1. SECOND CYCLE - MASTER'S DEGREE
  2. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
  3. PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
  4. 2783 PHILOSOPHY
Course Information Course Learning Outcomes Course's Contribution To Program ECTS Workload Course Details
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
FEL 512CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION THEORIES3 + 02nd Semester7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Master's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective To examine internal and externalist theories comprehensively. In addition, topics such as whether epistemic rationality is required for knowledge, Gettier problem and septic arguments based on skeptical hypotheses will be discussed.
Course Content Knowledge conceptions developed in the post-Gettier period and shaped especially within the framework of the internalism-externalism debate will be discussed.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1Distinguishes the definitional and substantive issues about the nature of knowledge.
2Compares the proposed solution to Gettier problem.
3Understands the trilema of Agrippa or the enigmatic structure of the nature of justification
4Interprest the foundationalist and coherentist approaches.
5Understands the paradoxal structure of radical sceptic arguments.
6Interprents the alternative approaches about the nature of knowledge and justification.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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Sub Total           
Contribution00000000000

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)31339
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)31339
Assignments41352
Final examination11313
Midterm11313
Presentation31339
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course





195

7,5
COURSE DETAILS
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 Course TermNoInstructors
Details 2023-2024 Spring1FATİH SULTANMEHMET ÖZTÜRK


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
FEL 512 CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION THEORIES 3 + 0 1 Turkish 2023-2024 Spring
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Prof. Dr. FATİH SULTANMEHMET ÖZTÜRK fsmozturk@pau.edu.tr FEN B0101 %
Goals To examine internal and externalist theories comprehensively. In addition, topics such as whether epistemic rationality is required for knowledge, Gettier problem and septic arguments based on skeptical hypotheses will be discussed.
Content Knowledge conceptions developed in the post-Gettier period and shaped especially within the framework of the internalism-externalism debate will be discussed.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Problems of epistemology and historical overview.
2 Tripartite definition of knowledge.
3 Internalism and the Gettier problem.
4 Externalism and the Gettier problem
5 Foundationalism
6 Coherentism
7 Holism and coherentism
8 Sceptical hypothesis and the brain-in-vat argument
9 Moorean response
10 Clousure
11 Naturalized epistemology
12 analytic-synthetic and a priori
13 Continental epistemology
14 alternative views
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
Türkçe
Contemporary theories of knowledgeEnglish
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam50Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes