COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3222 CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATIH TOKTAŞ

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To enable students to read original texts of philosophers on different subjects such as onthology, epistemology, virtue and etc., in order to encourage them to develop philosophical knowledge.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will learn main thoughts of philosophers on ontology, epistemology and virtue by reading their own texts.
2   Will have an idea on methodologies that philosophers applied on their works.
3   Will see what techniques that philosophers conducted in their philosophies.
4   Will not discuss each movement or philosopher independently but make comparisons and contrasts between all.
5   Will also see the positive impacts of learning the history of philosophy for the education in theology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Texts of Antique philosophers
2 Plato: Republic
3 Plato: Laws
4 Aristotle: Metaphysics
5 Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics
6 Aristotle: Politics
7 Plotinus: Ninth Tractate
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Augustine: Confessions
10 Farabi: The Virtuous City
11 Avicenna: The Book of Healing/Metaphysics
12 Descartes: Discourse on the Method
13 Spinoza: The Ethics
14 Locke: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kranz, W., (2002). Antik Felsefe, çev. Suad Y. Baydur, Sosyal Yayınlar, Istanbul.
2. Platon, (2010). Devlet, çev. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu/ M. Ali Cimcoz, Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul.
3. Platon, (1998). Yasalar, çev. Candan Şentuna/ Saffet Babür, Kabalcı Yayınları, Istanbul.
4. Aristoteles, (1993). Metafizik II, çev. Ahmet Arslan, Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları, Izmir.
5. Aristoteles, (1997). Nikomakhos'a Etik, çev. Saffet Babür, Ayraç Yayınları, Ankara.
6. Aristoteles, (2010). Politika, çev. Mete Tunçay, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul.
7. Plotin, (2011). Dokuzluklar, çev. Zeki Özcan, Birleşik Dağıtım Kitabevi, Istanbul.
8. Augustinus, (1999). Itiraflar, çev. Dominik Pamir, Kaknüs Yayınları, Istanbul.
9. Fârâbî, (1990). el-Medinetü'l-fazıla, çev. Ahmet Arslan, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara.
10. Ibn Sînâ, (2002). eş-Şifâ/Metafizik II, çev. Ekrem Demirli-Ömer Türker, Litera Yayıncılık, Istanbul.

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)

fatih.toktas@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 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

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.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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