Akademik Dersler - İçerik

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	Meeting the students, explaining the course requirements
Week - 2	The etymology of the word philosophy; the concept of logos; the nature of philosophical activity, the requirements of doing philosophy; the sub-disciplines of philosophy; the difference between philosophy and other disciplines
Week - 3	Socrates's Defense Bertrand Russell: The Value of Philosophy
Week - 4	Nermi Uygur, "What is a Philosophical Question?"
Week - 5	The definition and nature of argument. the difference between argument and explanation. deductive and inductive reasoning
Week - 6	Argument examples in philosophy Logical fallacies
Week - 7	Cogito argument (Descartes, first and second Meditations) Cartesian doubt and the search for certain knowledge The discussion of rationalism-empirisism
Week - 8	Mid-term examination
Week - 9	Berkeley's argument. Idealist theory of knowledge The discussion of idealism-materialism
Week - 10	Hume's fork: necessary a priori propositions-contingent a posteriori propositions Kant's classification of knowledge: a priori-a posteriori, analytic-synthetic distinction
Week - 11	The analysis of knowledge: Platon-Gettier Theatetus Is justified true belief knowledge?
Week - 12	The possibility of knowledge and metaphysics: The discussion on universals
Week - 13	Metaphysical Problems: The problem of the free will and determinism Determinism, Free will, compatibilism
Week - 14	Metaphysical Problems: The problem of the free will and determinism Determinism, Free will, compatibilism