Information Package / Course Catalogue
Kant
Course Code: FLSF511
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Understanding of the value of the idea of critique of Kant and effects on contemporary philosophy.

Course Content

It will be investigated the idea of critical reason of Kant based on his works.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Tuncay SAYGIN
Learning Outcomes
1.Exhibiting theoretical, practical and aesthetic consequences of Kantian Critical Reason.
2.Understanding of relation between Kant’s Critical Reason and Pre-modern, Modern Reason.
3.Understanding of aims and current value of critical thinking.
4.Exhibiting communicational items of Kant’s critical reason.
5.Examining Kant’s affect on later philosophy.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.KANT, Immanuel. (1965). Critique of Pure Reason. Trans. by. Norman Kemp Smith. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
2. KANT, Immanuel. (1998). Critique of Pure Reason, Trans. and Ed. by. P. Guyer & A Wood. New York: Cambridge University Press
3.S. Gardner, Kant and Critique of Pure Reason, London: Routledge, 2000
4.KANT, Immanuel (1999). Critique of Pure Reason, ed. & trans. by Paul Guyer & Allen W. Wood, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5.Kant, Immanuel: Kritik der reinen Vernunft, ed. Wilhelm Weischedel, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 1977.
6.Kant, Immanuel: Die Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Wilhelm Weischedel, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 1977.
7.Höffe, Otfried: Immanuel Kant, Beck Verlag: München 2004.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Kant’s Analyses of Theoretical Reason
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Copernican Revelation in Thought
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Doctrine of Transcendental Method
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
The Evolution of Reason and Historical Reason
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Public Reason and Critique
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Kant’s Analyses of Practical Reason
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Critique of the Morality of Happniess
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Kant’s Critique on Empiricism
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
The Problem of Autonomy
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Categorical Imperative
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Critical Reason and Judgment
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Aesthetics and Teleological Judgment
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Maxims of Judgment
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 15 - Theoretical
Critical Reason and Communication
Week 15 - 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 - Theory151360
Seminar18210
Reading50210
Midterm Examination118220
Final Examination118220
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
2
2
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3
OÇ-2
2
4
2
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2
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2
OÇ-4
2
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1
2
OÇ-5
3
3
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