The Presocratic, Ancient and Medieval periods of the history of philosophy will be explored through the texts defining these periods.
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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) is informed of the speciality philosophical questioning. |
1,3,4 |
1,2,3 |
A,C |
2) is introduced with philosophical concepts. |
6,7,9 |
1,2,3 |
A,C |
3) starts acquiring the knowledge of how to look at texts of the history of philosophy through concepts. |
1,7,9 |
1,2,3 |
A,C |
4) starts referring to philosophical concepts in relation to theoretical and practical matters. |
3,4,5 |
1,2,3 |
A,C |
Course Flow
Week |
Topics |
Study Materials |
1 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
Basic principles of philosophy |
2 |
Introduction to philosophical questioning |
Basic principles of philosophy |
3 |
Laying the foundation of philosophical thinking through Presocratic Philosophy “The Science of the Ion before Socrates” |
Presocratics |
4 |
Socrates |
Socrates |
5 |
Plato’s Apology |
Plato |
6 |
Reading of Plato’s Cave Allegory from the Republic as the foundation of the method of dialectics. |
Plato |
7 |
Discussion on Plato’s Ion dialogue |
Homer’s Iliad |
8 |
MID-TERM |
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9 |
Laying the foundation of Aristotelian philosophy |
Aristotle |
10 |
Reading of Aristotle’s Poetics
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Poetics |
11 |
Reading of Aristotle’s Nichomechean Ethics |
Aristotle |
12 |
Laying the foundation of Medieval Philosophy starting from Plotinos’s Enneades |
Plotinos |
13 |
Reading of Confessions by Augustinus |
Augustinus |
14 |
Is there a God?, St. Thomas Aquinas: The Five Ways |
Aquinas |
15 |
Discussion concerning Islamic Philosophy |
Islamic Philosophy |
Recommended Sources
Textbook |
Walther Kranz, Antik Felsefe: Metinler ve Açıklamalar, Çev. Suad Y. Baydur, Sosyal Yayınları F. MacDonald Conford, Sokrates’ten Önce ve Sonra, Çev. Ufuk Can Akın, Ayraç Yayınları, Ankara, 2003 Ortaçağda Felsefe, “Plotinos”, Betül Çotuksöken, Saffet Babür |
Additional Resources |
Platon, Devlet, çev. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, M.Ali Cimcoz, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000 Platon, Diyaloglar I, Remzi Kitabevi Aristoteles, Poetika, Çev. İsmail Tunalı, Remzi Kitabevi Platon, Şölen, Çev. Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Azra Erhat, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları |
Material Sharing
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Assessment
IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
Mid-terms |
1 |
30 |
Assignments |
5 |
20 |
Final Paper |
1 |
50 |
Total |
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100 |
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE |
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50 |
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE |
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50 |
Total |
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100 |
COURSE CATEGORY |
Area specific course |
Course’s Contribution to Program
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Program Learning Outcomes |
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Grasps the fundamental concepts and analytical methods necessary to succeed in academic studies in the field of philosophy. |
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Acquires a versatile critical and analytical approach, and problem-solving, interpretative and argumentative skills necessary for a successful career in philosophy. |
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X |
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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. |
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X |
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Reaches the perfection of pursuing professional and personal development by using all means of knowledge with a view to lifelong learning. |
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X |
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Develops a consciousness of professional and social ethics. |
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X |
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Gains the skills of choosing and developing contemporary means required in philosophical applications as well as using computing technologies effectively. |
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X |
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Acquires substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy. |
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X |
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Learns a classical and at least one modern foreign language so as to read the historical texts of philosophy in the original. |
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X |
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9 |
Pinpoints, recognizes, grasps and discusses the problems of philosophy within their context in the history of philosophy. |
X |
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10 |
Develops perfection in reading, understanding and analyzing philosophical texts in different languages. |
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X |
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ECTS
Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours) |
15 |
3 |
45 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
10 |
3 |
30 |
Mid-terms |
1 |
20 |
20 |
Assignments |
5 |
2 |
10 |
Final Paper |
1 |
20 |
20 |
Total Work Load |
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125 |
Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
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5 |
ECTS Credit of the Course |
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5 |