COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN ISHRAK PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6220 RELIATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN ISHRAK 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

To examine the approaches of Shihabeddin es-Suhreverdi, the founder of Ishraq philosophy, and his followers to ontology and epistemology within the framework of the concepts of light, Nur of Light, the emanation of light, the priority of the essence, the existence of a mental concept, the existence of the soul, the theory of vision and peace,
To analyze the views put forward in the tradition of israq philosophy on the possibility of reaching certain knowledge, the existence of the soul and life after death.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   In this course, the student learns the concepts of light, the light of light, the emanation of the light, the essence, the existence of a mental concept, the existence of the soul, the theory of vision and peace of knowledge.
2   What is the relationship between being-knowledge in the philosophy of Israk and being in the Peripatetic philosophy makes a comparison of the knowledge relationship.
3   It analyzes the views put forward in the tradition of israq philosophy on the possibility of reaching definitive knowledge, the existence of the soul and life after death

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Suhrawardi and the Philosophy of Israk
2 The Relationship of Israk Philosophy with Peripatetic Philosophy
3 Ontology in Ishraq Philosophy
4 Using the Concept of Light Instead of the Concept of Being
5 The Existence of God (The Existence of the Light of Lights) and the Emancipation of Lights
6 The Distinction Between Light and Cruelty
7 Hierarchy of lights
8 Mid Term
9 The distinction between Essence and Being
10 Types of Knowledge: Knowledge by Definition, Sensory Knowledge and Apriori Knowledge
11 Peaceful Understanding of Science
12 Theory of Vision and Observation
13 Critique of Peripatetic Knowledge Theory
14 Acquisition of Certain Knowledge and Acquisition of Self-Knowledge
15 The Existence of the Soul and the Afterlife

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mehdi Amin Razavi, Suhrawardi and the School of Illumination, Routledge, London and New York 2013.
2. Shihabuddin Yahya Suhrawardi, The Philosophical allegories and Mystical Treatise, trans., Wheeler M. Thackson, Jr., Mazda Publishers, California 1999.
3. John Walbridge, The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism, State University of New York Press 2001.
4. Suhrawardi, The Shape of Light (Hayakal al-Nur), interpreted by Tosun Bayrak, Fons vitae Louisville, KY 1998.
5. John Walbridge, The Leaven of the Ancient: Suhrawardi and the Heritage of the Greeks, State University of New York Press 2000.
6. Suhreverdi, el-Elvahu'l-Imadiyye Hikmet Levhaları, çev., Salih Yalın-Ahmet Kamil Cihan, Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul 2017.
7. Sühreverdi, Hikmetü'l-Işrak, der.,Eyüp Bekiryazıcı-Üsmetullah sami, Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul 2015

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, analyse

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

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 final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Reading 5 7 35
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 181

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555