COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILT 4015 ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Theology

Course Objective

To have the students know about the birth, development, stages and systematic issues of Islamic Philosophy; provide to learn and acquire knowledge of the original philosophers and philosophies of Islamic Philosophy. To provide the student with theoretical and practical knowledge on understanding and interpreting the relationship between the systematic issues of Islamic philosophy and Islamic sciences.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, student will learn concept, essence, rising, devoloping, philosophers of Islamic Philosophy and also will understand the worth of critiques of Gazzali agains Islamic Philosophers
2   Student will learn factors and effects in the beginnig of Islamic Philosophy and also learn the relation between philosophy and religion in Islamic Thought
3   Student will gain ability to analyze the difference between Islamic philosophers
4   It will be a conclusion for students to understand general framework of Islamic thought and philosophy
5   Student will learn the outlook and method difference between philosophy and other Islamic sciences.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Essence and topics of Islamic philosophy
2 Rising of Islamic philosophy different reasons and their explanations. Ancien philosophy schools, translation movement, interrelations between cultures
3 Philosophy education in Islamic world and development periods
4 The relation between philosophy and islamic sciences
5 Schools of Islamic philosophy
6 Systematic topic in Islamic philosophy. Epistemology, Ontology, Virtue Philosophy, Ethics, Natural Philosophy
7 Original philosophers of Islamic Philosophy I: Al-Kindi and Al-Farabi
8 Midterm Exam
9 Original philosophers of Islamic Philosophy II: Ibn Miskawayh and Avicenna
10 Al Ghazali and his critique of philosophy
11 Philosophy in Andalusia
12 Philosophy after Al-Ghazali I
13 Philosophy after Al-Ghazali II
14 Transfer of Islamic Philosophy to Western World
15 Philosophy in Ottoman Empire
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Eski Yunandan Çağdaş Düşünceye Doğru Islam Felsefesi: Kaynakları ve Etkileri, Ülken Yayınları, Istanbul 2007.
2. Mehmet Bayraktar, Islam Felsefesine Giriş, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara 1997.
3. Macit Fahri, Islam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Kasım Turhan, Iklim Yayınları, Istanbul 1992.
4. M.M. Şerif (ed.), Islam Düşüncesi Tarihi, (Islam Felsefesi ve Filozofları Bölümü), insan Yayınları, c.I-IV, Istanbul 1990.
5. Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr-Oliver Leaman (ed.), Islam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Şamil Öçal, Hasan Tuncay Başoğlu, Açılımkitap Yayınları, c.I-III, Istanbul 2007.
6. Peter Adamson ve Richard C. Taylor (ed.), Islam Felsefesine Giriş, çev., M. Cüneyt Kaya, Küre Yayınları, Istanbul 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aydin.mehmet@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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