Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophical Consultancy
Course Code: FEL401
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

The aim here is not to find out how or what philosophers think, what they represent, but to think together with philosophers and thus to gain an understanding of how our world, our problems, our questions can be understood.

Course Content

Based on the question of What is Philosophical Counsultancy, it is to introduce and inform the selected philosophers to examine the distinctive features of philosophy and philosophical thinking and to relate them to life problems.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To understand what philosophical counsultancy is.
2.To establish the connection of philosophy with the problems of life.
3.To think about different periods in the history of philosophy in the context of changing life problems.
4.To understand the importance of thinking with philosophers.
5.To comprehend the importance of philosophical thought in problem solving.
6.To produce philosophical approaches for the solution of living problems.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Husserl, Edmund (1982). Cartesian Meditations: An Introduction to Phenomenology, trans. D. Cairns. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
2.Heidegger, Martin (2008). Varlık ve Zaman, çev. Kaan H. Ökten, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı.
3.Platon Bowiee, G. Lee, Twenty Question: An Introduction to Philosophy, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego,1988.
4.Descartes Deleuze, G. ; Guattari F., Felsefe Nedir?, (Çev. T. Ilgaz), YKY, İstanbul, 1993.
5.James Hermann Randall, Jr. & Buchler, Justus, Felsefeye Giriş, (Çev. A. Arslan), Ege Ü. Yay, İzmir, 1989.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
How does the meaning of Philosophia follow, starting with the Pre-Socratics?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Examples of the Socratic method
Week 3 - Theoretical
Philosophy-life bond before modernism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Basic elements of modern thought
Week 5 - Theoretical
Changing our connection with life by modern thought
Week 6 - Theoretical
The approach of the Enlightenment thought to the problems of life
Week 7 - Theoretical
Approaches of twentieth century philosophers to contemporary life problems
Week 8 - Theoretical
The emergence of phenomenology on the stage of history
Week 9 - Theoretical
Expansions of transcendental phenomenology to the problems of living
Week 10 - Theoretical
Expansions of hermeneutic phenomenology to the problems of living
Week 11 - Theoretical
Existential phenomenology's expansions to the problems of living
Week 12 - Theoretical
The relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy
Week 13 - Theoretical
Pragmatism and phenomenology relationship
Week 14 - Theoretical
Making works of art visible the problems of living
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Reading141242
Quiz1516
Midterm Examination1527
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)123
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
4
3
2
1
2
1
OÇ-2
4
3
2
1
2
1
OÇ-3
4
3
1
2
1
2
OÇ-4
3
4
2
3
2
2
OÇ-5
4
3
2
3
3
2
OÇ-6
4
4
1
2
3
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026