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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
FEL 324	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	2 + 0	6th Semester	3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	To understand the nature of science—its scope, methods and aims.
Course Content	We will be focusing on the following issues: inductivism; verificationism; does science explain or merely describe?; Popper’s falsificationism, Science as a research program: Kuhn and Lakatos, Feyerabend.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	What is science describes the nature of the question on the basis of the philosophy of science
2	basic science insights are considered
3	knows positivism, logical positivism and verificationism.
4	knows K. Popper and Falsification.
5	knows Duhem and Quine' holistic theses, the concept of paradigma and T. Kuhn.
6	knows İ. Lakatos Proofs sophistical falsifications
7	knows anarchist understanding of science and P. Feyerabend.
8	concepts of science of philosophy are evaluated

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13
LO 001	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	2	2
LO 002	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2
LO 003	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3
LO 004	4	4	4	3	3	5	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
LO 005	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	4
LO 006	3	5	2	5	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
LO 007	2	3	4	3	4	2	4	3	4	3	4	2	3
LO 008	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Sub Total	20	23	22	26	27	27	26	21	23	25	24	23	22
Contribution	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	2	28
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	13	2	26
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Final examination	1	14	14
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			78 3

COURSE DETAILS

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Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
FEL 324	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	2 + 0	1	Turkish	2017-2018 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. FAZIL KARAHAN	fkarahan@pau.edu.tr		MUH A0233 MUH A0295	%60

Goals		To understand the nature of science—its scope, methods and aims.
Content		We will be focusing on the following issues: inductivism; verificationism; does science explain or merely describe?; Popper’s falsificationism, Science as a research program: Kuhn and Lakatos, Feyerabend.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	What is Science?
2	What İs scientific explanation?
3	Positivism
4	Neo-Pozitivizm: Vienna Circle
5	Falsification
6	Popper' view on science
7	Duhem-Quine Thesis
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	Relationship between philosophy of science and history of science
10	A. Koyre' view on science
11	Holistic understanding of science
12	Sophisticated Falsification: I. Lakatos
13	Anarchist Understanding of Science: P. Feyerabend
14	Understanding of Science Laudan'

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	60	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	40	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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