PHIL555 ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY & THE ANALYTIC TRADITION
| Course Code: | 2410555 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AZİZ FEVZİ ZAMBAK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
The forerunners and the founders of the Analytic Tradition. The Logical Empiricists. The ordinary-language and the formal-language philosophy. Definition of analytic philosophy; philosophy and science; philosophical analysis of metaphysical knowledge claims; the empiricist criterion of meaning.