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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
GEP0811 | Readings in Philosophy | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | GE-Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
Course Objectives: | Our main aim in this course is to introduce you to different fields of philosophy. In this regard, we will survey the texts, from different periods in the history of philosophy, which exhibit contrasting styles of philosophical argument in various sub-fields of philosophy, but are linked by a common theme: valuefree/value-laden distinction (The theme can be configured according to the interests and background of the audience in each term). We will attempt to reveal and understand the role assigned to values in different fields and styles of philosophy: moral philosophy, political philosophy, science/biotechnology, analytical and continental philosophy. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Lectures will deliver basic course-specific knowledge, and provide a framework for further study. Tutorials will provide opportunities for you to test your own understanding of the material studies, and defend and debate different opinions. Guided reading will provide a structure within which, you can exercise and extend your abilities to make use of available learning resources. We will deal with the issues of interpretation and comprehension with an aim of reading thematically related philosophical texts through the tools of critical thinking. |
Formative essay (counts for 10% of your final mark). Attendance (10% of your final mark) One midterm exam on [30.10.2019] (counts for 30% of your final mark). Summative essay at the end of the year (counts for 50% of your final mark). |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | Introduction | ||
2) | Who's to Say What's Right and Wrong? | Sharvy. R. 2007. Who’s To Say What’s Right or Wrong? People Who Have Ph.D.’s in Philosophy, That’s Who. Journal of Libertartian Studies, 21 (3): 3-24. | |
3) | Values: Objectivity and Subjectivity | McConnell, Terrance C. “Objectivity and Moral Expertise,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy XIV (2) (June 1984), pp. 193-207. | |
4) | Identifying Values in Politics I: Plato | Plato. 2008. Crito, Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
5) | Identifying Values in Politics II: Aristotle | Sandel, M. 2010. Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York. pp, 98-109 | |
6) | Value-neutral Politics I: Utilitarianism? | J. Harris. 1975. Survival Lottery. Philosophy 50. | |
7) | MIDTERM | ||
8) | Value-neutral Politics II: Machiavelli's Politics Free from Confusion | Machiavelli. N. 1992. The Prince. Dover: Dover Publications. | |
9) | Values, Duty and Suicide: Kant | Langton R. 1992. Duty and Desolation. Philosophy 67: 481-505. | |
10) | Ethical Perspectives on Biomedical Science: David E. Cooper | Cooper. D. E. 2002. The Frankensteinian Nature of Biotechnology. Aldershot: Ashgate. | |
11) | Identifying Values in Science: Social Phenomena Sartre | Sartre. J. P. 2007. Existentialism is Humanism. London: Yale University Press | |
12) | Identifying Values in Freedom I: Berlin's Value Free/ValueLaden Conceptions of Freedom | Berlin. I. 2002. “Two Concepts of Liberty”, in Liberty ed. H. Hardy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
13) | Identifying Values in Freedom II: Heidegger's Existence and Freedom | Heidegger. M. 1962. Being and Time. Trans. John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. | |
14) | Overview and Feedback |
Course Notes: | You do not need to buy any books for Readings in Philosophy, but you may need to print the reader (primary sources), which I will provide to you weekly via itslearning. Apart from these, as a first port of call on any particular topic, check out the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is also particularly useful. It is available on-line. |
References: | You do not need to buy any books for Readings in Philosophy, but you may need to print the reader (primary sources), which I will provide to you weekly via itslearning. Apart from these, as a first port of call on any particular topic, check out the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is also particularly useful. It is available on-line. |
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