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| ELL3044 | History of Western Pholosophy | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Tuncer YILMAZ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims at introducing students to the life and thought of each of the great philosophers of the western philosophical tradition; the main goal is to understand the fundamental categories of philosophical thought which have shaped the Western mind and to enable students to understand the diversity of traditions and modes of critical inquiry within Western thought. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Describe, explain and distinguish the key concepts in Western philosophy | 1,2,3,17,18,19 | 1,5 | | LO - 2 : | Read and comprehend philosophical texts, both classical and contemporary | 1,20,22 | 1,5 | | LO - 3 : | Explain and defend a position on basic philosophical problems. | 1,2,3,5,22 | 1,5 | | LO - 4 : | Establish a relationship between philosophical movementas and literature. | 1,2,3,19,21,22 | 1,5 | | LO - 5 : | identify and explain the major philosophers, ideas, and movements in Western philosophy from antiquity to the 20th century. | 3 | 1, | | 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 | | |
| This course offers a comprehensive survey of the major thinkers, schools, and movements in Western philosophy from antiquity to the modern era. Beginning with the Pre-Socratic philosophers, the course explores the works of Plato and Aristotle, moves through medieval Christian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophical traditions, and then follows the development of early modern philosophy from Descartes to Kant. Attention will be paid to key philosophical problems in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political theory. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to philosophy, introduction. | | | Week 2 | Milesian School: Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximender | | | Week 3 | Socrates | | | Week 4 | Platon, Devlet, Crito | | | Week 5 | Aristotle | | | Week 6 | Philosophy in the Roman Empire. | | | Week 7 | Augustine and the Transformation of Ancient Thought. | | | Week 8 | Medieval Philosophy, Thomas Aquinas. | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Introduction to Renaissance Philosophy, Humanism from Petrarch to Erasmus | | | Week 11 | Philosophy in the Seventeenth century, Bacon, Galileo, Descartes. | | | Week 12 | Descartes continued. | | | Week 13 | The Rationalist Tradition in European Thought, Spinoza, Leibniz. | | | Week 14 | British Thought in the 17th and 18th Century. The Empiricism of John Locke,
David Hume. | | | Week 15 | Immanuel Kant and the concept of Enlightenment. | | | Week 16 | Final Exam. | | | |
| 1 | Russell, B. 2004; History of Western Philosophy, Routledge, London. | | | 2 | Kenny, A. 2012; A New History of Western Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford. | | | 3 | Copleston, F. 1993; A History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome, Image Books, New York. | | | 4 | Magee, B. 2001; The Story of Philosophy, DK Publishing, London. | | | 5 | Lawhead, W.F. 2014; The Voyage of Discovery: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Cengage Learning, Boston. | | | |
| 1 | Franklin Le Van Baumer, 1996; Main Currents of Western Thought, YaleUniversity Press, New Haven. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1,00 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2,00 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 4 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 4 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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