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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | ELL029 | ||||
Course Name: | Introduction to Modern Philosophy | ||||
Semester: | Fall | ||||
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. MEHRAN SOYKAN | ||||
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Course Objectives: | The evolution of philosophy from Enlightenment to Present day reviewing major works, concepts and philosophical movements in relation to the effect they have had on literary productions and critical methods. |
Course Content: | Philosophical movements in historical process, important socio-philosophical works and concepts in the 19th and 20th centuries, metaphysics, modern philosophical views, modern philosophers, ethics, politics, time and identity, justice. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to define philosophical and social ideas that cause various philosophical and social movements such as realism, idealism, Marxism, liberalism, modernism and postmodernism 2) To be able to define important socio-philosophical works and conceptualizations in 19th and 20th centuries 3) To be able to evaluate and use psychoanalysis in all aspects 4) To be able to describe the interaction of socio-philosophical thought and literature and their effects on each other. 5) To be able to define the effects of movements such as modernism and post-modernism and its relationship with literary and artistic production and consumption. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | • General Introduction to the course • What is modern philosophy? • Epistemology on stage | |
2) | • Enlightenment | • Voltaire • Rousseau |
3) | • Philosophical Realism | • Francis Bacon • Isaac Newton |
4) | • Philosophical Idealism | • Rene Descartes • Spinoza |
5) | • Political philosophy | • Hobbes • Hume • Locke |
6) | • Continental Philosophy | • Kant • Hegel |
7) | • Cynicism revisited | • Schopenhauer |
8) | • Mid Term Exam | |
9) | • Marxism | • Karl Marx |
10) | • Marxism cont. | • Engels, Neo-Marxists |
11) | • Anti-rationalism | • Nietzsche |
12) | • Pragmatism | • William James • John Dewey |
13) | • Philosophy of Language and Hermeneutics | • Wittgenstein • Heidegger • Gadamer |
14) | • Post-structuralism | • Derrida • Foucault |
15) | Final Exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Durant, Will. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers. Simon and Schuster, 1961. Palmer, Donald. Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2005. |
References: | Durant, Will. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers. Simon and Schuster, 1961. Palmer, Donald. Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2005. |
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1) Uses academic English language skills effectively. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | |||||||||||||||
3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |||||||||||||||
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | |||||||||||||||
5) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
6) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | |||||||||||||||
7) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | |||||||||||||||
8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | |||||||||||||||
10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |||||||||||||||
11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |||||||||||||||
12) Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion. | |||||||||||||||
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License. | |||||||||||||||
14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | |||||||||||||||
15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Uses academic English language skills effectively. | 2 |
2) | Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | |
3) | Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |
4) | Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | |
5) | Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | 2 |
6) | Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | |
7) | Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | |
8) | Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | 2 |
9) | To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | |
10) | Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
11) | Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
12) | Uses a second foreign language at B1 General Level at least according to the European Language Portfolio criterion. | |
13) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the basic level of European Computer Driving License. | |
14) | Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | |
15) | Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 30 |
Quizzes | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 30 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 70 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 30 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 80 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 126 |