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SOS3018Contemporary Philosophy4+0+0ECTS:6
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Ferhat ONUR
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To examine the changes and new approaches observed in the field of philosophy in the 20th century and their effects on the 21st century.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Can describe the developmental line of contemporary philosophical thought.
LO - 2 : Classify the areas of contemporary philosophy
LO - 3 : Present contemporary philosophers and ideas.
LO - 4 : Make general evaluation of contemporary philosophy.
LO - 5 : Can compare contemporary philosophical approach.
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Analytical philosophy, pragmatism and phenomenology, which are the main philosophical movements of the 20th century, are explained within the framework of the views of the philosophers representing these movements.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction From the Scientific Revolution to Empiricist Philosophy
 Week 2Neo-Aristotelians?Spinoza and Leibniz German Idealism and Hegel
 Week 3Marx, Nietzsche and the Foundations of Existentialism
 Week 4Pragmatism Analytical Philosophy Phenomenology
 Week 5Physics, Positivism, and Early Wittgenstein Emergence and Whitehead
 Week 6Dewey's American Naturalism Heidegger's Being and Time
 Week 7Existentialism and the Frankfurt School Heidegger's Turn against Humanism
 Week 8Culture, Hermeneutics, and Structuralism
 Week 9Midterm Exam
 Week 10Wittgenstein's Turn to Ordinary Language Quine and the End of Positivism
 Week 11New Philosophies of Science
 Week 12Derrida's Deconstruction of Philosophy Postmodernsim
 Week 13Rorty and the End of Philosophy
 Week 14Rediscovering the Premodern Pragmatic Realism?Reforming the Modern
 Week 15The Reemergence of Emergence
 Week 16Philosophy in the 21st Century
 
Textbook / Material
1Cahoone, Lawrence. 2010; Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida, The Great Courses, Chantilly.
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 1 50
End-of-term exam 16 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 4 14 56
Sınıf dışı çalışma 5 14 70
Arasınav için hazırlık 10 1 10
Arasınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 12 1 12
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Diğer 1 14 3 42
Total work load192