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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 401 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 401 Course Title: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
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) OYA ESRA BEKTAŞ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide think with contemporary concepts

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain the general characteristic of 20th century philosophy PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-5 Examining universal problems of humanity anew, and researching into earlier examinations.
PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
Examination
LO-2 can identfy 20th centuries philosophers PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-5 Examining universal problems of humanity anew, and researching into earlier examinations.
PO-6 Approaching in a philosophical fashion to problems in fields such as science, art and culture, and identifying such problems.
PO-8 Understanding, resolving and – if need be – manipulating singular problems confronted in sub-disciplines of philosophy.
Examination
LO-3 can explain general characteristic of 21th century philosophy PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-5 Examining universal problems of humanity anew, and researching into earlier examinations.
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

Course Contents
Philosophers lived in 20-21. century, spesific concepts of this centuries and discussions around them.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 General features of 20th. century philosophy Discussion, instruction
2 Introduction to Phenomenology Discussion, instruction
3 Phenomenology of Husserl Discussion, instruction
4 Phenomenology of Husserl Discussion, instruction
5 Introduction to Existentialism Discussion, instruction
6 Existentialist philosophers Heidegger and the existentialist philosophies Discussion, instruction
7 The Problem of Possibility of Being in Heidegger Philosophy Discussion, instruction
8 mid-term exam
9 Analysis of Heidegger's Being and Time Discussion, instruction
10 General Features of Sartre Philosophy Discussion, instruction
11 Sartre and problem of freedom Discussion, instruction
12 Analysis of Sartre's Being and Nothingness Discussion, instruction
13 Introduction to Hermeneutics Discussion, instruction
14 The Hermenetic Approach of Gadamer Discussion, instruction
15 The relationship between understanding and language in Gadamer Discussion, instruction
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Christian Delacampagne, 20. Yüzyıl Felsefe Tarihi, Çev. Devrim Çetinkasap, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2016
2 A. Kadir Çüçen (Editör), Felsefe Tarihi 3-XX. Yüzyıl Filozofları, Sentez Yayınları, 2016
3 Bedia Akarsu, Çağdaş Felsefe, İnkılap Kitabevi, 2010
Required Course instruments and materials
Book, article

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 6 5 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 6 5 30
       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 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 7 4 28
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150