Information Package / Course Catalogue
Classical M
Course Code: FEL151
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to make students be used to thinking in accordance with reoson.

Course Content

Logical concepts and laws. Classical Aristotelian Logic. Immediate Inferences. Mediate Inferences: Syllogisms, Sorites and Entymemes. Non-Categorical Syllogism. Informal Logic.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Aysun GÜR
Learning Outcomes
1.To know History of Logic and its interactions with philosophy and language.
2.To know Locial concepts and laws
3.Thinking accordance with reoson and logical and developing it.
4.To be able to explain the conceptions and problems of traditional Aristotelian logic
5.To be able to test the validity of syllogisms by different methods
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Özkan, Cengiz İskender (2022). Introduction to Logic, Say Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
A short history of logic
Week 2 - Theoretical
Logic in relation to philosophy
Week 3 - Theoretical
Logic in relation to language
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sentence and its varieties
Week 5 - Theoretical
Concept, term and its varieties, inference and its varieties
Week 6 - Theoretical
Categorical proposition schema
Week 7 - Theoretical
Opposition laws
Week 8 - Theoretical
Opposition laws
Week 9 - Theoretical
Immediate inference rules
Week 10 - Theoretical
Categorical syllogism rules
Week 11 - Theoretical
Exercises
Week 12 - Theoretical
Syllogism and its varieties
Week 13 - Theoretical
Varieties of reasoning
Week 14 - Theoretical
Paradoxes
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading141242
Midterm Examination125227
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
4
5
OÇ-3
5
4
4
4
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4
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4
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4
4
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4
5
4
4
OÇ-5
3
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026