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Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute

Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences

Course Code

POLS 444

Course Title in English

Philosophy of Social Sciences

Course Title in Turkish

Philosophy of Social Sciences

Language of Instruction

Type of Course

Flipped Classroom

Level of Course

Select

Semester

Spring

Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3

Recitation: None

Lab: None

Other: None

Estimated Student Workload

120 hours per semester

Number of Credits

5 ECTS

Grading Mode

Standard Letter Grade

Pre-requisites

None

Expected Prior Knowledge

None

Co-requisites

None

Registration Restrictions

Only Undergraduate Students

Overall Educational Objective

To familiarize students with the basic philosophical problems and themes pertinent to social sciences

Course Description

This course aims at questioning the nature of scientific reasoning; exploring the differences between natural and social science and looking into the specific problems of the social sciences. For the first couple of weeks, we will have a general introduction to the philosophy of science and scientific reasoning. After that, we will briefly look into the ideas of some of the most prominent theorists of science such as Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos and Paul Feyerabend. For the rest of the term, we will probe into the philosophy of social science via reading texts from eminent figures such as Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Carl Hempel, Charles Taylor, Donald Davidson, William Dray, Harold Kincaid, Alan Nelson and others.

Course Description in Turkish

Bu ders bilimsel akıl yürütmenin doğasını, doğa bilimleri ile sosyal bilimler arasındaki farkları ve sosyal bilimlerin Batı’da ortaya çıkışını inceler. İlk haftalarda bilimsel düşünce ve bilim felsefesine genel bir giriş yapılacaktır. Ardından Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos ve Paul Feyerabend gibi önde gelen bilim felsefecileri tanıtılacaktır. Dönemin geri kalanı boyunca Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Carl Hempel, Charles Taylor, Donald Davidson, William Dray, Harold Kincaid ve Alan Nelson gibi önde gelen teorisyenlerin metinleri eşliğinde sosyal bilim felsefesi ve sosyal bilimlerin kendine has sorunları irdelenecektir.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Öğrenciler bilimsel akıl yürütmenin temel kriterlerini tanımlayabilecek
2) Öğrencier yöntem, yaklaşım ve değerler açısından doğa bilimleri ve sosyal bilimler arasında ayrım yapabilecekler
3) Öğrenciler önde gelen bilim felsefecilerinin farklı pozisyonlarını ana hatlarıyla açıklayabilecekler.
4) Öğrenciler sosyal bilimlerin temel felsefi sorunlarını ve temalarını analiz edebilecek.

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics	N
2)	An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors	N
3)	An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences	N
4)	An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts	H	Exam
5)	An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives	N
6)	An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions	N
7)	An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.	N

Prepared by and Date	BAŞAK KEKİ , January 2024
Course Coordinator	CANSU GÜLEÇ
Semester	Spring
Name of Instructor	Öğr. Gör. BAŞAK KEKİ

Course Contents

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Required/Recommended Readings

The coursepack will include excerpts from the following: Delanty, Gerard & Piet Styrdom. Philosophies of Social Science: The Classic and Contemporary Readings, (Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2003). Feyerabend, Paul. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge, (New York: Verso, 2010). Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003). Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012). Lakatos, Imre. “Science and Pseudoscience”, http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/lehre/pmo/eng/Lakatos-Science.pdf Martin, Michael & Lee C. McIntyre. Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science, (Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1996). Okasha, Samir. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). Popper, Karl R. Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge, (New York: Routledge, 2002). Rosenberg, Alexander. Philosophy of Social Science, (Colorado: Westview Press, 2016).

Teaching Methods

Flipped Learning technology – Perusall (texts will be uploaded pre-class with questions) -, in-class discussions, presentations, response papers

Homework and Projects

Perusall questions, three response papers, presentations

Laboratory Work

None

Computer Use

None

Other Activities

None

Assessment Methods

Assessment Tools	Count	Weight
Devam	14	% 20
Sunum	1	% 20
Ara Sınavlar	1	% 30
Rapor Teslimi	3	% 30
TOTAL		% 100

Course Administration

Email: kekib@mef.edu.tr Attendance and active participation are required. There would be no late presentations and papers unless medical report provided. MEF university values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the code of student conduct and disciplinary procedures. Any improper behavior, academic dishonesty or plagiarism is subject to the YÖK Disciplinary Regulation.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity	No/Weeks	Hours			Calculation
	No/Weeks per Semester	Preparing for the Activity	Spent in the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements
Ders Saati	14	3	3		84
Sunum / Seminer	1	3	1		4
Ödevler	14	1	1		28
Rapor Teslimi	2	1	1		4
Total Workload					120
Total Workload/25					4.8
ECTS					5