Information Package / Course Catalogue
Existentialism
Course Code: FEL430
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Through reading, discussion, and reflection on the existentialist thinkers’ ideas, the students come to understand the meaning of human existence.

Course Content

Through reading, discussion, and reflection on the existentialist thinkers’ ideas, the students come to understand the meaning of human existence.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Yavuz KILIÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend occuring of Existentialism as a philosophical movement.
2.To be able to comprehend diffirence of Existentialism form Humanism.
3.To be able to use connection between Existentialism and Life moving from works of existentialist thinkers.
4.Comprehend the difference between existential philosophers.
5.To be able to see solutions proposed by existentialism to the problems of modern life.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kierkegaard, Soren, Kaygı Kavramı, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası yayınları, 2009
2.Kierkegaard, Soren, Ölümcül Hastalık Umutsuzluk, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 1997
3.Heidegger, Martin, Metafizik Nedir? (Çev. Mazhar Şevket İpşiroğlu – Suut Kemal Yetkin), İstanbul: Kaknüs Yay. 1998
4.Heidegger, Martin, Being and Time, İstanbul: Alfa Publication, 2018
5.Sartre, Jean Paul, Varoluşçuluk, ( Translated by Asım Bezirci), İstanbul. Say Yay. 2020
6.Sartre, Jean Paul, Varlık ve Hiçlik, (Translated by Turhan Ilgaz-Gaye Çankaya Eksen), İstanbul: İthaki Yay., 2021
7.Koç, Emel, On Gabriel Marcel, Ankara: Pegem Academy, 2014
8.Magill, Frank, Egzistansiyalist Felsefenin Beş Klasiği, (Çev. Vahap Muttal), İstanbul: Dergah Yay. 1992
9.Jaspers, Karl, Felsefi İnanç, İzmir: İlya Basım, Yayın, 2005
10.Jaspers, Karl, What is Philosophy?, Istanbul: Say Publication, 2007
11.Camus Albert, Rebellious Man, Istanbul: Can Art Publication, 2020
12.Camus Albert, The Myth of Sisyphos , Istanbul: Can Art Publication, 2020
13.Çüçen, A.Kadir, (Edited by) Existential Philosophers, Istanbul, Sentez Publication, 2015
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Philosophies that existential philosophies oppose
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Approaches accepted by existential philosophies
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Kierkegaard
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Reading passager from Kierkegaard
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Jaspers
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Reading passages from Jaspers, midterm
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Marcel
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 9 - Theoretical
Reading passages from Marcel
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sartre
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Reading passages from Sartre
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Reading passages from Camus
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Heidegger
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Reading passages from Heidegger
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 15 - Theoretical
Existentialism in general
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140342
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
3
3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
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