COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLASSICAL TEXTS 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 5171 CLASSICAL TEXTS IN PHILOSOPHY OF 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 classical 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 and classical 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 classical world and what their main works.
2   They will understand what these philosopher's perspectives and what their strategies in resolving the problems.
3   They will learn 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 classical philosophy from the other philosophical movements

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

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Plotinus, Enneades (dokuzluklar).
2. Eflatun, Diyaloglar.
3. N. Malebranche, Metafizik ve din üzerinde görüşmeler.
4. Eflatun, Devlet

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

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

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
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) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13354
LO.23354
LO.33354
LO.43354
LO.53354

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