Course Code and name

 

FEL 101 Introduction to Philosophy

Course Type

 

Compulsory

Course Credit

 

3 0 3

ECTS Credit

 

3

Lecturer

 

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

 

Lectures

Assessment Method

1 Midterm Exam(40%) and 1 Final Exam(60%)

Instruction Language

Turkish