COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6277 PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KASIM MÜMINOĞLU

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To acquire grounding thoughts about the Philosophy of Life from the ancient times to the present.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, the student comprehends the thoughts about the philosophy of life.
2   The students will be find the opportunity to examine the place of philosophy of life in the history of thought methodologically.
3   Examines the handling of the problem in these disciplines comparatively.
4   Determine the scientific position of their own work.
5   Contributes to science by not repeating academic studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Examining the philosophy of life in Ancient Philosophers
2 The Meaning of Life in Indian and Chinese thought
3 Meaning of freedom of religion in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy and its context with life
4 Examining the thoughts of Islamic philosophers on life, the example of Kindi, Farabi, Avicenna, Averroes and Ghazali
5 Logic of Life and Age
6 Death and the Wholeness of Life
7 MIDTERM
8 History as meaning and meaning. Wilhelm Dilthey's Philosophical Program
9 Nietzsche F. and his philosophy of life
10 Henri Bergson and the philosophy of life, Consciousness and life
11 The possibility of individual freedom. Toro G.D. and N. A. Berdyaev Example
12 Mysticism and Life, the example of Yunus Emre, Mevlana and Ömer Khayyam
13 Literature and philosophy of life, the example of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
14 Life and Society Rickert Heinrich, The Case of Sorokin

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
1. Dil'tey V. - Sobraniye sochineniy v 6 tomakh. T. 1. Vvedeniye v nauki o dukhe, Pod red. A.V. Mikhaylova i N.S. Plotnikova. M.: Dom intellektual'noy knigi, 2000. 763 s
2. Henri Bergson, Ahlakın ve Dinin Iki Kaynağı, Çevirmen:Mukadder Yakupoğlu, Doğu Batı Yayınları, 2017
3. Henri Bergson, Yaratıcı Tekamül, Çevirmen: Mustafa Şekib Tunç, Doğu Batı Yayınları, 2017
4. Immanuel Kant, Yaşam Felsefesi, Yason Yayıncılık, 2014
5. Editör, Prof. Dr. A. Kadir Çüçen, Yaşam ve Ölüm Felsefesi, Sentez Yayım ve Dağıtım Tic. San. A. Ş. 2017
6. Nitsshe Fridrikh Vil'gel'm, Nitsshe - O pol'ze i vrede istorii dlya zhizni. Sumerki kumirov, ili Kak filosofstvovat' molotom. O filosofakh. Ob istine i lzhi.Minsk: Kharvest, 2003.- 384 s
7. Ahmet Çapku, Ahiret Ibn Sina, Gazzali, Ibn Rüşd Düşüncesinde, Kayıhan Yayınları 2014
8. Ali Durusoy, Ibn Sina Felsefesinde Insan ve Alemdeki Yeri, M.Ü. Ilahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları 2012
9. Farabi, Mutluluğun Kazanılması, Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2019
10. Nehamas, A. Yaşama Sanatı Felsefesi. Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.2002.
11. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Islam Felsefesi Eski Yunan dan Çağdaş Düşünceye Doğru, Doğu Batı yayınları, 2015
12. Uygur, N. Yaşama Felsefesi. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.2018.
13. Günay, M. Felsefe Tarihinde Insan Sorunu. Adana: Karahan Kitabevi.2010.

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 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Obtaining thoughts about the Philosophy of Life from the ancient times to the present, learning the connections between philosophy and happiness, the emerging trends in this field, and benefiting from philosophy as a researcher working in this field, being able to make objective and analytical analyses; they develop their ability to observe objectivity and scientificity at the highest level in their research and examinations.

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)

kasim.muminoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00 14:00

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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14345
LO.24345
LO.34345
LO.44345
LO.54345

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