Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Meriç BİLGİÇ

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) students know the main problems of philosophy of mind
2) students have a critical view about the main subjects of philosophy of mind
3) students know the main approaches to the issue of the relation between mind and body
4) students know the main theories about the relation between consciousness and free will
5) students know the main ontological approaches to the relation between mind and body

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1
Learning Outcomes
	1	No relation
	2	Low
	3	No relation
	4	No relation
	5	No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Theories of mind, relation between mind and objects, theories of free will are some of the issues to be dealth with.

Weekly Schedule

1) INTRO
2) Historical background
3) Ontological problem
4) Ontological problem
5) Qualia and semantic problem
6) Qualia and sematic problem
7) Midterm
8) Epistemological problem of self-consiciousness
9) Epistemological problem of the other minds
10) Methodological problem
11) Methodological problem
12) Artifcial intelligence
13) Artificial intelligence
14) Neurology
15) Anthropogonia
16) General reassesment

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	20%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	80%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)