COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSICAL ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6213 CLASSICAL ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TÜRKERI

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To show the establishment of philosophy of religion, its developments and the level of today. How the topics that are being discussed in philosophy and philosophy of religion were being discussed throughout history.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student will know at the end of the course, the history of philosophy of religion and its problems
2   They will get knowledge about some world religions and their philosophical values and coherency.
3   They will get information about how a person can study religious topics in light of philosophy, by looking at the examples in history.
4   The order of importance and priority of religious topics in philosopher's eyes.
5   They will have knowledge about the reflections of religious topics on people's cultural life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Methodology of the Course, Religion and Philosophy
2 Classical Issues about What is Philosophy of Religion
3 Classical Issues about God's Existence
4 Classical Issues about God's Existence
5 Classical Issues about God's Adjectives
6 Classical Issues about Religion and Epistemology
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Classical Issues about the Conceptions of God
9 Classical Issues about Religious Language
10 Classical Issues about the Problem of Evil
11 Classical Issues about the Problem of Free Will
12 Classical Issues about the Relation between Religion and Science
13 Classical Issues about the Relation between Religion and Morality
14 Classical Issues about the Problem of Immortality

Recomended or Required Reading

Recep Alpyağıl (ed.), Klasik ve Modern Metinlerle Din Felsefesi Dersleri, Iz
Yayıncılık.
Platon, Diyaloglar.
Platon, Devlet.
Ibn Rüşd, Faslu'l-Makal, ve Tehafüt.
Plotinus, Enneadlar.
H. D. Lewis, History of Philosophy of Religion.
George Galloway, The Philosophy of Religion.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, 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 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Reading 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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