COURSE SYLLABUS

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

1	Course Title:	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
2	Course Code:	FLS0534
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
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:
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:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of this course is to introduce basic concepts and problems of philosophy of science.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Understanding the basic structure and philosophical aspects of science would help to comprehend contemporary problems

Learning Outcomes:

1	The student will be able to distinguish the concepts, questions and problems of philosophy of science.;
2	The student will be able to analyze philosophy of science by showing the differences between analytic philosophy from other disciplines in philosophy;
3	The student will be able to evaluate the problems of philosophy of science.;
4	student will be able to apply the problems of philosophy of science to his/her Age.;
5	The student will be able to comprehend the relationship between philosophy of science and history of science.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	What is Science? Relations of Science-philosophy- philosophy of science
2	A concise history of science
3	Logic + Experience: Logical positivism
4	Affirmation and the problem of Induction
5	Popper: Falsificationism and progress in science
6	The standpoint of history of science: Kuhn
7	Paradigmshifts and The Structures of Scientific Revolutions
8	Midterm exam
9	Lakatos and Research Programs
10	Postmodernism in philosophy of science: Feyerabend and feminist epistemology
11	Sociology of science and Latour
12	Naturalism in philosophy of science: Quine
13	Does sciences show the reality: The realism debate
14	What does science explain? The problem of scientific explanation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Peter Godfrey-Smith (2023) Kuram ve Gerçeklik: Bilim Felsefesine Giriş, Babil Yayıncılık, İstanbul Çüçen, Kadir (2013) Bilim Felsefesine Giriş, Sentez Yayıncılık, Bursa.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	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	Assignment Exam
Information	Each student should prepare an assignment and there will a midterm exam at seventh week and a final exam

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