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Ders Kodu: 
PHIL 105
Ders Tipi: 
Alan Seçmeli
Teori Saati: 
3
Uygulama Saati: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Kredi: 
3
AKTS: 
8
Dersin Dili: 
İngilizce
Dersin Amacı: 
The general purpose of this course is to introduce some of the main philosophical texts and concepts of Presocratic philosophy. The major aim of the course is to introduce the Presocratic thinkers and their philosophical intentions as forms of self- and of world-cognition. In other words: the Pre-Socratic philosophers are presenting as early examples the first ‘occidental’ enlightenment which took place on the Aegean shore and its Anatolian hinterland, moving afterwards to Western Europe.
Dersin İçeriği: 

The focus of this course concentrates on the so called Pre-Socratic philosophy which includes the historical time period from the 7th to 4th centuries before Christ. During these ages fascinating philosophers such as Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Leucippus and Democritus were living. Their natural astonishment is related to the manifold facets of the planet. Mostly, we don’t know certain matters about their biographies but these first thinkers presented the development of the early Greek philosophy, which has provided cosmological and rational models of explaining human nature. In the content of Pre-Socratic philosophies new social-political and technological changes of the Greek polis happened and further efficient structures and values of the state – particularly Solon’s seisachtheia as a reform project regarding the relief of burdens – were introduced. Some of the radical transformations from the age of despotic barbarity to the first steps of civilization in human thought and practice took place between the poles of formulating concepts of a natural philosophy and metaphysical approaches as the basic directions which reappeared as such during later philosophical epochs.

Dersin Öğretim Yöntemleri: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Dersin Ölçme Yöntemleri: 
A: Exam , B: Experience C: Homework

Dikey Sekmeler

Dersin Öğrenme Çıktıları

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. discusses thoroughly and questions deeply.

2

1,2,3

A,C

4.  acquires knowledge about pre-Socratic thinkers.

9,7

1,2,3

A,C

5.  investigates pre-Socratic and contemporary texts back and forth. 

1,9

1,2,3

A,C

 
 

Dersin Akışı

WEEKS

TOPICS

Study Materials

1

Historical-philosophical introduction

 

2

Thales and Anaximander

 

3

Anaximenes, Pythagoras and Xenophanes

 

4

Heraclitus

 

5

Heraclitus

 

6

Parmenides

 

7

MIDTERM

 

8

Zeno of Elea

 

9

Empedocles

 

10

Empedocles

 

11

Empedocles

 

12

Anaxagoras

 

13

Leucippus and Democritus

 

14

active and medium-passive Imperfect

 

15

FINAL EXAMINATION

 
 
 

Kaynaklar

Textbook

 

Additional Resources

Barnes, Jonathan: Early Greek Philosophy, London: Penguin Books 2002.

Kranz, Walther: Vorsokratische Denker [1939]. Auswahl aus dem Überlieferten. Griechisch und Deutsch, Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung 31959.

Mansfeld, Jaap/Primavesi, Oliver: Die Vorsokratiker: Griechisch / Deutsch, Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam Junior  2012.

Diogenes Laertius: Leben und Meinungen berühmter Philosophen. Aus dem Griechischen übersetzt von Otto Apelt. Unter Mitarbeit von Hans Günter Zekl, neu herausgegeben sowie mit Vorwort, Einleitung und neuen Anmerkungen zu Text und Übersetzung versehen von Klaus Reich, Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag 1967.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg: Antike Atomtheorie [1935]. In: Ders.: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 5, Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) 1985, S. 263-279.

- Das Lehrgedicht des Parmenides [1936]. In: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 6, S. 30-57.

- Platon und die Vorsokratiker [1964] In: Gesammelte Werke. Bd. 6, S. 58-70.

- Über das Göttliche im frühen Denken der Griechen [1970]. In: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 6, S. 154-170.

- Parmenides oder das Diesseits des Seins [1988]. In: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 7, S. 3-31.

- Hegel und Heraklit [1990] In: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 7, S. 32-42.

- Heraklit-Studien [1990]. In: Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 7, S. 43-82.

Furley, David: The Greek Cosmologists: Volume 1. The Formation of the Atomic Theory and its Earliest Critics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2006.

Jaspers, Karl: Die großen Philosophen [1957], Zürich, München: Piper Verlag 1988, S. 625-655.

McKirahan, Richard D.: Philosophy before Socrates. An Introduction with Texts and Commentary, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company 2010.

Palmer, John: Parmenides and Presocratic Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009.

Popper, Karl R.: The World of Parmenides. Essays on the Pre-Socratic Enlightenment, London: Routledge 2011.

Rostovtzeff, Michael: A History of the Ancient World (Volume 1). The Orient and Greece [1924]. Translated from the Russian by J. D. Duff, Oxford: Clarenden Press 1926.

Sohn-Rethel, Alfred: Körperliche und geistige Arbeit. Zur Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Synthesis [1970], Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp Verlag 1972.

Thomson, George: Studies in Ancient Greek Society. The First Philosophers, London: Lawrence & Wishart 1955.

Waterfield, Robin A.: The First Philosophers. The Presocratics and the Sophists, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000.

 
 

Materyal Paylaşımı

Documents

 

Assignments

 

Exams

 
 
 

Değerlendirme Sistemi

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

20

Assignments

2

20

Presentations

1

20

Final Examination

1

40

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

40

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

60

Total

 

100

 

 

 

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Area Specific Course

 
 

Dersin Program Çıktılarına Katkısı

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

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)

10

5

50

Mid-terms

1

20

20

Assignments

2

10

20

Presentations

1

20

20

Final Examination

1

30

30

Total Work Load

 

 

200

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

8

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

8