Information Package / Course Catalogue
Analytic Philosophy
Course Code: FEL445
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

This course aims to provide an extended discussion of attempts by analytic philosophers to bring the fundamental problems of traditional philosophy to a decisive resolution.

Course Content

In this course, the basic texts of twentieth century analytic philosophy will be read. The linguistic turn, developments of symbolic logic, the emergence of analytic tradition, the logical analysis of ontological problems are the subjects to be examined through the basic texts of major philosophers within the analytic tradition. The major texts of philosophers such as Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Carnap, Ayer, Quine, Ryle, Searle, Putnam, Chomsky, etc., will be studied.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Learning the historical origin of analytic philosophy
2.Understanding of importance of linguistic turn for philosophical problems.
3.Discussing analytic philosophers’ criticism towards other philosophical movements.
4.Criticizing philosophical concepts through linguistic and logical analysis.
5.Learning rational and critical thinking.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Rossi, J. G. (2020). Analitik Felsefe. (Der. ve Çev. Atakan Altınörs). Bilge Kültür Sanat Yayınları.
2.Russell, B. (1996). Dış Dünya Üzerine Bilgimiz. (Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu). Kabalcı Yayınları.
3.Russell, B. (2019). Felsefe Sorunları. (Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu). Say Yayınları
4.Wittgenstein, L. (2016). Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. (Çev. Oruç Aruoba). Metis Yayınları.
5.Wittgenstein, L. (2017). Felsefi Soruşturmalar. (Çev. Haluk Barışcan). Metis Yayınları.
6.Nagel E. & Newman J. R. (2008). Gödel Kanıtlaması. (Çev. Bülent Gözkân). Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
7.Friedman, M. (2015). Kant ve Kesin Bilimler. (Çev. Sibel Ş. Öğet). Alfa Yayınları.
8.Glock, H.J. (2021). What is Analytic Philosophy? çev. O. Baran Kaplan, Albaraka Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction: The rise of analytic philosophy and its historical development.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Linguistic turn and early period of analytic tradition.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Frege and his philosophical logic.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Logical atomism: Moore and Russell
Week 5 - Theoretical
Russell’s theory of knowledge
Week 6 - Theoretical
Russell’s theory of types
Week 7 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein’s early philosophy: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Week 8 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein’s later philosophy: Philosophical Investigations
Week 9 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein’s later philosophy: Philosophical Investigations (continued)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein “On Certainty”
Week 11 - Theoretical
Quine “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
Week 12 - Theoretical
Kripke “Naming and Necessity”
Week 13 - Theoretical
Putnam “Meaning and reference”
Week 14 - Theoretical
Pragmatic and semantical analysis of ordinary language.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination120323
Final Examination125328
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)121
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026