Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY I İLH403 7. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructors Fahrullah TERKAN
Assistants
Goals to teach theoretical grounds of Islamic Philosophy
Course Content Historical process of Islamic philosophers and main issues in Islamic Philosophy.
Learning Outcomes 1) Learn to define the Islamic Philosophy's definition of "Islamic Philosophy".
2) knows the content of the term "Islamic Philosophy" in a scientific way.
3) Know the sources of philosophical thought in Islam.
4) Learn how to categorize philosophical schools of thought and their representatives.
5) Knows the ontological, cosmological, moral and epistemological theories produced in Islamic philosophical thought.
6) distinguish these theories from each other.
7) Interrogating these theories from different angles

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week The aim, content, method and sources of the class of islamic philosophy Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
2. Week the meaning of the concept of islamic philosophy, local and foreign sources of philosophical thought Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Some concepts of İslamic Philosophy: Philosophy, Philosopher, Philosophers Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week The birth and development of Islamic Philosophy Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Domestic and Foreign Resources of Islamic Philosophy Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week Philosophical Schools: Mashaiyya, Rivakiyya and Ishrakiiya Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week The Relation Between Philosophy and Religion Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week Mid-Term Exam Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week Al-Kindî Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week Al-Farâbî Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week Avicenna Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week Averroes Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Al-Ghazzâli Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
14. Week Philosophy after Al-Ghazzali Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Ahmet Arslan, İslam Felsefesi Üzerine, Ankara: Vadi Yayınları, 1996.
Hasan Hüseyin Bircan, İslam Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul: Ensar Neşriyat, 2008.
M.M. Şerif, İslam Düşüncesi Tarihi, 4 cilt; veya M. M. Şerif, Klasik İslâm Filozofları ve Düşünceleri, İnsan Yayınları, İstanbul 2000 (3. baskı)
Macid Fahri, İslam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev. K. Turhan, İstanbul: İklim Yayınları.
Macid Fahri, İslam Felsefesi, Kelamı ve Tasavvufuna Giriş, terc. Ş. Filiz, İstanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 2008 (4. baskı)
Mehmet Bayraktar, İslam Felsefesine Giriş, TDV Vakfı Yayınları.
Necip Taylan, Anahatlarıyla İslam Felsefesi, İstanbul: Ensar Neşriyat, 2006.
Peter Adamson & Richard Taylor, İslam Felsefesine Giriş, terc. Cüneyt Kaya, İstanbul: Küre Yayınları, 2007. [İngilizce aslı: The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2005]
Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr, Oliver Leaman, İslam Felsefesi Tarihi, Açılım Kitap, İstanbul 2007.
Y. Kumeyr, İslam Felsefesinin Kaynakları, Dergah Yayınları, İstanbul 1992.
Yaşar Aydınlı, Farabi, İSAM Yayınları, İstanbul 2008.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Seminar 1 10
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 8
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
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