Information Package / Course Catalogue
Actual Problems
Course Code: FEL335
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: 3
Objectives of the Course

In this course, it is aimed at developing students problem-seeing skills as well as making them face world problems in our time.

Course Content

Developing students problem-seeing skills as well as making them face world problems in our time.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Comprehend the cultural structure of our Age.
2.Comprehend the basic questions of philosophical trends in our Age.
3.Can address contemporary issues from an interdisciplinary perspective
4.Can analyze these problems with a philosophical perspective.
5.Evaluate the philosophical trends with a analytic-critical perspective.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Dennett, D. C. (1991). Consciousness explained. Little, Brown.
2.Dewey, J. (1925). Experience and nature. Open Court.
3.Chalmers, D. J. (1996). The conscious mind: In search of a fundamental theory. Oxford University Press.
4.Gallagher, S. (2005). How the body shapes the mind. Oxford University Press.
5.Gallagher, S., & Zahavi, D. (2008). The phenomenological mind: An introduction to philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Routledge.
6.Merleau-Ponty, M. (2012). Phenomenology of perception (D. A. Landes, Trans.). Routledge.
7.Newen, A., De Bruin, L., & Gallagher, S. (Eds.). (2018). The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition. Oxford University Press.
8.Thompson, E. (2007). Mind in life: Biology, phenomenology, and the sciences of mind. Harvard University Press.
9.Thomas Nagel - What Is It Like to Be a Bat 83 (1974, The Philosophical Review)
10.René Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy With Selections from the Objections and Replies (1996, Cambridge University)
11.Edmund Husserl - Ideas for a pure phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy. First book (2014)
12.Edmund Husserl- Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy_ Second Book
13.Consciousness in Contemporary Science -- A_ J_ Marcel (editor), E_ Bisiach (editor)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
An introduction to the problem of consciousness in the material universe
Week 2 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind I
Week 3 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind II
Week 4 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind III
Week 5 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in phenomenology I
Week 6 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in phenomenology II
Week 7 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in phenomenology III
Week 8 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in pragmatism I
Week 9 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in pragmatism II
Week 10 - Theoretical
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of perception
Week 11 - Theoretical
4E cognition theories I
Week 12 - Theoretical
4E cognition theories II
Week 13 - Theoretical
4E cognition theories III
Week 14 - Theoretical
4E cognition theories IV
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1516
Reading140114
Quiz1516
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination112214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
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-10
OÇ-1
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
2
OÇ-2
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
2
OÇ-3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
3
OÇ-4
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
OÇ-5
3
3
3
4
5
5
4
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026