Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : SOS434 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 6 |
To introduce and discuss main epistemologic problems such as subjectivity/objectivity, absolute knowledge/relative knowledge by proving students with a knowledge on the formation of social information in its relation with the general epistemological problems in philosophy of knowledge and, the place of scientific knowledge compared with other types of knowledge, and by discussing the characteristics of sociological practices of scientists.
Knowledge, types of knowledge; different opinion/understanding of knowledge; The relationship of knowledge and society; different thinkers and social scientists’ opinion about the relationship of knowledge and society; The concept of ideology and the born/emergence of ideology; Different approaches to ideology; The importance of knowledge and ideology of contemporary societies
| Prof. Ümit TATLICAN |
| 1. | to grasp and to be able to distinguish the different types of knowledge |
| 2. | to understand the interrelationships between epistemology and sociology |
| 3. | to understand and be able to compare the different understandings of the basic philosophical knowledge |
| 4. | to grasp the relationship between the different historical/social conditions and types of knowledge |
| 5. | to understand the role and impact of physical processes in the formation of knowledge as a social process |
| 6. | to be up on the discussions about the possibility of subjectivity and objectivity |
| 7. | to grasp the discussion about absolute knowledge and relative knowledge |
| 8. | to understand the positions of different approaches of knowledge on their search of certainty |
| 9. | to understand the role of material conditions in the formation of ideologies |
| 10. | to understand the role of ideologies in the formation of material conditions |
| 11. | to understand the active role of knowledge and ideologies in modern world and social change |
| 1. | İbrahim Armağan, Bilgi Toplumbilimi, |
| 2. | Patrick Baert, Sosyal Bilimler Felsefesi: Pragmatizme Doğru, |
| 3. | H. Turner, The Structure of Socilogical Theory, |
| 4. | G. Ritzer & J. Douglas, Modern Social Theory, |
| 5. | Ritzer, Classical Social Theory, |
| 6. | Ritzer, Postmodern Social Theory |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| Reading | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| Individual Work | 13 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 155 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | |
OÇ-1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
OÇ-11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |