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Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental DesignGEHU 204 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Fundamentals of Philosophy
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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GEHU 204
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Service Course
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Course Objectives | To provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts and argumentative strategies of philosophy through an investigation of the question “What is a rational animal?” in relation to logic, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Presentation and overview of the course; discussion of how to begin philosophy by acknowledging that we have already begun. | Overview and discussion of a number of dilemmas and paradoxes. |
| 2 | Plato | Apology |
| 3 | What is an argument? The concepts of validity, truth and soundness. Types of justification; types of refutation: by parallel reasoning, counter-examples, reductio ad absurdum. | R. Fogelin, Understanding Arguments, pp 45-53 and pp. 405-433. |
| 4 | Fallacies of vacuity: circular reasoning, question-begging; fallacies of relevance: ad hominem, straw man, false cause, appeals to authority | Fogelin, pp. 477-405 |
| 5 | The Chinese Room Argument: Can Computers think? Discussion of artificial intelligence. | Turing, A., 1948, ‘Intelligent Machinery: A Report’, London: National Physical Laboratory; Searle, J., 1980, ‘Minds, Brains and Programs’, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 3: 417–57 |
| 6 | MIDTERM | |
| 7 | Introduction to epistemology | Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditation 1 and 2 |
| 8 | Skepticism, sources of knowledge, methodic doubt, certainty as epistemic criterion, the cogito as first principle and model of | Descartes, Meditations 2 (contn’d) and 3 |
| 9 | Philosophy and science: the thinking subject as embodied being subject to the laws of nature. FIRST PAPER DUE | Janet Richards, Human Nature After Darwin, pp. 4-25 FIRST PAPER DUE |
| 10 | Evolutionary biology as philosophical challenge and answer to the question “What is a rational animal?” | Richards, pp. 25-51 |
| 11 | Determinism, freedom of the will, morality as a scientific problem and science as a moral problem | Richards, pp. 126-154 |
| 12 | Consequentialism (Utilitarianism) and Deontology: arguments and criticisms | Kant, pp. 274-281; Bennett, pp. 294-306; Bentham, pp. 306-312; Williams pp. 339-345; M. L. K. Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail. |
| 13 | Moral Psychology and Perspectivism. | Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, essays I and II. |
| 14 | The responsibilities and the problems of rational thought; the rational animal and the polis. | Aristotle, Politics, Bk. 1 1986-2000; Locke, 249-253; Bentham and Mill, 270-274 Levi, If This is a Man. |
| 15 | Week 14 cont’d. SECOND PAPER DUE. | Levi, Contn’d. |
| 16 | Final |
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EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
1
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35
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| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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30
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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35
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| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
16
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3
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48
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
1
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0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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20
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20
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| Final Exam |
22
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0
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| Total |
116
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional |
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To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession |
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To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession |
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To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice |
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To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession |
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To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies |
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To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field |
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To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats |
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To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level |
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To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment |
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To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language |
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To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently |
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To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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