Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / FLS 315 - PHILOSOPHY

Code: FLS 315 Course Title: PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS 3 Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
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 OYA ESRA BEKTAŞ (oyaesrabektas@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to read selected classical works and to discuss these works in writing.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Analyzes philosophical texts. PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-3 Conducting research on, and developing methods in solving, philosophical problems treated in philosophical texts.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
 		Examination
LO-2 Understands the importance of analyzing philosophical texts. PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-3 Conducting research on, and developing methods in solving, philosophical problems treated in philosophical texts.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
 		Examination
LO-3 Analyzes the ideas in philosophy texts. PO-1 Developing skills of analytic and synthetic thinking, reading and writing.
PO-3 Conducting research on, and developing methods in solving, philosophical problems treated in philosophical texts.
PO-13 Identifying inferential structures in given textual materials.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Plato dialogues, texts from Aristotle, Descartes, Locke and Kant, contemporary writers like Russell, Husserl.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to method of lesson Discussion Method Narration Method
2 Selection of a work Discussion Method Narration Method
3 Begin to read the work Discussion Method Narration Method
4 Continue to text analysis Discussion Method Narration Method
5 Reading and discussion Discussion Method Narration Method
6 Reading and discussion Discussion Method Narration Method
7 Reading and discussion Discussion Method Narration Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Choosing a new text Discussion Method Narration Method
10 Reading and discussion Discussion Method Narration Method
11 Reading and discussion Discussion Method Narration Method
12 Reading and discussion Discussion Method Narration Method
13 Reading, discussion and writing Discussion Method Narration Method
14 Reading, discussion and writing Discussion Method Narration Method
15 Reading, discussion and writing Discussion Method Narration Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Immannuel Kant, Pratik Aklın Eleştirisi, Çev. İoanna uçuradi, TFK, 2002
2 John Locke, İnsan Anlığı Üzerine Bir Deneme, Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu , Kabalcı Yayınları, 2004
3 David Hume, İnsan Doğası Üzerine Bir İnceleme, Çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İdea Yayınevi, 2016
Required Course instruments and materials
Books and articles

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