COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPISTEMOLOGY IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5185 EPISTEMOLOGY IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To help students in dialogic approaching to many discussions about the definition of knowledge, its areas, its sources and about how to gain these knowledge which are constitute epistemological background of Islamic philosophy and its sources. From this point, to reveal an understanding and an awareness of that there is an epistemological dimension in research which were done about Islamic philosophy, that were generally on being and specifically on what is core reality of things. To create sufficient knowledge about main principles of epistemology that examined in those writings on Reason, Nafs, Logic, and Classification of Sciences.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will learn the knowledge theory is one of the problematic areas of Islamic philosophy.
2   They will see the close relation between the knowledge theory and some issues and terms mentioned in the books that were written on reason, Nafs, Logic and classification of sciences.
3   They will have enough information and awareness about the relation that was built between the understanding of philosophical knowledge and the understanding of Kalamî/Religious knowledge.
4   They will learn the basic approaches of Islamic philosophers to the knowledge specifically of Ishraw and Peripatetic Islamic philosophers.
5   They will learn the discussions about occurring knowledge and presence knowledge.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The knowledge theory in Islamic philosophy, and its source: Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus.
2 Discussions about the knowledge theory in Islimic philosophy: Peripatetics, Ishraq, Kalamî, and Tasavvufî(Sufism)
3 The definition of knowledge in Islamic philosophy and its boundaries.
4 The areas and sources of knowledge and the ways of getting it.
5 The logical and philosophical first analytics, and second analytics.
6 The universal concepts: species and types.
7 The relation of subject-object: the union of knowledge and knowledgeable.
8 Mid-term Exam
9 The classes of knowledge: imagination and confirmation, requisite and Kesbî, emotional and rational knowledge, actual and factual knowledge, etc.
10 Occurring knowledge and presence knowledge.
11 Instinctual knowledge and enlightenment.
12 The truth value of knowledge.
13 The criteria of truth about knowledge.
14 Knowledge and categories.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Platon; Devlet, çev., Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, M. Ali Cimcoz, Istanbul 2006.
2. Aristoteles, Ruh Üzerine, çev, Zeki Özcan, istanbul 2000.
3. Plotinus, Enneadlar, çev. Zeki Özcan, Bursa 1996.
4. Kindi, "Akıl Üzerine", Islam Filozoflarından Felsefe Metinleri içinde, çev, Mahmut Kaya, Istanbul 2003.
5. Farabi, "Aklın Anlamları", Islam Filozoflarından Felsefe Metinleri içinde, çev, Mahmut Kaya, Istamnbul 2003
6. Ibn Sina, Işaretler ve Tenbihler, çev., Ali Durusoy, Muhittin Macit, Ekrem Demirli, Istanbul 2005.
7. Ibn Rüşd, Psikoloji Şerhi (Kitabu'n-Nefs), çev, Atilla Arkan, Istanbul 2007.
8. Gazali, Mişkatü'l-Envâr (Nurlar Feneri), Süleyman Ateş, Istanbul 1994.
9. Sühreverdi, Işrak Felsefesi, (Hikmetü'l-Işrâk), çev, Tahir Uluç, Istanbul 2010.
10. Mehdi Ha'iri yazdi, The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy, State University of New York Press, Albany 1992.
11. A. Kamil Cihan, Ibn Sina ve Gazali'de Bilgi Problemi, Insan yayınları, Istanbul 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questioning, assignments, practices.

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

The students can improve their knowledge and abilities for understanding and practicing about the issues and problems of the knowledge theory that held in Islamic philosophy.

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)

mehmetaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday, 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
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LO.23354
LO.33354
LO.43354
LO.53354

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