| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+U Hours | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Epistemology | FDI 608 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 6 |
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| Recommended Optional Courses | |
| Course Language | Turkish |
| Course Level | Doctorate Degree |
| Course Type | Compulsory |
| Course Coordinator | Prof.Dr. KEMAL BATAK |
| Course Lecturers | Prof.Dr. KEMAL BATAK, |
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| Course Category | |
| Course Objective | Knowing some views of contemporary epistemology |
| Course Content | Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?; Causal Theory of Knowing; Answer of Chisholm; Gettier and Epistemic Luck; Al-Farabi and Chisholm; Internalism; Foundationalism; Reliability; Plantinga and Proper Function; Quine and Naturalized Epistemology; Normativity and Naturalized Epistemology; Classical Epistemology and Contemporary Epistemology |
| # | Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knows basic theory regarding contemporary epistemology | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 2 | Analyzes basic claims of foundationalism and coherentism | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 3 | Realizes some difficulty in classical definition of knowledge | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| 4 | Discuses grounds of new definition of knowledge | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Homework, |
| Week | Course Topics | Preliminary Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is justified true belief knowledge? | |
| 2 | Causal Theory of knowing | |
| 3 | Answer of Chisholm | |
| 4 | Gettier and Epistemic luck | |
| 5 | al-Farabi and Chisholm | |
| 6 | Internalism | |
| 7 | Foundationalism | |
| 8 | Externalism | |
| 9 | Reliabilism | |
| 10 | Plantinga and proper functionalism | |
| 11 | Quine and naturalized epistemology | |
| 12 | Normativity and naturalized epistemology | |
| 13 | Classical epistemology and contemporary epistemology | |
| 14 | Classical epistemology and contemporary epistemology |
| Resources | |
|---|---|
| Course Notes | 1. Epistemology: An Anthology, Ernest Sosa, Jaegwon Kim, Jeremy Fantl, Matthew McGranth (ed.), (Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2008)<br>2. The Theory of Knowledge: Classical and Contemporary Readings, Louis P. Pojman (ed.), (Belmont: Wadsworth, 2003).<br>3. Gettier Edmund, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?”, Analysis, 1963.<br>4. Chisholm, Roderick, Theory of Knowledge, (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1989).<br>5. Duncan Pritchard, What is This Thing Called Knowledge, (London: Routledge, 2010).<br>6. Epistemoloji: Temel Metinler, Hasan Yücel Başdemir (ed.), (Çorum: Hititkitap Yayınevi, 2011).<br>7. Çağdaş Epistemolojiye Giriş, Nebi Mehdiyev (ed.), (İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 2011).<br>8. Batak, Kemal, Felsefenin Sonu?: W. V. Quine, Doğallaştırılmış Epistemoloji ve Apriori Bilgi, (İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık, 2015).<br>9. Batak, Kemal, "Epistemik İçselcilik ve Dışsalcılık", Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 12, (2008).<br>10. Kabil, Onur, Roderick M. Chisholm ve Alvin Goldman Bağlamında Çağdaş Bilgi Felsefelerinde Haklılandırma Sorunu, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2011. |
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| Evaluation System | |
|---|---|
| Semester Studies | Contribution Rate |
| 1. Ödev | 40 |
| 1. Performans Görevi (Seminer) | 20 |
| 2. Performans Görevi (Seminer) | 20 |
| 3. Performans Görevi (Seminer) | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
| 1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 50 |
| 1. Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
| ECTS - Workload Activity | Quantity | Time (Hours) | Total Workload (Hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 6 | 96 |
| Assignment | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Performance Task (Seminar) | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 162 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (Hours) | 6.48 | ||
| dersAKTSKredisi | 6 | ||