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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
FEL 324	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	2 + 0	7th Semester	2

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	To understand the nature of science—its scope, methods and aims.
Course Content	We will be focusing on the following issues: inductivism; verificationism; does science explain or merely describe?; Popper’s falsificationism, Science as a research program: Kuhn and Lakatos, Feyerabend.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	What is science describes the nature of the question on the basis of the philosophy of science
2	basic science insights are considered
3	knows positivism, logical positivism and verificationism.
4	knows K. Popper and Falsification.
5	knows Duhem and Quine' holistic theses, the concept of paradigma and T. Kuhn.
6	knows İ. Lakatos Proofs sophistical falsifications
7	knows anarchist understanding of science and P. Feyerabend.
8	concepts of science of philosophy are evaluated

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	2	28
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Final examination	1	14	14
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			52 2

COURSE DETAILS

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	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2016-2017 Spring	2	MEHMET ALİ SARI

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
FEL 324	PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	2 + 0	2	Turkish	2016-2017 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. MEHMET ALİ SARI	masari@pau.edu.tr		MUH A0327	%60

Goals		To understand the nature of science—its scope, methods and aims.
Content		We will be focusing on the following issues: inductivism; verificationism; does science explain or merely describe?; Popper’s falsificationism, Science as a research program: Kuhn and Lakatos, Feyerabend.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	What is Science?
2	What is scientific explanation?
3	Positivism.
4	Neo-Pozitivizm: Viyana Çevresi
5	Falsificationism
6	Popper' view on science
7	Duhem-Quine Thesis
8	Mid-Term exam
9	relationship between philosophy of science and history of science
10	A. Koyre' view on science
11	holistic understanding of science
12	sophisticated Falsification: I Lakatos
13	Anarchist Understanding of Science: P. Feyerabend
14	Understanding of Science Laudan'

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	60	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	40	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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