PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS

SOC308

Course Code: SOC308
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Read and analyze the texts of greatest thinkers in philosophy.
Learn how those texts were analyzed and how analyzing works.
Evaluate the philosophers' arguments comparatively.
Make critical reading of philosophical texts.
Interpret the relationship between philosophy and sociology.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Provides close reading of selected classical philosophical texts by Platon, Descartes, Hume and Mill. In this course, the formation of philosophical argumentation and the organization of thought in written text are analyzed in detail.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Selected texts from Aristotle
2^nd Week	Selected texts from Aristotle
3^rd Week	Selected texts from Platon
4^th Week	Selected texts from Platon
5^th Week	Selected texts from Kant
6^th Week	Selected texts from Kant
7^th Week	-----------------------1. MID TERM---------------------
8^th Week	Selected texts from Hegel
9^th Week	Selected texts from Hegel
10^th Week	Selected texts from Marx
11^th Week	Selected texts from Marx
12^th Week	Selected texts from Locke
13^th Week	Selected texts from Locke
14^th Week	General Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

*Platon. (2005) Devlet, İstanbul: İş Bankası Yayınları.
*Aristoteles.(2000) Politika, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi
*Hegel, G.W.F. (2004), Tinin Görüngübilimi, İstanbul: İdea Yayınları
*Heidegger, (2006) Varlık ve Zaman, İstanbul: Agora Yayınları
*Hyppolite J.,(2010) Marx ve Hegel Üzerine Çalışmalar, Ankara: Doğu-Batı
*Mill J.S,(1978) On Liberty, (ed. E.Rapapart) USA, Hackett Publishing

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	1	10	10
Preparation for Final exam	1	50	50
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	45	45
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	0	0	0
Total Work Load			151
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1	X		X		X
K2
K3		X		X	X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8	X	X	X	X	X
K9
K10
K11
K12