Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary Philosophy Movements
Course Code: İLH367
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: 4
Objectives of the Course

To understand today's philosophical movements and their representatives

Course Content

Humanism, existentialism, darwinism, materialism

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Classifies today's philosophers.
2.He/She partially criticizes today's philosophers.
3.Compares the views, methods and approaches of two contemporary philosophers.
4.It exemplifies the problems discussed by today's philosophers in daily life.
5.Expresses six contemporary problems in his own words.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ahmet Cevizci, History of Philosophy, Say Publications, 2015.
2.Skirbekk, Gunnar, and Nils Gilje. History of Philosophy from Ancient Greece to the Modern Period. Istanbul: University Bookstore, 2004
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Philosophy After German Idealism
Week 3 - Theoretical
Difference in Hegelian Dialectics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Nietzsche and the Being-Being Dichotomy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Levinas' Philosophy as the Ethics of Difference
Week 6 - Theoretical
Foucault and the Relationship between Knowledge and Power
Week 7 - Theoretical
Deleuze's Philosophy of Difference
Week 8 - Theoretical
Edmund Husserl and Phenomenology
Week 9 - Theoretical
Heidegger and the Phenomenology of Being
Week 10 - Theoretical
Heidegger: The Ontological Difference Between Being and Beings
Week 11 - Theoretical
Derrida and Poststructuralism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Derrida and Deconstruction as Philosophy at the Border
Week 13 - Theoretical
Lyotard and Postmodernism
Week 14 - Theoretical
End of term general evaluation
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 - Theory144398
Midterm Examination1224
Final Examination1224
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)106
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026