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Course Name : New Age Philosophy

Course Code : IL 311

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 2

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. HAKAN COŞAR
Assoc.Prof.Dr. SÜLEYMAN DÖNMEZ
Asst.Prof.Dr. HASAN AKKANAT

Learning Outcomes of the Course : knows discussions on being, knowledge, and value the history of philosophy
Learn to think about and to discuss on the contemporary problems.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : IL 211 History of Ancient Philosophy

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To understand the place and significance of new age philosophy, and to make sense by connecting some solutions the new age philosophers offer to the main problems of philosophy with today problems.

Course Contents : A short history of Ancient Greek philosophy and Islamic philosophy, and introduction to Latin medieval philosophy: Siger De Barabant, St Thoma, William of Ockham and Naturalist and astrologs. German and French rationalists: Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Spinoza and British empiricists: Locke, Berceley and Hume. German philosophy: Kant and Hegel. Materialist age: Marx, Haeckel, LaMettri. Psitivistler and Frankfurt School: Comte, Ayer and Wittgenstein. İntuitionists. Last period fhilosophers: Searl, Plantinga, Swinburne and Habermas.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 A short Ancient Greek history of Philosophy: Parmenides-Herakleitos, Plato-Aristotle Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.9-137) face to face (lecturing)
2 A short history of Medieval Islamic philosophy: Avicenna-Ghazali-Averroes İslam Felsefesine Giriş face to face (lecturing)
3 Patristic and Scholastic Philosophy: Augustinus, St. Aquinas and William of Ockham Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.139-178) face to face (lecturing)
4 Renaissance and philosophy of nature: Cusanus, Copernicus, Bruno, Kepler, Galileo and Bacon Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.181-246) face to face (lecturing)
5 Descartes and Hobbes Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.249-291) face to face (lecturing)
6 Spinoza, Leibniz and Wolff Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.292-322) face to face (lecturing)
7 mid-term exam Reviewing of the previous topics written exam
8 Locke and Berkeley Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.330-343) face to face (lecturing)
9 Hume and Condillac Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.344-378) face to face (lecturing)
10 Kant, Fichte and Schelling Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.391-434) face to face (lecturing)
11 Hegel and Nietzsche Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.434-458) face to face (lecturing)
12 Positivism: Comte, Ayer and Wittgenstein Felsefe Tarihi (M.G.) (s.464-486) face to face (lecturing)
13 Existentialism: Sartr, Kierkegard, Marcell and Heidegger Felsefe Tarihi (G.S./N.G.) (s.557-570) face to face (lecturing)
14 Hermeneotic and analysis of language: Schopenaouer, Gadamer; Deconstruction: Derrida Felsefe Tarihi (G.S/N.G.) (s.377-390; 587-590) face to face (lecturing)
15 Last period: Searl, Habermas, Plantinga and Swinburne Felsefe Tarihi (G.S./N.G.) (s.537-595) face to face (lecturing)
16/17 final exam Reviewing of the previous topics written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Macit Gökberg: Felsefe Tarihi
 Günnar Skirbekk ve Nils Gilje: History of Philosophy
Required Course Material(s)  Afred Weber: History of Philosophy
 Paul Janet ve Gabriel Séailles: Metalib ve Mezahib
 Wilhelm Weischedel: Felsefenin Arka Merdiveni.
 Süleyman Dönmez: Aklın Birlikten Çokluğa Yolculuğu


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Describes the main concepts, sources, principles, values, and philosophy of the Religion of Islam. 0
2 Explains the effects of the phenomenon of religion on the forming of structure, changing, and progression of the society and human being. 2
3 Explains the processes of the forming and developing of Islamic history and civilization. 0
4 Describes socio-cultural, religious, political, and economic structures of the Islamic societies. 0
5 Reads, explains, and interprets the main religious texts. 0
6 Reaches the true religious knowledge by using scientific methods and techniques, and evaluates and uses that knowledge. 3
7 Determines the main religious problems and produces some solutions according to modern needs. 3
8 Acquires knowledge and skills in the fields of Islamic history, culture, art, and literature. 0
9 Conveys the accumulations acquired to the religious field. 5
10 Classifies and examines the accumulation of knowledge and historical experience acquired in the history of Islamic sciences. 0
11 Expresses truly Islam in terms of belief, worship, moral and acts and procedures. 0
12 Realizes that religion, science, art, philosophy, and moral are mutually complementary elements and that they must be considered as a whole. 4
13 Respects the beliefs and the values attributed holiness, and supports the culture of coexisting. 3
14 Supports attitudes and acts fitted to the unifying, integrating and reconciling role of religious values in society. 3
15 Works in the fields of practical religious services, religious education and teaching. 0
16 Improves professional development, as well as interest in accordance with the capabilities of scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields constantly itself by identifying learning needs. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 1 14
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 1 1
    Final Exam 1 4 4
Total Workload: 49
Total Workload / 25 (h): 1.96
ECTS Credit: 2