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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
STM 523	DESCARTES	3 + 0	1st Semester	7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Doctorate Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	The purpose of this course is to examine and evaluate all aspects of the Cartesian philosophy in the light of Descartes’ own original works.
Course Content	Descartes’ Life and Times, Science and Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century, The Cartesian Method, Knowledge, Intuition, Doubt, First Principles, Self, God, the Avoidance of Error, the nature and knowledge of the physical world, the Role of God in Physics, the Cartesian Circle, the Intellect and the Senses, the Nature of Extended Substance, Science, Mathematics and Mechanical Models, Cartesian Man: Men, Machines and Animals, Res Cogitans, Cartesian Dualism and its Problems, The Mind-Body Union, Sensation and Imagination, Innate Ideas, Freedom, Reason, and the Good Life.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To acknowledge and learn all aspects of the Cartesian Philosophy.
2	To understand the value, place and importance the Cartesian Philosophy in the history of philosophy, along with its affect in the present-day.
3	To acquire and develop a critical perspective.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11
LO 001			3			4			1
LO 002	2				3			2
LO 003	2			3			5
Sub Total	4		3	3	3	4	5	2	1
Contribution	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	4	13	52
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	3	13	39
Assignments	3	13	39
Mid-terms	1	13	13
Final examination	1	13	13
Presentation / Seminar Preparation	3	13	39
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			195 7,5

COURSE DETAILS

Select Year

	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2012-2013 Fall	1	HÜLYA YALDIR
Details	2010-2011 Fall	1	MEHMET ALİ SARI

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester	Mode of Delivery
STM 523	DESCARTES	3 + 0	1	Turkish	2012-2013 Fall	Face to Face

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. HÜLYA YALDIR	hyaldir@pau.edu.tr		FEN B0203	%

Goals		The purpose of this course is to examine and evaluate all aspects of the Cartesian philosophy in the light of Descartes’ own original works.
Content		Descartes’ Life and Times, Science and Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century, The Cartesian Method, Knowledge, Intuition, Doubt, First Principles, Self, God, the Avoidance of Error, the nature and knowledge of the physical world, the Role of God in Physics, the Cartesian Circle, the Intellect and the Senses, the Nature of Extended Substance, Science, Mathematics and Mechanical Models, Cartesian Man: Men, Machines and Animals, Res Cogitans, Cartesian Dualism and its Problems, The Mind-Body Union, Sensation and Imagination, Innate Ideas, Freedom, Reason, and the Good Life.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Descartes’ Life and Times, ‘Science’ and ‘Philosophy’ in the Seventeenth Century
2	Scholasticism, Descartes’ Early and Later Years, and His Publications
3	The Cartesian Method, Knowledge and Intuition, the Role of Doubt, First Principles
4	From Self to God: the Ontological and Trademark Arguments, the Avoidance of Error
5	From God to Knowledge of the Physical World, The Role of God in Physics, The Cartesian Circle
6	The Material Universe; Our Knowledge of the World, the Intellect and the Senses
7	The nature of Extended Substance
8	Science, Mathematics and Mechanical Models
9	Cartesian Man: Men, Machines and Animals
10	Res Cogitans, Cartesian Dualism and its Problems
11	The Mind-Body Union, Sensation and Imagination
12	Our Perception of the Physical world, Innate Ideas
13	Freedom, Reason, and the Good Life
14	Revision and Evaluation

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
• Cottingham, John, A Descartes Dictionary (Oxford: Blackwell, 1993).	Türkçe
• Descartes, The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, (eds. and trans.), John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff, and Dugald Murdoch (2 vols., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985); and Volume 3, the same editors-translators and Anthony Kenny (Vol. 3, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991).	Türkçe
• Cottingham, John, Descartes (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985).	Türkçe
• Cottingham, John, Rationalism (London: Paladin, 1984).	Türkçe

Course Assessment

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

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