COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY TEXTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5178 CONTEMPORARY TEXTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND 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

To help student in grasping the main views and terms in Philosophy of Religion via introducing the central texts in Philosophy of Religion and analysing them;
By emphasising some philosophical valuations in the texts, we aimed to help students in grasping the philosophical perspectives and finding solutions for recent problems under the light of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will get knowledge of who are the major philosophers in modern world and what their main works.
2   They will understand what these philosopher s perspectives and what their strategies in resolving the problems.
3   How it could be approached by philosophical methods in resolving the current religious and social issues.
4   They will have ideas about what kind of solutions can be found for these religious and social problems with philosophy.
5   They will be able to differ the modern philosophy from the classical philosophy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Contemporary Texts about What is Philosophy of Religion
2 Contemporary Texts about What is Philosophy of Religion
3 Contemporary Texts about Religion and Epistemology
4 Contemporary Texts about God's Existence
5 Contemporary Texts about God's Existence
6 Contemporary Texts about God's Adjectives
7 Midterm
8 Contemporary Texts about the Conceptions of God
9 Contemporary Texts about the Problem of Evil and Free Will
10 Contemporary Texts about the Problem of Religious Diversity
11 Contemporary Texts about the Relation between Religion and Science
12 Contemporary Texts about the Relation between Religion and Morality
13 Contemporary Texts about the Problem of Immortality
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Recep Alpyağıl (ed.), Klasik ve Modern Metinlerle Din Felsefesi Dersleri Için Yardımcı Kitap, Iz Yayıncılık.
David Hume, Din Üstüne.
R. Descartes, Metafizik Düşünceler.
B. Russell, Mistisizm ve Mantık.
B. Spinoza, Etika

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question answer, studying on examples, homework and practice

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

Students will improve their analyzing and understanding abilities by reading modern texts and studying on some ideas by looking at the general view of the field.

Assessment Criteria

Students achievement are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assingments, final exam and active participation to the lecture

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.turkeri@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To Be Announced

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 presentations 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
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
LO.13455
LO.23455
LO.33455
LO.43455
LO.53455

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