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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Systematic Philosophy II FDB118 Elective Master's degree 1 Spring 8

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa EREN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Recognizes the basic disciplines of philosophy and major philosophers
2) Evaluates philosophical schools of thought from a critical point of view
3) Interpret and compare the basic works of philosophers.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Learning Outcomes
1 High High High High High High High High Low Low
2 High High High High High High High High Low Middle
3 High High High High High High High High Low Low

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

Introduction to Philosophy. Works and views of philosophers before and after Socrates. Scholastic philosophy. Islamic philosophy. Renaissance philosophy. Enlightenment Philosophy. Kant and German Idealism.

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction to Philosophy (Definition of philosophy and its difference from the sciences; basic issues in the history of philosophy, the relationship of philosophy with science, religion and art).
2) Ancient Greek Philosophy before Socrates (School of Miletus, School of Elea, basic views of Pluralist Philosophers).
3) Sophists, Socrates and Socratic Schools
4) Plato and his philosophy.
5) Aristotle and his Philosophy
6) Hellenistic Philosophy.
7) Patristic Philosophy
8) Mid-term Exam
9) Islamic Philosophy
10) Scholastic Philosophy
11) Renaissance Philosophy
12) Seventeenth Century Philosophy (Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz)
13) Eighteenth Century Enlightenment Philosophy (Locke, Berkeley, Hume)
14) Kant and German Idealism
15) General Assessment
16) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Arslan, Ahmet (2008-2010). İlkçağ Felsefe Tarihi I-V, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yay., 2. Baskı, İstanbul.
2- Cevizci, Ahmet (2008). Felsefe, Sentez Yay., 2. Basım, Bursa.
3- Cevizci, Ahmet (2011). Felsefe Tarihi, Say Yay., 3. Basım, İstanbul.
4- Durant, Will (2009). Felsefenin Öyküsü, çev. Ender Gürol, İz Yay., İstanbul.
5- Filozofların kendi eserleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Brain Storming
5) Six Hat Methods
6) Self Study


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required