Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 3 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | PHILOSOPHY | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | ARMAN BESLER (armanbesler@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Presentation of the problems of and discussions in modern epistemology. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can explain the basic concepts and problems of contemporary epistemology. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-2 Understanding and criticising philosophical works from local and universal points of view. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can follow current discussions in epistemology. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-2 Understanding and criticising philosophical works from local and universal points of view. PO-9 Communicating, through writing and speech, knowledge obtained, and suggestions made as to how to resolve confronted problems in a systematic and coherent way. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can propose solutions for basic epistemological problems. |
PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing. PO-2 Understanding and criticising philosophical works from local and universal points of view. PO-3 Conducting research on, and developing methods in solving, philosophical problems treated in philosophical texts. PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| An examination of the notions/ideas such as justification, the structure of justification, the formation of knowledge, and contemporary discussions concerning the theories of knowledge, of justification and of truth, with an eye specifically on the notion of propositional knowledge. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Epistemology in broad perspective | Lecture and discussion |
| 2 | The definition of propositional knowledge, the tripartite conception of knowledge | Lecture and discussion |
| 3 | Criticisms of the tripartite conception of knowledge: the Gettier problem | Lecture and discussion |
| 4 | Leading theories of justification | Lecture and discussion |
| 5 | Foundationalism and its problems | Lecture and discussion |
| 6 | Coherentism and its problems | Lecture and discussion |
| 7 | Internalism and externalism | Lecture and discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | The role of sense experiences in justification | Lecture and discussion |
| 10 | What truth is: the correspondence theory | Lecture and discussion |
| 11 | The coherence theory of truth | Lecture and discussion |
| 12 | The redundancy theory | Lecture and discussion |
| 13 | Quine and naturalized epistemology | Lecture and discussion |
| 14 | Quine and naturalized epistemology | Lecture and discussion |
| 15 | General evaluation | Lecture and discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | • Başdemir, H. Y. (2011).Epistemoloji: Temel Metinler, Köln, Almanya: Hititkitap. | |
| 2 | • Çüçen, A. K. (2001). Bilgi Felsefesi, Bursa: Afa. | |
| 3 | • Steup, W. (1996).An Inroduction to Contemporary Epistemology, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Coursebook | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 0 | ||
| mid-term exam | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Own study for final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| final exam | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 145 | ||