1. FIRST CYCLE - BACHELOR'S DEGREE
  2. FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS
  3. PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
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 441CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF EPISTEMOLOGY2 + 07th Semester3

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective To understand views of knowledge in the 20. century
Course Content Theory of internalizm and externalizm, debate between two theories
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1Recognizes certain problems about the nature of philosophy.
2Evaluates epistemological views.
3Sees the differences between knowledge and justification.
4Evaluates sceptical arguments.
5Recognises logical fallacies.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
PO 01PO 02PO 03PO 04PO 05PO 06PO 07PO 08PO 09PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13PO 14
LO 001 43 3 323   4 
LO 002 22 22211 3   
LO 003 221 122      
LO 004 332   112    
LO 005 222 322      
Sub Total 131255698523 4 
Contribution03211122101010

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14228
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)6318
Assignments2510
Mid-terms11010
Final examination11212
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course





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COURSE DETAILS
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Details 2022-2023 Fall1FATİH SULTANMEHMET ÖZTÜRK


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
FEL 441 CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF EPISTEMOLOGY 2 + 0 1 Turkish 2022-2023 Fall
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Prof. Dr. FATİH SULTANMEHMET ÖZTÜRK fsmozturk@pau.edu.tr FEN B0213 %70
Goals To understand views of knowledge in the 20. century
Content Theory of internalizm and externalizm, debate between two theories
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 1.Analysis of knowledge . Types of knowledge: knowledge-how / knowledge-that . Theaetetus: what is knowledge? . Two basic requirements on knowledge: truth and belief
2 2.Knowledge and Justification
3 3. The problem of criterion The Gettier problem
4 4. Scepticism . Arguments for scepticism . Ancient scepticism
5 5.Descartes: First Meditation
6 6.Sources of knowledge and justification: rationalism and empiricism debate
7 7.Plato on knowledge in Meno and Republic The golden age of rationalism: Descartes
8 8.Aristotle and Epicuros on empiricism Locke: Essays
9 9.Hume and the problem of induction
10 10.Leibniz: New Essays
11 11.Kant: selections from Critique of Pure Reason
12 12.Where does knowledge come from? .The problem of perceptual knowledge .Testimony and memory .A priority and inference
13 13.The structure of knowledge and justification . Foundationalism . Coherentism
14 14.Quine and naturalized epistemology Continental epistemology
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
AkılcılıkTürkçe
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