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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FDB 5151	DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHICAL POSITIONS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TÜRKERI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

Students obtain the ability of analytical thinking or analysis and learn the language analysis of the analytical philosophy of religion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The Student learns formal ways of true and consistent thinking.
2	The student will have information about the problems of Analytic Philosophy of Religion and Language.
3	The students comprehend the discussions on the source of human knowledge and value of it.
4	Students develop their knowledge of the history of philosophy.
5	Students develop their critical thinking skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Emergence and Historical Development of Analytic Philosophy
2	Logical Atomism in Moore and Russell
3	Russell's Philosophy of Religion I
4	Russell's Philosophy of Religion II
5	Critics of Russell's Philosophy of Religion
6	Language Boundaries and Wittgenstein's Picture Theory.
7	After Tractatus and Language Games.
8	Midterm Exam
9	Wittgenstein's Language Philosophy
10	Philosophers of Vienna Circle and Metaphysics.
11	Alvin Platinga and Analytical Philosophy Of Religion
12	The Concept of Warrant and God in Platinga's Epistemology
13	Richard Swinburne and His Analytical Philosphy
14	Opinions of Richard Swinburne's Epistemic probability, Assent/tasdik Theory, Problem of Evil, Religious Language and consistency of theism

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Aydın Işık, Mutlu Bir Karamsardan Din Üzerine: RUSSELL, Lotus Yayınları, Ankara, 2008.
2. Ihsan Turgut, Mantıksal Atomculuk: Russell,Wittgenstein, Karınca Matbaacılık, Izmir, 1989.
3. Russell, Felsefe Sorunları, Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Kabalcı Yayınları, Istanbul, 1994.
4. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, Çev. Oruç Aruoba, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
5. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Kesinlik Üstüne-Kültür ve Değer, Doğan Şahiner, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.
6. Ray Monk, Wittgenstein, Çev. Berna Kılınçer-Tülin Er, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2005.
7. Bedia Akarsu, Çağdaş Felsefe, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Istanbul, 1979.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questions-answers, examples of homework on the review and implementation.

Assessment Methods

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

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant will be determined according to the examinations and lecture performances.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.turkeri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	5	65
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Preparing assignments	1	10	10
Preparing presentations	1	7	7
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8
LO.1	3	4	3	5
LO.2	3	4	3	5
LO.3	3	4	3	5
LO.4	3	4	3	5
LO.5	3	4	3	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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