Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY FEL147 3 + 0 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors SEYİT COŞKUN
Assistants
Goals Introduction to the philosophical systems in the ancient times, pointing to several philosophival problems and make students get the habit of critical thinking which is the essence of philosophy.
Course Content Introduction and analysis of philosophical systems founded by Aristotle and Plato in the ancient times on the concepts of Being-Knowledge-Value
Learning Outcomes 1) Analysis of the rise and development of the problems in terms of philosophy and the history of philosophy
2) Compare and contrast of the Concepts like Philosophy-Science-Religion-Art-Ideology
3) Introducing the sub-categories of the philosophy.
4) The Suggested "Ism"s About The Sources of Being, Knowledge and Value are evaluated in a historical frame.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Etymology, definition and the origin of Philosophy Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The difference between philosophy and the other types of knowledge Lecture; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Periods of philosophy and Seven Sages of Greece Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week The Ionian School: Thales,Anaximander, Anaximenes Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
The Eleatic School: Xenophanes and Parmendies Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week The Ionian School: Heraclitus and Paradoxical Thought Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Pythagoras, the Pythagorean School and Xenophanes Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week The Eleatic School: Xenophanes and Parmendies Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The Pluralists: Empedocles, Anaxagoras Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week The Atomists: Leucippus and Democritus Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week The Sophists and Socratic Philosophy Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Cynicism and Cyrenaic school of philosophy Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Plato and Aristotle Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Stoicism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Epicurus and Epicurean Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
15. Week the Eclectics Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
16. Week Neoplatonism Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ahmet Arslan, İlkçağ Felsefe Tarihi (Başlangıçlarından Atomculara kadar)
Alfred Weber, Felsefe Tarihi (çev. Vehbi Eralp)
Ernst von Aster, Bilgi Teorisi ve Mantık (çev. Macit Gökberk)
Ernst von Aster, İlkçağ ve Ortaçağ Felsefesi Tarihi (çev. Vural Okur) Ernst von Aster, İlkçağ ve Ortaçağ Felsefesi Tarihi (çev. Vural Okur)
Guthrie, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi (çev. A. Cevizci)
H. J. Storig, Hint, Çin, Yunan İlkçağ Felsefesi (çev. Ö. C. Güngören) H. J. Storig, Hint, Çin, Yunan İlkçağ Felsefesi (çev. Ö. C. Güngören)
Heinz Heimsoeth, Felsefenin Temel Disiplinleri (çev. T. Mengüşoğlu)
Kâmıran Birand, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi Kâmıran Birand, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi
Kaynak Aksiyon Macit Gökberk, Felsefe Tarihi
Walther Kranz, Antik Felsefe (çev. Suad Baydur)

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Final Exam 14 5
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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