COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 2124 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TÜRKERI

Offered to

Theology (Evening)
Theology

Course Objective

To provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge in methods on understanding and interpretation, with using the knowledge and evaluate it.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn main ideas of philosophers and schools on existence, knowledge etc. in the first era of the history of philosophy.
2   Will learn philosophers and general characteristics of the Ancient Greek era, of the Middle Ages Christian Philosophy, and of Islamic Philosophy.
3   Will identify philosophical characteristics of Renaissance era with its main figures and their ideas.
4   Will analyze philosophical characteristics of the Enlightment era with its main figures and their ideas.
5   Will identify possible contributions and outcomes of the history of philosophy to the theology discipline and how to apply those contributions to the lives of students.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Islamic philosophy I (General perspectives of Islamic philosophers on philosophy and logic, classification of sciences)
2 Islamic philosophy II (Ideas on universe, self, human nature, ethics and politics)
3 Scholastic philosophy. (prepatory era, early scholasticism, high scholasticism and decline periods, Saint Anselmus: Faith-Mind relations, onthological evidence. Thomas Aquinas: Faith-Mind relations, notion of metaphysics, existence, his ideas on the existence of God and His attributes).
4 Renaissance philosophy: (Renaissance and Christianity; Reformation, natural religion movement, philosophical movements in Renaissance era).
5 17th. century philosophy I (Descartes: Theory of knowledge, his ideas on theology and metaphysics. Hobbes: Theory of knowledge, his ideas on physics, theology, ethics and politics)
6 17th. century philosophy II (Spinoza: Theory of knowledge, his ideas on metaphysics, theology. Leibniz: His ideas on logic, physics, metaphysics, thoelogy and the freedom of man)
7 18th. century Enlightment philosophy I (Meaning of Enlightment. Locke; Theory of knowledge, his ideas on theology, nature, ethics and politics)
8 Mid-term Exam
9 18th. century Enlightment philosophy II (Berkeley; Theory of knowledge, his ideas on metaphysics, physics, theology and ethics. Hume: Epistemology, his ideas on pyschology, theology, ethics and politics).
10 Kant and German Idealism I (Kant; Theory of knowledge, critique of pure reason, his ideas on theology and ethics, critique of pratical reason, practical philosophy and ethics)
11 Kant and German Idealism II (Hegel; Theory of knowledge, idealist dialectical method, ide or Geist. Feuerbach; philosophy of religion and ethics).
12 Contemporary Philosophical movements from 19th century until today I (Utilitarianism, positivism and analytical philosophy)
13 Contemporary Philosophical movements from 19th century until today II (Pragmatism, existentialism)
14 Contemporary Philosophical movements from 19th century until today III (Hermeneutics, phenomenology)
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Arslan, Ahmet (2008-2010). Ilkçağ Felsefe Tarihi I-V, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yay., 2. Baskı, Istanbul.
Cevizci, Ahmet (2008). Felsefe, Sentez Yay., 2. Basım, Bursa.
Cevizci, Ahmet (2011). Felsefe Tarihi, Say Yay., 3. Basım, Istanbul.
Durant, Will (2009). Felsefenin Öyküsü, çev. Ender Gürol, Iz Yay., Istanbul.
Gökberk, Macit (2008). Felsefe Tarihi, Remzi Kitabevi, 18. Basım, Istanbul.7.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.turkeri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11511
LO.2511
LO.31511
LO.4511
LO.51511