Course Code and name

 

FEL101  Introduction to Philosophy

Course Type

 

Compulsory

Course Credit

 

3 0 3

ECTS Credit

 

 

Lecturer

 

Associate Prof. Hüseyin Özel

Pre-requisite(s)

None

Course Length

 

1 Semester /   3 hours each week

Course Content

The objective of the course is to make the student understand how it is possible to “think philosophically” and to discuss how philosophy could be important for economics science. With this aim in mind,  basic concepts and points of view will be discussed throughout the course. At the end of the course, the students are expected to assess some philosophical problems that are important from an economic point of view.

 

Course Objective and Fulfillments to be obtained by Students

 

·        Basic concepts of philosophy

·        Ontology, being, the one and the many

·        Epistemology and the possibility of knowledge

·        Thinking and Logic, Science and Laws

·        Value problem and Ethics

·        Political Philosophy

·        Philosophy of History

·        Philosophy and Economics

 

References

 

Bertrand Russel, A History of  Western Philosophy, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945.

 

Teaching Method

 

 

Assessment Method

 

Instruction Language

English