1	Course Title:	INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE
2	Course Code:	FLS3071
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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. OGÜN ÜREK
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Ogün Ürek
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA.
18	Website:	http://felsefe.uludag.edu.tr/site/node/153
19	Objective of the Course:	The ideal of this course is, to teach students thinking on a certain scope with concepts and limiting it and then defining a problem in this limitation with philosophical views according to their relations with each other in order to present an improvement line in the history of philosophy
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Introduction to Philosophy of Knowledge is one of the compulsory courses and is important for professional development as it is a course that addresses the basic issues and problems of the philosophy of knowledge.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To explain the definition of knowledge; 2 To learn the concepts of epistemology; 3 To explore the problems of epistemology; 4 To understand the philosophical explanation of the epistemological problems; 5 To read and interpret the theories of philosophers on epistemology; 6 To explore the theories of knowledge in terms of philosophical periods; 7 To explore and analyses the contemporary epistemological problems;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	To introduce the question of what knowledge is
2	To explain the concepts of epistemology
3	To explore the problems of knowledge
4	To discuss the possibility of knowledge
5	To explore the problems such the sources, scope and truth of knowledge
6	To explore the ancient philosophers in terms of their epistemological view
7	To explore the medievalphilosophers in terms of their epistemological view
8	To explore the modernphilosophers in terms of their epistemological view
9	To explore the rationalist’s philosophers in terms of their epistemological view
10	To explore the empiricist’sphilosophers in terms of their epistemological view
11	To explore the critical philosophy in terms of their epistemological view
12	To explore the philosophers of 19.th century in terms of their epistemological view
13	To explore the contemporary philosophers in terms of their epistemological view
14	General evaluation or comments

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Çüçen, Kadir. Bilgi Felsefesi, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa 2012. Cevizci, Ahmet, Bilgi Felsefesi, Say Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008. Tepe, Harun, Platon’dan Habermas’a Felsefede Doğruluk ya da Hakikat, Ark Yayınları, Ankara 1995. Platon, Diyaloglar I ve II, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul 1993. Locke, John, İnsan Anlığı Üzerine Bir Deneme, çev.: Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, İstanbul, Say Yayıncılık, 1992. Başdemir, Hasan Yücel, Çağdaş Epistemolojide Bilginin Tanımı Sorunu, HititKitap Yayınevi, Ankara 2011. Kant, I. Saf Aklın Eleştirisi, çev.:İoannaKuçuradi, Ülkü Gökberk, Füsun Akatlı, T.F.K Yayınları, Ankara 1994. Russell, Bertrand, Dış Dünya Üzerine Bilgimiz, çev.: Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, İstanbul, Kabalcı Yayınevi, 1996.
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	The midterm exam will be held after 7 weeks of lessons, and the final exam including all lessons will be held at the end of the semester.

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	24	24
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	24	24
Total WorkLoad			90
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

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

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High