Information Package / Course Catalogue
The Problem of Concept and Meaning
Course Code: FLSF522
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

To introduce main concepts and problems of Philosophy

Course Content

Concept, Meaning, Problems, Philosophical Question, Argument, System, Analisis, Synthesis and Critics

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Erdal İSBİR
Learning Outcomes
1.Analytical thinking
2.Systematic Thinking
3.To differentiate concepts.
4.To understand philosophical texts.
5.To comprehend different reasoning.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.PLATO. (1966). The Collected Dialogues of Plato Including the Letters. Ed. by. E. Hamilton & H. Cairns. New York: Pantheon Books
2.ARISTOTLE. (2002). Aristotle’s Metaphysics. Trans. by. Joe Sachs. New Mexico: Green Lion Press.
3.DESCARTES, Rene. (1985). The Philosophical Writings of Descartes I. Trans. by. J. Cottingham, R. Stoothoff, D. Murdoch. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
4.Critique of Pure Reason. Trans. by. Norman Kemp Smith. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
5.Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit, trans. by, A. Miller, London: Oxford U. P., 1979
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Concepts in Philosophy
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Concept in Plato and Aristotle
Week 4 - Theoretical
Distinctness and Clearness of Concepts in Descartes
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Concept in Kant and Hegel
Week 6 - Theoretical
Meaning and Meaningfulness
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Questions and Problems of Philosophy
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
The Questions and Problems of Philosophy
Week 10 - Theoretical
Argument
Week 11 - Theoretical
System and Systematic Philosophy
Week 12 - Theoretical
Analyses and Analytical thought
Week 13 - Theoretical
Synthesis
Week 14 - Theoretical
critique and Critical Thought
Week 15 - Theoretical
critique and Critical Thought
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
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
2
2
3
3
5
OÇ-2
2
3
3
4
OÇ-3
3
2
2
3
OÇ-4
2
3
4
OÇ-5
2
2
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026