Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Course Code: FLSF642
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To grasp the relationship between philosophy and psychoanalysis and to approach this relationship critically. To evaluate psychoanalytic theories from a philosophical point of view.

Course Content

To examine the theories of thinkers such as Freud, Lacan and Jung in the light of their philosophical history.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To have knowledge about psychoanalytic theories.
2.To grasp the roots of psychoanalysis in the history of philosophy.
3.To evaluate the main problems of psychoanalysis from a philosophical point of view.
4.A critical approach to the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy.
5.To be able to apply the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy to current discussions.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Habermas, Jürgen. (1988). On the Logic of the Social Sciences. (Shierry Weber Nicholsen, Jerry A. Stark, Trans.). Cambridge: Polity Press
2.Jay, Martin. (1989). Diyalektik İmgelem, Frankfurt Okulu ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Enstitüsü Tarihi 1932-1950. (Ünsal Oskay, Çev.). İstanbul: Ara Yayıncılık.
3.Marcuse, Herbert. (2007). “One-Dimensional Man, Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”. London and New York: Routledge.
4.Freud, Sigmund. (1962). Civilization and Its Discontents, Çev., James Strachey, W.W. Norton&Company Inc., New York.
5.Freud, Sigmund. (2010). The Interpretation of Dreams. Çev., James Strachey, Basic Books, New York.
6.Clara Thompson, Milton Mazer, ve Earl Witenber. (1955). An Outline of Psychoanalysis. New York, The Modern Library by Random House Inc
7.Petocz. Agnes. (1999). Freud, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
8.Jung, C. G. (1962). Symbols of Transformation: An Analysis of the Prelude to a Case of Schizophrenia (Vol. 2, R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). New York: Harper & Brothers.
9.Lacan, Jacques. (2013). Psikanalizin Dört Temel Kavramı, Çev., Nilüfer Erdem, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
introduction
Week 2 - Practice
The Philosophical Origin of the Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Philosophical Origin of the Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
Week 4 - Theoretical
Freud
Week 5 - Theoretical
Freud
Week 6 - Theoretical
Freud
Week 7 - Theoretical
Freud
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Lacan
Week 10 - Theoretical
Lacan
Week 11 - Theoretical
Lacan
Week 12 - Theoretical
C. G. Jung
Week 13 - Theoretical
C. G. Jung
Week 14 - Theoretical
C. G. Jung
Week 15 - Theoretical
General evolation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory151360
Lecture - Practice18210
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
OÇ-1
1
OÇ-2
1
OÇ-3
1
OÇ-4
1
OÇ-5
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026