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Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY II İLH404 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Fahrullah TERKAN
Assistants
Goals This course which is a continuation of the philosophy of Antiquity, aims at: introduicing to students, most of the time by referencing to the text, the philosophers and philosophical movements that occur during the period ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary philosophy;defining proximity or oppositions between the idea and currents; detecting the extent and implications of the issues discussed in terms of theology and debating if this thoughts could be whether or not answer to solve today's problems.
Course Content Antiquity, Medieval Philosophy and Modern Philosophy (A perspective); Renaissance Philosophy I; Philosophy of the Renaissance and the Reformation; 17th Century Philosophy and Descartes; Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy; Spinoza; Leibniz; Empiricism; Hume and Berkeley; Enlightenment and Kant (Knowledge Conception); Kant's Moral Values; After Kant's Philosophy: Hegel and the Romantics; XX. Century and Contemporary Philosophy.
Learning Outcomes 1) After this course, the studient will be able to: Explain the basic problems and the major thinkers of New Age philosophy.
2) Know being, knowledge and moral conceptions of Early modern philosophers.
3) Master the relationship between philosophy and culture.
4) Explain philosophy and religion answers to today's issues.
5) Perceive the theoretical background of the reality of the social world where he/she lives, thanks to the knowledges that he/she acquired.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Kindi and philosophical texts Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Homework
2. Week Kindi and metaphysical texts Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Homework
3. Week Farabi: metaphysics Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Homework
4. Week Farabi: religion and politics Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Homework
5. Week Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy; Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Homework
6. Week Ibn Sina: Metaphysics Lecture; Question Answer
Six Hats Thinking
Homework
7. Week Ibn Sina: cosmology Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Homework
8. Week Ibn Sina: religion and philosophy Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Homework
9. Week Ghazali: theology Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Homework
10. Week Midterm Exam Lecture; Question Answer
Debate
Homework
11. Week Ghazali: religion and phllosophy relationship Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Homework
12. Week Ibn Rushd: Metaphysics Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Homework
13. Week Suhraverdi: Mystic philosophy and Ishraqiyya Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Homework
14. Week End of term evaluation Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Six Hats Thinking
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A. Weber, Felsefe Tarihi, Sosyal Yayınları, 2000.
Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefe Tarihi, Say Yay, 2009.
Descartes, Metot Üzerine Konuşmalar, Metafizik Düşünceler, Ahlak mektupları
G. Skirbekk-N. Gilje, Felsefe Tarihi, çev: Emrullah Akbaş-Şule Mutlu, Üniversite Kitabevi Yayınlar, İstanbul, 2004.
Kant, Saf Aklın Eleştirisi, Pratik Aklın Eleştirisi
Leibniz, Monadoloji, Teodise
Locke, İnsan Anlığı Üzerine Bir Deneme; Hume, İnsan Zihni Üzerine Bir Araştırma
M. Gökberk, Felsefe Tarihi, Remzi Kitabevi Yay, İstanbul, 2000.
Spinoza,Etika
W. Wishdel, Felsefenin Arka Merdiveni, îz Yay, 1993.

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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 5
Midterm Exam 1 4
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 15
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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