Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy of Language
Course Code: FEL326
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course, is to examine the nature and structure of language and the related topics such as possibility of communication, reference, meaning and so on.

Course Content

To examine the nature and structure of language and the related topics such as possibility of communication, reference, meaning and so on.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Cengiz İskender ÖZKAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain the fundemantal problems of philosphy of language
2.To be able to explain linguistic turn and the connection of philosophical problems with language
3.To be able to learn the basic problems of contemporary analytic philosophy of language
4.To be able to learn main arguments about sense and reference
5.To be able to comprehend the relations between questions of meaning and logic
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Frege, G. (2008) Fundamentals of Arithmetics, çev. Bülent Gözkan, YKY Yayınları.
2.Frege, G. (1988) On Function and Concept, çev. Şule Elkatip, Felsefe Tartışmaları 2. sayı içinde, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
3.Frege, G. (2010). On Concept and Object, çev. İlhan İnan & Bahadır Turan, Felsefe Tartışmaları 44. sayı içinde, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
4.Frege, G. (1989). On Sense and Reference, çev. Şule Elkatip, Felsefe Tartışmaları 5. sayı içinde, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
5.Russell, B. (2015). On Denoting, çev. Alper Yavuz, Felsefe Tartışmaları 49. sayı içinde, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
6.Russell, B. (2017). Philosophical Problems, çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Say Yayınları.
7.Russell, B. (1996). Our Knowledge of the External World, çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Kabalcı Yayınları.
8.Wittgenstein, L. (2008). Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, çev. Oruç Aruoba, Metis Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course Description and Course Material
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Philosophy and Analitic Philosophy
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Frege's Begriffsschrift
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Frege's On Function and Concept
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Frege's On Concept and Object
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Frege's On Sense and Reference
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Russell's Theory of Definite Descriptions
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Russell's Logical Atomism
Week 9 - Theoretical
Russell's On Denoting
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
Russell's On Denoting (Continued)
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein's Picture Theory of Meaning
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Continued)
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and the Pragmatic Theory of Meaning
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading140114
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination118220
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)79
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