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  6. The Philosophy of Body
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FEL505 - The Philosophy of Body I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. DEMET TAŞDELEN
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites There are no prerequisites of the course
Courses Recomended History of philosohy and introduction to philosophy courses are sugested for the student.
Recommended Resources There are no required reading. We will use the reading list
Work Placement There is no work placement.
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction: Traces of the body in philosophy • Descartes – Meditations (2. Meditation) • Platon – Phaidon • Michel Serres –Five Senses of the Body (Introduction)
Week - 2 Introduction: Traces of the body in philosophy • Descartes – Meditations (2. Meditation) • Platon – Phaidon • Michel Serres –Five Senses of the Body (Introduction)
Week - 3 Spinoza: Power of the Body • Spinoza – Ethica, Chapter II and III • Deleuze – Spinoza: Practical Philosophy, “What can a body do?"
Week - 4 Spinoza: Power of the Body • Spinoza – Ethica, Chapter II and III • Deleuze – Spinoza: Practical Philosophy, “What can a body do?"
Week - 5 Merleau-Ponty: Embodiment and The Nature of Perception • Phenomenology of Perception, Introduction and “The Body"
Week - 6 Merleau-Ponty: Embodiment and The Nature of Perception • Phenomenology of Perception, Introduction and “The Body"
Week - 7 Deleuze, Guattari and Artaud: Body without Organs • A Thousand Plateaux, “Body without Organs" • Artaud – Manifesto for a New Body • Brian Massumi – Parables for the Virtual
Week - 8 Judith Butler: Body, Gender, Repetition • Gender Trouble, Chapter I
Week - 9 Posthumanist Body and Technology • Donna Haraway – Manifesto of the Syborg • Rosi Braidotti – The Posthuman
Week - 10 Student Presentations
Week - 11 Student Presentations
Week - 12 Student Presentations
Week - 13 Student Presentations
Week - 14 Student Presentations

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 50
Final Exam 1 50
Toplam (%) 100

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