Introduction to Philosophy (3-0) 3

Examination of philosophical concepts and the nature of the philosophical problems. Distinction between philosophy and science; the origin of the knowledge and values; the nature of the value judgements.

Textbook:

1. , çev. Ahmet Arslan, Phoenix Yayınları, Ankara, 2006.

Additional Resources:

1. , Prof. Dr. Ahmet Arslan, Adres Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.

1. , Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu, DoğuBatı Yayınları, Ankara, 2013.

1. , Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevizci, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2013.
2. , Betül Çotuksöken, İnkılap Kitabevi, 2000.

History of Ancient Philosophy I (3-0) 3

The origins of philosophy and emergence of philosophical problems; the place of the history of philosophy in determining the nature of philosophy; the problem of arche; the opposition of Being and becoming.

Textbooks:

1. , Walter Kranz, çev. Suad Y. Baydur, Sosyal Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994.

Additional Resources:

1. , Eduard Zeller, çev. Ahmet Aydoğan, İz Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2001.

1. , Wilhelm Capelle, çev. Oğuz Özügül, Pencere Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
2. , Arda Denkel, Doruk Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011.
3. , Ahmet Arslan, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006.

Classical Logic and Philosophical Argumentation (4-0) 4

Concepts and terms; judgments and propositions; kinds of propositions; the joints of propositions; philosophical argumentation; building counter arguments; creating valid arguments.

Textbooks:

1. , Doğan Özlem, Notos Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2011.
2. , Şafak Ural, Çantay Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1995.

Additional Resources:

1. , Teo Grünberg, Hüseyin Batuhan, MEB Yayınaları, Ankara, 1976.
2. , Aristoteles, çev.Ali Houshiary, İmge Yayınları, Ankara, 1998.

Introduction to Sociology (3-0) 3

The methodology and basic concepts of sociology; ideas of the pioneers of sociology; social phenomena and actions; structure and functioning of basic social institutions.

Textbooks:

1. , A. Giddens, Yayına Hazırlayan: Cemal Güzel, Kırmızı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009.
2. , İ. Sezai, Martı Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2003.

Additional Resources:

1. , A. Swingewood, çev. Osman Akınhay, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara, 1998.

1. , T. Bottomore, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 1972.
2. , G. İçli, Anı Yayıncılık, 2003.

Turkish (2-0) 2

Language; The emergence and development of language; the place of Turkish in world languages; the vocabulary of Turkish; types of meaning and spelling rules; Turkish sound properties.

Textbooks:

1. , Z.  Korkmaz ve Diğerleri, Yargı Yayınları, Ankara, 2001.

Additional Resources:

1. , TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.

English I (4-0) 4

Basic English grammar; translation of simple sentences.

Textbooks:

1. , Steven M. Cahn, Hackett Publishing Company, Cambridge, 1990.

Additional Resources:

• A Selected English Text.

The Origin of Myths and Religions (2-0) 2

Mythology as a way of explaining the reality; the relationship between mythology and religion; the nature and characteristics of mythological thinking; the transition process from mythos to logos; the contributions of the myth to philosophy.

Textbooks:

1. , Mircea Eliade, çev. Sema Rifat, OM Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2001.
2. Kudret Emiroğlu, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara, 2000.
3. , Campbell Joseph, çev. Kudret Emiroğlu, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara, 1998.

Additional Resources:

1. , Azra Erhat, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000.

Ontology (3-0) 3

Basic concepts and problems of ontology; the relationship and discrimination between the Being, beings and to be; the conceptions of being in antiquity; understandings of the Being in the Middle Ages; Ontology in modern philosophy; the criticism of ontology.

Textbooks:

1. , Platon, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004.
2. , Aristoteles, çev. Ahmet Arslan, Sosyal Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.

Additional Resources:

1. , Nicolai Hartman, çev. Harun Tepe, TFK, Ankara, 2010.

1. , I. Kant, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İdea Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003.

History of Ancient Philosophy II (3-0) 3

The attempts to synthesize the opposition of being and becoming; the systems of philosophers and their ontology, knowledge, ethics and political philosophy; hellenistic era philosophers.

Textbooks:

1. , Platon, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004.
2. , Aristoteles, çev. Ahmet Arslan, Sosyal Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.
3. , Aristoteles, BilgeSu Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2000.

Additional Resources:

1. , Eduard Zeller, çev. Ahmet Aydoğan, İz Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2001.

1. , W.K.C. Guthrie, çev. Ahmet Cevizci, Gündoğan Yayınları, Bursa, 2000.
2. , Ahmet Arslan, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.

Modern Logics (4-0) 4

The critique of classical logic; The components of symbolic logic; symbolization; joints of proposition; quantization logic; rules of inference.

Textbooks:

1. , ODTÜ yayınları, Ankara, 2000.
2. , Doğan Özlem, İnkılap Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.
3. , John K. Wilson, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1992.

Additional Resources:

1. , Gottlob Frege, çev. Bülent Gözkan, YKY, İstanbul, 2012.

1. , Cemal Yıldırım, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara, 1999.

Introduction to Psychology (3-0) 3

The subject and the methods of psychology; The birth and development of psychology; schools of psychology; the study area of psychology.

Textbooks:

1. , C. G. Morris, çev. ve ed. B. Ayvaşık, T.P.D., Ankara, 2002.
2. , Rita L. Atkinson ve diğ., çev. Yavuz Alogan, Seçkin Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2010.

Additional Resources:

1. , Doğan Cüceloğlu, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2009.
2. , C. Morgan, Meteksan Ltd.

Basic Information of Technology (2-2) 3

Basic knowledge; word processor; presentation preparation; using Internet; computer security. 

Textbooks:

1. , Tolga Durukan, Elif Erbil, Yargı Yayınları, Ankara.

Turkish II (2-0) 2

Speech disorders; writing; forms of expression and ways of developing ideas; oral and written expression; oratory. 

Textbooks:

1. , Z.  Korkmaz ve Diğerleri, Yargı Yayınları, Ankara, 2001.

Additional Resources:

1. , TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
2. , Ö. A. Aksoy, İnkılap Yayınevi, 2010.

English II (4-0) 4

Basic English grammar; translation of simple sentences.

Textbooks:

1. , Steven M. Cahn, Hackett Publishing Company, Cambridge, 1990.

Additional Resources:

• A philosophical text in English to select.

History of Science (2-0) 2

The birth of scientific thought; the stages of scientific thought; science in ancient civilizations; science in ancient Greece; scientific studies in the Middle East; scientific studies in the Renaissance; scientific studies in the modern era. 

Textbooks:

1. , E. Erdoğan, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009.
2. , Aristoteles, çev. Saffet Babür, YKY, İstanbul, 2014.

Additional Resources:

1. , Sevim Tekeli, 6. Baskı, Ankara, 2010.
2. - Yunan Bilimi İslam Dünyası Üzerinden Avrupa'ya Nasıl Ulaştı?, John Freely, çev. Nurşan Üstüntaş, İstanbul, 2010.

Ethics (3-0) 3

The nature of the moral justifications; discussing the controversy they have caused in the history of philosophy and the direction of their development.

Textbooks:

1. , Fred Feldman, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2012.
2. Viking Press, New York, 1977.

Additional Resources:

1. Bernard Williams, Cambridge University Press, 1972.
2. , Annemarie Piper, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1999.
3. , çev. Saffet Babür, Bilgesu Yayıncılık, Ankara 2000.

Philosophy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (3-0) 3

The general characteristics of the Renaissance; Renaissance movement and its influence on philosophy; The general characteristics of the Middle Ages; discussion about universals; evidence of God.

Textbooks:

1. , Dokuz Eylül Yayınları, İzmir, 2005.
2. , çev. Saffet Babür, Betül Çotuksöken, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2000.

Additional Resources:

1. , Ernst von Aster, çev. Vural Okur, İ Yayın Tasarım, İstanbul, 2005.
2. , Ahmet Cevizci, Asa Kitabevi, 2000.

Epistemology (3-0) 3 

The possibility of Knowledge; investigating issues such as accuracy and boundaries of the knowledge; discussing and addressing these by exemplifying them with some different perspectives in the history of philosophy.

Textbooks:

1. , A. Kadir Çüçen, Sentez Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2012.
2. , (ed.) B. Çotuksöken- A. Tunçel, Heyamola Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.

Additional Resources:

1. , Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Cem Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2002.
2. , (ed.) Paul K. Moser, Oxford, 2005.
3. , Arda Denkel, Doruk Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011.

The History of Sociology I (3-0) 3

The contribution of social scientists to the sociology; sociological theory of leaders and important figures in sociology.

Textbooks:

1. , T. Bottomore, R. Nispet, V Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.
2. , A. Raymond, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara, 1986.

Additional Resources:

1. , G. Ritzer, Alfred A. Konopf, New York, 1989.

The Principles of M. Kemal Ataturk I (3-0) 3

The Turkish War of Independence; foundation of the Republic; revolutions; philosophical background of the Republic and the revolutions.

Textbooks:

1. , Ergün Aybars, İzmir, 2005.
2. , Hamza Eroğlu, Savaş Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.

Additional Resources:

1. , Mevlüt Çelebi.

Ancient Greek I (2-0) 2

Ancient Greek alphabet; basic grammar; translation of simple sentences.

Textbooks:

1. , Candan Şentuna, Ankara, 1981.
2. , Suat Sinanoğlu, Dil Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara, 1949.

Additional Resources:

1. , Suat Sinanoğlu, Dil Tarih Coğrafya Fak. Yay., Ankara, 1979.

Philosophical Texts in English III (4-0) 4

Reading philosophical texts in English; basic grammar; translation of simple sentences.

Textbooks:

1. , Steven M. Cahn, Hackett Publishing Company, Cambridge, 1990.

Additionnal Resources

• A selected English philosophy text.

Developmental Psychology I (2-0) 2

Subject field of developmental psychology; general concepts and issues; development theories; development processes; development stages.

Textbooks:

1. , M. Sayıl, Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı, 1997.

Additional Resources:

1. , Mary J. Gander, çev. Ali Dönmez ve diğ., İmge Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2004.

Applied Ethics (3-0) 3  

As a reflection of the moral justifications in application, nature ethics, political ethics, media ethics, economics and ethics, technical and technology ethics; the elucidation of the exposed problem areas in the sub-disciplines such and trying to establish the rationality and ethical relationships in these areas.

Textbooks:

1. , (çev. Ruşen Keleş), İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006.  
2.  (ed.) Hugh La Follette, Oxford, 2003. 

Additional Resources:

1. , Peter Singer, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

1. , Ahmet Cevizci, Say Yayınları, İstanbul, 2013.
2. , Harun Tepe, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 2001.

Aesthetics (3-0) 3

The main issues in aesthetics; the nature of art; aesthetic value judgments; aesthetic pleasure and art experience.

Textbooks:

1. , Aristoteles, çev. Nazile Kalaycı, Bilim Sanat Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.
2. , I. Kant, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İdea Yay., İstanbul, 2006.

Additional Resources:

1. , Larry Shiner, çev. İsmail Türkmen, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004.
2. , İsaiah Berlin, çev. Mete Tuncay, YKY, İstanbul, 2004.

The History of Turkish Islamic Thought (3-0) 3

Main movements of Islamic philosophy; Bayt al Hikma and the views of philosophers who grew up here; reconciliating of religion with philosophy; basic issues and the views of prominent philosophers in Andalusia Philosophy.

Textbooks:

1. , Mehmet Bayraktar, TDV, Ankara, 1997.
2. , Macit Fahri, çev. Kasım Turhan, İklimYay., İstanbul, 1992.

Additional Resources:

1. , Oliver Leaman, çev.Turan Koç, İz Yay., İstanbul, 2010.
2. , Mahmut Kaya, Klasik Yay., İstanbul, 2005.

The Philosophy of Hacı Bektaş Veli and his Teaching (2-0 ) 2

Haci Bektas Veli's philosophy, mysticism and humanism.

Textbooks:

1. , Hacı Bektaş Veli, ed. Cüneyd Köksal, İstanbul, 2007.
2. , Hacı Bektaş Veli, çev. Baki Öz, Demos Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012.
3. , Macit Fahri, çev. Kasım Turhan, İklimYay., İstanbul, 1992.

Additional Resources:

1. , Mahmut Kaya, Klasik Yay., İstanbul, 2005.
2. , Mehmet Bayraktar, TDV, Ankara, 1997.

The History of Sociology II (3-0) 3

Sociological theory of leaders and important figures in sociology; contributions to sociology.

Textbooks:

1. , T. Bottomore, R. Nispet, V Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.
2. , A. Raymond, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara, 1986.

Additional Resources:

1. , G. Ritzer, Alfred A. Konopf, New York, 1989.
2. , Wadsworth Pub. Comp., California, 1991.

The Principals of M. Kemal Atatürk II (2-0 ) 2

The establishment of the Republic of Turkey; the basic philosophy of the Republic and the revolution; secularism and secularization.

Textbooks:

1. , Ergün Aybars, İzmir, 2005.
2. , Hamza Eroğlu, Savaş Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.

Additional Resources:

1. , Mevlüt Çelebi.

The Philosophy of Science (3-0) 3

An investigation of the conceptual basis of the philosophy of science and clarification of the essence of the problem areas of this discipline in terms of philosophy.

Textbooks:

1. , (çev. Hüsamettin Arslan), Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008.
2. , Doğan Özlem, Notos Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010.

Additional Resources:

1. , (çev. Nilüfer Kuyaş), Kırmızı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.
2. , (çev. Ertan Tağman), Nobel Yayınları, Ankara, 2000.
3. , John Ziman, Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Ancient Greek II (2-0) 2

Ancient Greek alphabet; basic grammar; Translations of simple sentences.

Textbooks:

1. , Candan Şentuna, Ankara, 1981.
2. , Suat Sinanoğlu, Dil Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara, 1949.

Additional Resources:

1. , Suat Sinanoğlu, Dil Tarih Coğrafya Fak. Yay., Ankara, 1979.

English Philosophy Texts IV (4-0 ) 4

Reading English philosophical texts; basic grammar; translations of simple sentences.

Textbooks:

1. , Steven M. Cahn, Hackett Publishing Company, Cambridge, 1990.

Additional Resources:

• A selected English Philosophy Text.

Cinema and Philosophy (2-0) 2

Basic cinema currents; kind of cinema; watching and interpretation of some selected films.

Textbooks:

1. , J. Dudley Andrew, çev. İ. Şener, İzdüşümYayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
2. , Andre Bazin, çev. İ. Şener, İzdüşümYayınları, İstanbul, 2000.

Additional Resources:

1. , Edinburg University Press, Edinburg, 2001.

Developmental Psychology II (2-0) 2

Physical development, sexual development; cognitive development; the development of personality.

Textbooks:

1. , M. Sayıl, Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı, 1997.

Additional Resources:

1. , Mary J. Gander, çev. Ali Dönmez ve diğ., İmge Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2004.

Modern Philosophy I (3-0) 3

The overall condition of 17 and 18th. Century; the founders of modern philosophy; the main problem of the philosophers; the problems of knowledge; rationalism and empiricism.

Textbooks:

1. , Jacqualine Russ ve diğ., çev. İsmail Yerguz, İletişim Yayınları, 2013.

Additional Resources:

1. , G. Berkeley, çev. H. Turan, Bilim Sanat Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.
2. , çev. Oruç Aruoba, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, !976.
3. , J. Locke, çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Ara Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1992.
4. , I. Kant, TFK, Ankara, 1995.

Political Philosophy (3-0) 3

Basic issues and problems of political philosophy; basic movements and the thoughts they have argued.

Textbooks:

1. , Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2000.
2. , Will Kymlicka, Ebru Kılıç, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004.

Additional Resources:

1. , George Sabine, çev. A. Öktem, Sevinç Matbaası, Ankara, 1969.
2. , George Sabine, çev. H. Rızatepe, T.Siyasi İlimler Der., Ankara, 1969.

The Philosophy of History (3-0) 3

Basic issues and problems of the philosophy of history; basic movements and currents of thought they have argued.

Textbooks:

1. , E. H. Carr, çev. Misket Gizem Gürtürk, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1987.

Additional Resources:

1. , R. G. Collingwood, çev. Kurtuluş Dinçer, Ara Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1990.
2. , Doğan Özlem, Ara Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1992.

The Philosophical Ground of Human Rights   (3-0) 3

The philosophical justification of the concept of right; the philosophical-ethical foundations of human rights; the formation of the human rights and their historical and social dimensions.

Textbooks:

1. , İoanna Kuçuradi, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 2000.
2. , ed. İoanna Kuçuradi, Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1996.
3. , çev. A. E. Koca- A. Topçubaşı, Birleşik Kitabevi, Ankara, 2008.

Additional Resources:

1. , Betül Çotuksöken, Papatya Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2012.
2. , (çev. Müge Sözen) Metis Yayıncılık, İstanbul 1999.

The Critics of Modernity and Technic (2-0) 2

The basic premises of modern philosophy; the formation of modern subject, the critique of modern thinking and technical modernity.

Textbooks:

1. , M. Heidegger, çev. Kaan Ökten, Agora Kitaplığı, İstanbul, 2008.
2. , M. Heidegger, çev. Doğan Özlem, Paradigma Yayınları, 1998.
3. , M. Bookchin, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994.

Additional Resources:

1. , L. Ellul, çev. Musa Ceylan, Bakış Yayınları, Ankara, 1969.

The Philosophy of Enlightenment (2-0) 2

The pioneers of the Enlightenment and their conception of philosophical subject and nature.

Textbooks:

1. , Lucien Goldmann, çev.Emre Aslan, Doruk Yayınları, İstanbul, 1992.

Additional Resources:

1. , Ahmet Çiğdem, İletişim Yay., İstanbul, 2009.
2. , Oskar Ewald, çev. Gürsel Aytaç, DoğuBatı Yay., Ankara, 2010.

Social Psychology I (3-0) 3

The subject field of social psychology; attitudes; social cognition; social impact; references; self and identity; interpersonal attraction.

Textbooks:

1. , Ç. Kağıtçıbaşı, Evrim Yay., İstanbul, 2008.

Additional Resources:

1. , Nuri Bilgin, Sistem yay., İstanbul, 1996.

The Sociology of Knowledge I (2-0) 2

Impact of social conditions on the formation of knowledge; social nature of science; social aspects of epistemological problems.

Textbooks:

1. , İbrahim Armağan,  Otağ Matbaası, İstanbul, 1974.

Additional Resources:

1. , Küre Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.

Social Change and Globalization (2-0) 2

Social change, modernization and sociological approach and the general debate on globalization.

Textbooks:

1. , A. Giddens, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Ankara, 1998.

Additional Resources:

1. , J. Habermas, Bakış Yayınları, 2002.
2. , Adda Jaques, İletişim Yay., İstanbul, 2003.

Modern Philosophy II (3-0) 3

The overall situation of the 19th century; prominent philosophers and basic problems and opinions of these philosophers.

Textbooks:

1. , David West, çev. Ahmet Cevizci, Paradigma Yay., İstanbul, 1998.

Additional Resources:

1. , Tülin Bumin, Alan Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997.
2. , F. Copleston, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İdea Yay., İstanbul, 2011.

The Philosophy of Culture (3- ) 3

The definition, structure and essence of culture; the development of culture; basic problems and views of prominent philosophers; cultural criticism.

Textbooks:

1. , Doğan Özlem, Notos Yay., İstanbul, 2010.

Additional Resources:

1. , çev. Doğan Özlem, Notos Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011.

The Philosophy of Mind (3-0) 3

Mind as a philosophical problem; mind-body problem; basic approaches in the philosophy of mind.

Textbooks:

1. , A. Jerome Schaffer, çev. Turan Koç, İz Yay., İstanbul, 2005.

Additional Resources:

1. , Şeref Günday, Asa Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2002.
2. , J. R. Searle, çev. Muhittin Macit, Litera Yay., 2004.

The Problem of Freedom (2-0) 2

The problem of freedom; basic approaches about freedom; impacts of freedom on ethics and human rights.

Textbooks:

1. , I. Kant, çev. Aziz Yardımlı, İdea Yay., İstanbul, 1993.

Additional Resources:

1. , Spinoza, çev. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Dost Yay., Ankara, 2004.
2. , J. P. Sartre, çev.Asım Bezirci, Say Yay., İstanbul, 2005.

Human Philosophy (2-0) 2

The topics and methods of human philosophy; the impact of human philosophy on the social sciences; the question what is human; disharmonic structure of the human.

Textbooks:

1. , Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1988.

Additional Resources:

1. , Uluğ Nutku, Bulut Yay., İstanbul, 1998.

Social Psychology II (3-0) 3

Communication; language; group structure; intergroup relations; prejudice; discrimination; collective behavior.

Textbooks:

1. , Ç. Kağıtçıbaşı, Evrim Yay., İstanbul, 2008.

Additional Resources:

1. , Nuri Bilgin, Sistem yay., İstanbul, 1996.

The Sociology of Literature (2-0) 2

The place of literature in social life; literary theory; the relations between literary criticism and their development; the discussion of this relationship in some literary texts.

Textbooks:

1. , Berna Moran, İletişim Yay., İstanbul, 2014.

Additional Resources:

1. , A. Binyazar, Sinan yay., İstanbul, 1972.

Contemporary Philosophy I (3-0) 3

The general atmosphere of the 20th century; the prominent philosophers, their thoughts about language, expression and their experience of life.

Textbooks:

1. , Bedia Akarsu, İnkılap Kitabevi, Ankara, 1994.

Additional Resources:

1. , Taylan Altuğ, Ebabil Yay., Ankara, 2006.
2. , J. M. Bochenski, çev.H. S. Kırkoğlu, Kabalcı Yay., İstanbul, 1997.

The Philosophy of Language (3-0) 3

Investigating the establishment of the language phenomena in terms of semantics, semiotics, grammar and philological component in the light of philosophy.

Textbooks:

1. , (çev. R. Levent Aysever) Metis Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2009. 
2. , (der. ve çev.) Gürsel Aytaç, Phoenix, Ankara, 2011.

Additional Resources:

1. , Paradigma Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
2. Genel Dilbilim Dersleri, Ferdinand de Saussure, (çev. Berke Vardar), İş Bankası Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998. 
3. , Routledge, 2008.

Graduation Study I (2-0) 2

Literature survey; the formation of the proposal and its presentation.

Textbooks:

1. , Michel Beaud, çev. Ayşe Meral,  Söylem Yay., İstanbul, 2001.

Hermeneutic and Politics (2-0) 2

The contemporary philosophical approaches and hermeneutics; views of prominent philosophers.

Textbooks:

1. , Doğan Özlem, Ark Yayınevi, Ankara, 1995.

Additional Resources:

1. , Rosen Staney, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.

Phenomenology (2-0) 2

The distinction between natural and phenomenological attitude; epoche, phenomena, intentionality and phenomenological description.

Textbooks:

1. , E. Husserl, çev. Abdullah Kaygı, TFK, Ankara, 1997.

Additional Resources:

1. , E. Husserl, çev. Harun Tepe, Bilim Sanat Yay., Ankara, 1997.

Classical American Philosophy (2-0) 2

The foundations of classical American philosophy; the basic arguments of pragmatism about sense, integrity, morality and politics.

Textbooks:

1. , ed. John J. Stuhr, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999.

Additional Resources:

1. , W. James, çev. Tahir Karakaş, İletişim Yay., İstanbul, 2015.

Philosophy in Turkey (2-0) 2

The modernization and Westernization movements; the basic ideas of prominent thinkers of these movements.

Textbooks:

1. , Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Ülken Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998.

Additional Resources:

1. , Şerif Mardin, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları, 2001.
2. , Mustafa Günay, Kültür ve Turizm Yayınları, Ankara, 2005.

Contemporary Philosophy II (3-0) 3

The philosophical movements of the 20th century; basic problems, concepts and opinions of those movements.

Textbooks:

1. , Bedia Akarsu, İnkılap Kitabevi, Ankara, 1994.

Additional Resources:

1. , J. Piaget, çev. Ayşe Şirin Yener, Doruk Yay, İstanbul, 2008.
2. , M. Foucault, çev. Ali Utku, Birey Yay., İstanbul, 1999.

Graduation Study II (2-0) 2

Thesis writing.

Textbooks:

1. , Michel Beaud, çev. Ayşe Meral,  Söylem Yay., İstanbul, 2001.

Existentialism (2-0) 2

Main ideas of existentialist philosophers; the relationship of existentialism with humanism and Life.

Textbooks:

1. , Emmanuel Mounier, Say Yay., İstanbul, 2007.
2. , J. P. Sartre, çev. Asım Bezirci, Say yay., İstanbul, 2005.

Additional Resources:

1. , M. Heidegger, çev. M. Ş. İpşiroğlu, S. Yetkin, Kaknüs Yay., İstanbul, 1998.

The Philosophy of Ecology (2-0) 2

The fundamental problems of philosophy of ecology; the criticism of the human domination on nature; the possibility of harmony between human and nature.

Textbooks:

1. , M. Bookchin, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994.

Additional Resources:

1. , Hasan Ünder, Doruk Yay., Ankara, 1996.
2. , L. Ellul, çev. Musa Ceylan, Bakış Yayınları, Ankara, 1969.