COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MAIN ISSUES OF CLASSICAL ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5181 MAIN ISSUES OF CLASSICAL ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY 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 OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give information for students on the topics of epistemology, methodology, the classification of sciences, ethics, politics in Islamic philosophy from the wake of Islamic Philosophy to the 15.th century.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The attendant will know the reasons for the raising of philosophy in Islam
2   The attendant will explicate the classical philosophical sciences
3   The attendant will comprehend basic processes of Islamic philosophy and its problems
4   The attendant will recognize the approaches of schools of Classical Islamic Philosophy towards the problems of Islamic Philosophy.
5   The attendant will know and relate the critiques on the contents and methodologies of philosophical sciences
6   The attendant will improve the reasoning on the effects of philosophical arguments on the history of science and culture in Islam.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The sources of Islamic Philosophy: Ancient Sumerian, Babylon, Egypt, Indian traditions. The essence of knowledge whic h was culminated from Greek Sources
2 Various dimensions of Quran and Sunna which induces Science and Philosophy
3 The evaluation of Philosophical Schools of Islam from epistemological, ontological and practical point of views
4 Systematical topics of philosophy,logic, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Metaphysics, Practical Philosophy ( Ethics and Politics)
5 The problems derives from logic as a method of philosophical sciences and its relation with language; the problem of universality of logic
6 The epistemological problems of historical knowledge from the point of view of Peripatetic School.
7 The arguments and problems about the place of social sciences in the classification of philosophical sciences
8 The problems derives from the relation between philosophy and religion drom the point of view of cosmology and metaphysics.
9 The problems between practical philosophy , ethics and political philosophy
10 Critiques toward Islamic Philosophy: Tahafut of Gazali and Ibn Rushd
11 The critique of classical philosophy in light of different history of philosophy and metaphysics of Ishraki School
12 Ibn Taymiyya and his critique of logic
13 Ibn Haldun and his critique of classical philosophy from the point of viev of social sciences
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

M.M. Şerif Islam Düşünce Tarihi
Osman Bilen Klasik Islam Felsefesinin Sorunları
Muhsin Mehdi, Islam felsefesi Tarihi
Mehmet Bayraktar, Islam Felsefesi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, text and concept analyse, questioning, assignments and appliance

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

The attendants will improve their intellectual abilities on the topics of contemporary Islamic philosophy and its basic problems

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant will be evaluated according to his or her degree of mid-term and final exams, and his or her contribution and argumentation performance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on Wednesday 4.00-5.00 pm

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 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Reading 1 7 7
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.13543
LO.23543
LO.33543
LO.43543
LO.53543
LO.63543

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