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Course Code: 
PHIL 122
Semester: 
Spring
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
10
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
The aim of this course is to discuss Aristotelian philosophy thoroughly using the original texts of philosophers as source material, and demonstrate the similarities and differences among post-Aristotelian philosophers in order to grasp the structure of their ontological, metaphysical and ethical theories through textual studies and interpretations.
Course Content: 

Texts such as Metaphysics, On Sophistical Refutations, Physics, Nicomachean Ethics, On the Soul, Posterior Analytics, Topics and Poetics will be mainly discussed. This course is intended to be a general introduction to the major theories, concepts and issues encountered in the Aristotelian philosophy. The differences between the way of working of Aristotelian and Platonic philosophy will be discussed. The course will critically examine compare, contrast and asses philosophical arguments within the context of the various works by Aristotle and contemporary thinkers such as Karl R. Popper, Paul Feyerabend and Martin Heidegger.

An analysis of post-Aristotelian philosophy with special emphasis on the philosophy of the Epicureans, the Stoics and the Sceptics shall be provided. Special concentration on the "Outlines of Pyrrhonism" by Sextus Empiricus, one of the most important texts of the ancient era.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Exam , B: Experience C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course a student:

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1.  recognizes and discusses basic problems of the history of philosophy.

9,7

1,2,3

A,C

2. becomes apt at reading and analyzing philosophical texts.

1,2

1,2,3

A,C

3. acquires knowledge about basic Aristotelian concepts such as kinesis, apeiron, chronos, topos, symbebekos. 

9,7

1,2,3

A,C

4. recognizes types of “knowing” and “be-ing” which are said in various ways.

9

1,2,3

A,C

5.  grasps in detail the relation between perception and knowing.

9

1,2,3

A,C

6. investigates Aristotelian and contemporary texts back and forth. 

1,2,9

1,2,3

A,C

7. analyzes the arguments in the philosophical texts of the Hellenistic and Roman ages.

1,2,7,9

1,2,3

A,C
 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

 “Metaphysics” Ta Meta ta Physika  Book I

Presocratics: arkhe, Platon: eidos.

  

2

Metaphysics Book VI

Types of Episteme (Knowledge)

That which is: (to on), cause (aitia)

Types of be-ing: dynamis, energeia, entelekheia

Ousia de treis: hyle, eidos, synholon.

  

3

“On the Heavens” Peri Ouranou, Book III, Chapter 2.

  

4

“Physics” Physika, Books 1-4.

Basic concepts of Aristotelian physics:  kinesis, apeiron, khronos, topos, kenon. 

  

5

 “Categories” Kategoriai, “De Interpretatione” Peri Hermeneias, “On Sophistical Refutations” Peri Sophistikon Elenkhon.

Ousia and the other categories; assertions, types of reasonings.

  

6

 Posterior Analytics.

Epagoge, Syllogismos; arkhe. Episteme apodeiktike.

 

 

7

MIDTERM

  

8

Nicomachean Ethics: Eudaimonia, bios theoretikos, pathos, dynamis, heksis, arête; mesotes, hyperbole, elleipsis, aretai dianoetikai

  

9

Peri Psykhes: Dynameis tes Psykhes, Noesis

  

10

 Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle: Martin Heidegger: Essence and Actuality of Power pg.:11-18.

  

11

Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle: Paul Feyerabend: Science in a Free Society, I,6, pg. 74-89.

  

12

Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle: Karl R. Popper: Die Welt des Parmenides, pg.23-30.

  

13

Epicurus: Fragments

Seneca: Letters to Lucilius

Epictetus: Discourses

  

14

Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Pyrrhonism

  

15

FINAL EXAM

  
 
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

  

Additional Resources

Aristoteles, Eudemos’a Etik, trans. by Saffet Babur 1st edition. (Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayinlari, 1999).

Aristoteles, De Anima, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956), Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis.

Aristotle, Aristotle’s On the Soul, trans. by Joe Sachs (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Green Lion Press, 2004).

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, tans. By Joe Sachs (Focus Philosophical Library, 2002).

Aristoteles. Nikomakhos’a Ethik, Çev. S. Babür, Ankara: Bilgesu Yayınları.

Aristoteles. Gökyüzü Üzerine, Çev. S. Babür, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları.

Aristoteles. Fizik. Çev. S. Babür, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.

Aristoteles. Kategoriler. Çev. S. Babür, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları.

Aristoteles. Yorum Üzerine. Çev. S. Babür, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları.

Aristoteles. İkinci Çözümlemeler. Çev. A. Houshiary, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.

Aristoteles. Poietika. Çev. N. Kalaycı, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.

Heidegger, Martin, Gesamtausgabe 2. Abt. Bd. 33: Aristoteles: Metaphysik IX, 1-3: Vom Wesen und Wirklichkeit der Kraft (Sommersemester 1931).

Heidegger, Martin, Aristoteles Metafizik Ø 1-3 Gücün Neliği ve Gerçekliği, Bilgesu Yay.

Popper, Karl, R. Die Welt des Parmenides: Der Ursprung des europäischen Denkens (Piper Verlag).

Feyerabend, Paul, Erkenntnis für freie Menschen (Edition Suhrkamp)

 

Epictetus, The Discourses in Gill, C. (ed.) The Discourses of Epictetus, tr. revised by R. Hard, London: Everyman, 2001, pp. 5-286.

 

Epictetus, The Handbook of Epictetus in Gill, C. (ed.) The Discourses of Epictetus, tr. revised by R. Hard, London: Everyman, 2001, pp. 287-316.

 

Epicurus, Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments in O’Connor, E., The Essential Epicurus, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1993, pp. 19-101.

 

Musonius Rufus, Lectures and Sayings, tr. with an introduction by Cynthia King, ed. with a preface by W. B. Irvine, Raleiggh: Lulu/CreateSpace, 2011.

 

Seneca, On Providence in The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca. Essays and Letters of Seneca, tr. with an introduction by Moses Hadas, New York, London: W. W: Norton and Company, 1968, pp. 27-44.

 

Seneca, On the Tranquilllity of Mind in The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca. Essays and Letters of Seneca, tr. with an introduction by Moses Hadas, New York, London: W. W: Norton and Company, 1968, pp. 27-44.

 

Seneca, Epistles (1-65; 66-92; 93-124; 3 Vol.) with an English translation by R. M. Gummere (1917), Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006.
 

Material Sharing

Documents

 

Assignments

 

Exams

  
 
 

Assessment

ASSESSMENT

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

25

Assignments

2

20

Presentations

1

20

Final Examination

1

35

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

35

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

65

Total

 

100
 

COURSE CATEGORY

Core Area Course
 

Course’s Contribution to Program

Programme OUTCOMES

 

Contribution*

 

1

2

3

4

5

1. Grasps the fundamental concepts and analytical methods necessary to succeed in academic studies in the field of philosophy.

 

 

 

 

X

 

2. Acquires a versatile critical and analytical approach, and problem-solving, interpretative and argumentative skills necessary for a successful career in philosophy.

 

 

 

X

 

3. . Communicates effectively, is specifically successful in written and oral presentation, has proper capacities for teamwork and interdisciplinary studies, takes the initiative, has developed a sense of responsibility, contributes original ideas to the field of philosophy, and is loyal to ethical principles.

 

 

X

 

 

 

4. . Reaches the perfection of pursuing professional and personal development by using all means of knowledge with a view to lifelong learning.

 

 

 

 

X

 

5. Develops a consciousness of professional and social ethics.

 

 

X

 

 

6. Gains the skills of choosing and developing contemporary means required in philosophical applications as well as using computing technologies effectively.

 

 

 

X

 

7. Acquires substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy.

 

 

 

X

 

8. Learns a classical and at least one modern foreign language so as to read the historical texts of philosophy in the original.

X

 

 

 

 

9. Pinpoints, recognizes, grasps and discusses the problems of philosophy within their context in the history of philosophy.

 

 

 

 

X

10. Develops perfection in reading, understanding and analyzing philosophical texts in different languages.

 

 

 

 X

 

 

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)

15

4

60

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

15

6

90

Mid-terms

1

20

20

Assignments

2

10

20

Presentation

1

20

20

Final examination

1

40

40

Total Work Load

 

 

250

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

10

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

10
 

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