Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy of Science
Course Code: İHH621
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

This course introduces the core issues in the philosophy of science, in particular the debates about the nature of the scientific method, theories of confirmation, the demarcation of science from non-science, the rationality of theory change, and scientific realism.

Course Content

Characteristics of scientific knowledge in both natural and human sciences as well as its extension and main problems.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1. To be able to define the philosophy of science
2.To be able to explain the fundemental problems of philosophy of science.
3.To be able to explain philospohical fundations of distinction of sciences.
4.To be able to explain results of absolute positivism
5.To be able to know critics about absolute positivism
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ayer, Alfred J., Dil, Doğruluk ve Mantık, (Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu), İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1998
2.Güzel, Cemal (Ed.). Sağduyu Filozofu: Popper, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, 1996
3.Güzel, Cemal (Ed.). Çoğulculuğun Kuramcısı: Lakatos, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, 1999
4.Güzel, Cemal, Bilim Felsefesi, Ankara: Kırmızı Yayınları, 2010.
5.Kabadayı, Talip, Bilim Felsefesine Giriş, Aydın: Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2009.
6.Kabadayı, Talip, Duhem’den Laudan’a Çağdaş Bilim Felsefecileri, Ankara: Bilgesu Yayınları, 2010.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 2 - Theoretical
Attempts to find an answer to the question: “What is Science?”
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
A brief history of conceptions of science
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Demarcation problem
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Logical analysis, Logical positivism and verification on the basis of sense experience
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Popper and falsification on the basis of sense experience
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Lakatos and sophisticated falsificationism
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Lakatos and sophisticated falsificationism (Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 9 - Theoretical
P.Duhem, E.Meyerson and A.Koyré’s ideas on science
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
P.Duhem, E.Meyerson and A.Koyré’s ideas on science
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Duhem-Quine thesis and the verification on the basis of holism
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
T.Kuhn and the paradigms
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Normal science, extraordinary science and paradigm changes, Kuhn and verification on the basis of paradigms
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Presentation
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Book, Internet and Library Browsing
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%15
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Presentation 114216
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination124226
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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