Semester:	0
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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:	Prof. Dr. Metin BECERMEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. A. Kadir ÇÜÇEN, Prof. Dr. Işık Eren
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Metin Becermen mbecermen@uludag.edu.tr Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Bölümü Görükle- Bursa 16059 +90 224 294 1834
18	Website:	http://felsefe.uludag.edu.tr/site/node/153
19	Objective of the Course:	The concepts used in philosophy are considered contextually and in detail
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It is a general elective subject in field knowledge and is important for professional development as it deals with the basic concepts of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Consider on philosophical concepts;
2	Identify the philosophical problems and define them;
3	To be able to connect the concepts with the actual world;
4	Identify the actual problems while getting the concepts sense;
5	Looking at he problems from the perspectives of philosophers’ texts;
6	To interpret the problems from the point of view of texts;
7	Conceive the actual world;
8	Consider on the problems of actual world;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Discussion od the concept of philosophy and its main concepts
2	Discussion on the concepts of concept, idea and being
3	Comparison of Plato’s and Aristotle’s concepts of dialectic
4	Comparison of Aristotle’s and Kant’s concepts of dialectic
5	Discussion on the concepts of episteme, knowledge, science, becoming and change
6	Examination of the concepts of eidos, logos, and nous/noesis
7	Examination of the concepts of time, space and history
8	Midterm exam
9	Examination of the concepts of theism, deism, atheism and pantheism
10	Examination of the concepts of idealism, positivism, materialism, empiricism, rationalism, intuitionism
11	Examination of the concepts of cogito, substance, human, subject, individual, society and state
12	Examination of the concepts of intellect, reason, freedom, anxiety, and history
13	Examination of the concept of politics, language, religion, justice and law
14	General evaluation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	İoanna KUÇURADİ, Çağın Olayları Arasında, Ankara: TFK, 2009. Metin BECERMEN, Hakikatten Yoruma, İktidardan Diyaloga Felsefi Bir Serüven, MKM Yayıncılık, Bursa: 2011. Betül ÇOTUKSÖKEN, Kavramlarla Felsefeye Bakmak, İstanbul: İnsancıl Yayınları, 1998. Ahmet CEVİZCİ, Felsefe Sözlüğü, İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 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	There will be a midterm and a final exam.
Information	After 7 weeks of lessons, the midterm exam and the final exam including all lessons at the end of the semester will be held in the classical system.

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