Information Package / Course Catalogue
Phenomenology
Course Code: FEL425
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 covers one of the most important philosophical movement, i.e., phenomenology. The objective of this course is to make students conscious about phenomenological method, the end of which is to get at essences to be grasped by reason and to describe them. Accordingly, the characteristics of phenomenological method, its implications in philosophy and social sciences and some leading philosophers affected by phenomenology will be exposed.

Course Content

This course covers one of the most important philosophical movement, i.e., phenomenology. The objective of this course is to make students conscious about phenomenological method, the end of which is to get at essences to be grasped by reason and to describe them. Accordingly, the characteristics of phenomenological method, its implications in philosophy and social sciences and some leading philosophers affected by phenomenology will be exposed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Aysun GÜR
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the motives of the emergence of phenomenology
2.To be able to explain importance of phenomenology as a method
3.To be able to comprehend the effect of phenomenology on other philosophical movements.
4.To be familiar with phenomenological tradition.
5.To know philosopies of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Husserl, E., Husserl, E.,Collected Works I, Translation of: Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie. Book 1. General introduction to a pure phenomenology, (Trans. F. Kersten ), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers,1983
2.Husserl, E., Fenomenoloji Üzerine Beş Ders, (Çev: Harun Tepe), Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yay. 1997
3.Husserl, E., Kesin Bilim Olarak Felsefe, (Çev. Abdullah Kaygı), Ankara: TFK, 1997
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Review of Descartes’ Meditations
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Review of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Natural standpoint
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Phenomenological standpoint
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Lecture Continued
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Bracketing
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Lecture Continued
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
Phenomenological description
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Review of the Phenomenological ideas of Sartre and Heidegger
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Phenomenology and Social Sciences
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Lecture continued
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Overall Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140342
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination125227
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
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