COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RATIONAL PSYCHOLOGHY IN MASHAI PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6223 RATIONAL PSYCHOLOGHY IN MASHAI PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The definition of the soul, its nature, its relationship with its abilities, the relationship of the soul with emotions and feelings, the individuality of the soul, its immortality, the relationship between the soul and the body, and to investigate the relationship between Messhai philosophers and the psychology of Platonist, Aristotelian and new Platonic philosophers and their contributions to this field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns the place of rational psychology among philosophical sciences
2   Understands the relationship between the nature and abilities of the soul
3   Understands the relationship of the soul with emotions and feelings
4   Learns the criticism of rational psychology
5   Learns the influence of meşshai rational psychology on Western Medieval philosophy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Place of Rational Psychology in Philosophical Sciences
2 Platonic, Aristotelian, and Neo-Platonic Psychologies
3 Definition and Nature of the Nafs
4 Evidence of the Existence of the Self
5 The Meaning of Self as Substance
6 Relationship with the Abilities of the Nafs
7 Relationship of the Nafs with Emotions and Feelings
8 Mid term
9 Relationship of the Nafs with the Body
10 Relationship of Nafs with Mind and Mental Thought
11 Individuality of the Nafs
12 Nafs Perfection
13 Nafs and Immortality
14 Criticism Against Rational Psychology
15 The Effect of Messhai Rational Psychology on Western Medieval Philosophy

Recomended or Required Reading

Ibn Sina, Nefsin Halleri (Nefsin Sonsuzluğu ve Yeniden Yaratılması Hakkında Risale), çev., Ömer Ali Yıldırım, Litera yayıncılık, Istanbul 2020.
Ibn Sina, Mutluluk ve Insan Nefsinin Cevher Olduğuna Ilişkin On Delil, Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara 2011.
Ibn Sina, Poetika, çev., Ferruh Özpilavcı, Litera yayıncılık , Istanbul 2020.
Ibn Sina, et-Ta likât, çev., Ismail Hanoğlu, Elis yayınları Ankara 2019.
Ibn Sina, Ahvalu n-Nefs, çev., Ismail Hanoğlu, Elis yayınları, Ankara 2019.
Ibn Rüşd, Telhisu Kitabi ş-Şi`r: Poetika (Şiir) Orta Şerhi, çev., Ali Tekin, Endülüs yayınları, 2019.
Ibn Rüşd, Psikoloji Şerhi / Kitabu'n Nefs, çev., Atilla Arkan, Litera yayıncılık, Istanbul 2013.
Ibn Bacce, Kitabu n-Nefs Bireysel Özün Keşfi, çev.,M. Uyanık-A. Akyol-B. Tamtürk, Elis yayınları, Ankara 2020.
Gazali, Hakikat Bilgisine Yükseliş: "Mearicü l-Kuds", çev., Serkan Özburun, insan yayınları, Istanbul 2018.
Fazlur Rahman, Avicenna's Psychology, Oxford University Press, London 1952.
Fazlur Rahman (ed.,), Avicenna s De Anima, being the the psychological part of Kitab al-Shifa, Oxford University Press, London 1959.
Stephen Gersh and Maarten J.F.M. Hoenen (eds.,), The Platonic Tradition in the Middle Ages: A Doxographic Approach, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2002.
Rıcardo Salles (ed.,) Metaphysics, Soul, and Ethics in Ancient Thought Themes from the work of Richard Sorabji, Oxford University Press, New York 2005. Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth and John M. Dillon (eds.,), The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul: Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions, Brill, Leiden Boston 2009.Dominik Perler (ed.,), Transformations of the Soul: Aristotelian Psychology 1250-1650, Brill, leiden-Boston 2009.
Richard C. Dales, The Problem of The Rational Soul in The Thirteenth Cencury, E.J.Brill, Leiden New York-Köln 1995.
Sander W. De Boer, The Science Of The Soul: The Commentary Tradition on Aristotle s De anima, c. 1260 c. 1360, Leuven Universıty Press, Leuven 2013.
Magdalena Bieniak, The Soul-Body Problem at Paris, CA. 1200-1250: Hugh of St-Cher and His Contemporaries, Leuven Unıversıty Press, Leuven 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, analysis, question-answer, work

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

The success of student is being determined by reference to his or her performance of mid term, final exam and course performance

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday 1:00-2:00 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 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

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