COURSE UNIT TITLE

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 mysticism adopted by Islamic philosophers in the context of the theory of water and existence, in relation to Platonic, Aristotelian and Plotinan philosophies
To reveal the relationship between rational mysticism and Sufis' understanding of mysticism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Phılıp Merlan, Monopsychısm Mystıcısm Metaconscıousness, Problems Of The Soul In The Neoarıstotelıan And Neoplatonıc Tradıtıon, Martınus Nıjhoff/ The Hague / 1969.
2. G. William Barnard-Jeffrey J. Kripal (eds.,), Crossing Boundaries: Essays on the Ethical Status of Mysticism, Seven Bridges Press, New York 2002.
3. Ulrich Arnswald (ed.,), In Search of Meaning: Ludwig Wittgenstein on Ethics, Mysticism and Religion, Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe 2009.
4. Amy Hollywood- Patricia Z. Beckman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism, cambridge university press, Cambridge, New York 2012.
5. Alexander Knysh, Islamic Mysticism A Short History, Brill Leiden-Boston 2000.
6. Steven T. Katz (ed.), Mystıcısm And Language, Oxford Unıversıty Press, New York Oxford 1992.
7. Robert K. C. Forman (ed.), The Innate Capacıty: Mysticism, Psychology, and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New York Oxford 1998.
8. Ben Morgan, On Becoming God Late Medieval Mysticism and the Modern Western Self, Fordham Unıversıty Press New York 2013.
9. Richard H. Jones, Phılosophy Of Mystıcısm Raids on the Ineffable, State University of New York Press, Albany 2016.
10. Ibn Sina, Aşkın Mahiyeti Hakkında, Cev., Ahmet Ateş, Büyüyenay yayınları, Istanbul 2017.
11. Ibn Tufeyl ve Ibn sina, Hayy Ibn Yakzan, Insan Yayınları, Istanbul 2014.
12. ibn Sina, Işaretler ve Tenbihler, Muhittin Macit, Ali Durusoy, Ekrem Demirli, Litera yayıncılık Istanbul 2005.
13. Ibn Bacce, Tedbiru l-Mütevahhid: Erdemsiz Şehirde Bireyin Felsefî Yetkinliği, çev., Ilyas Özdemir, Endülüs yayınları, Istanbul 2020.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, analyse

Assessment Methods

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes