GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE/4440017

Course Title:	THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Yüksel TUFAN

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ytufan

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

ytufan@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

It is expected that students know that what is science.
It is expected that students know that what is scientific thought.
It is expected that students know that what is the scientific method.
It is expected that students know some philosophers thinking about science.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

1) History of Science 2) Nature of Science

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Introduction
2. Week	Philosophy
3. Week	Epistemology
4. Week	Rationalism
5. Week	Empiricism
6. Week	Positivism
7. Week	Logical Pozitivzm
8. Week	Midterm Exam
9. Week	Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn
10. Week	Imre Lakatos, Paul Feyeraband
11. Week	Ethics in Science
12. Week	Concepts in Science (theories, laws ....)
13. Week	Scientific Thought
14. Week	Science and Society
15. Week	Final Exam
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1. Bilim felsefesi, Cemal Yıldırım, Remzi Kitabevi, 2004, İstanbul 2. Bilim Felsefesi, Ömer Demir, Sentez Yayıncılık,2012, İstanbul

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	1	60
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	12	3	36
Searching in Internet and Library	12	3	36
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	12	3	36
Preparing Presentation	12	2	24
Presentation	12	1	12
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			186
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.44
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2					X
3				X
4				X
5						X
6						X
7					X
8				X
9					X
10					X

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