Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PROBLEMS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION İLH436 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To make the students have the analysis capacity as to whether the main religious concepts and problems can be justified rationally as distinct from systematic and dogmatic theology and Kalam. To show the learn and use methots of primary and secondary sources.
Course Content Main Problems of Philosophy of Religion
Learning Outcomes 1) Knows classical and modern debates on religion-philosophy relation.
2) Knows arguments for existence of God and its atheistic critics.
3) Knows philosophical ant theological problems of God-universe, god-human relations.
4) Knows religious claims about creation and beginning of the universe; and scientific theories like big bang and evolution.
5) Studies conflict and combine theories about religion-science relation.
6) Analyzes religion as a fact with an objective and critical perspective.
7) Studies philosophical respects of basic religious concepts like revelation, miracle and faith.
8) Comparates truth and salvation claims of various religions.
9) Develops ability to abstract and to think conceptive.
10) Knows different views about the one and the same problem and therefore be able to have a tolerant mentality.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Philosophy, Religion and Philosophy of Religion Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Reason and Faith Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Fideism and Evidentialism Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Foundationality of Religious Belief Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Concepts of God: Theism, Deism, Pantheism, Panentheism Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Ontological Proof Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Cosmological Proof Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Teleological Proof Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Religious Experience Proof Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Atheism and Atheistic Proofs Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Problem of Evil and Theodicies Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week God and His Attributes Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Religion and Science Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Religion and Morality Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Brian Davies, Din Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul: Paradigma Yay., 2011
Cafer Sadık Yaran, Kötülük ve Teodise, Ankara-1996
Caner Taslaman & Enis Doko (ed.), Allah, Felsefe ve Bilim, İstanbul: İstanbul Yay., 2013
Caner Taslaman, Evrim Teorisi, Felsefe ve Tanrı, İstanbul: İstanbul Yay., 2016
M. Aydın, Tanrı-Ahlak İlişkisi, Ankara-1991
M. Peterson vd., Akıl ve İnanç: Din Felsefesine Giriş, İstanbul-2012
M. Peterson vd., Din Felsefesi: Seçme Metinler, İstanbul-2013
Mehmet Aydın, Din Felsefesi, Ankara-1984
Mehmet Sait Reçber, Tanrı'yı Bilmenin İmkan ve Mahiyeti, Ankara: Kitabiyat, 2004.
N. Mehdiyev, Tanrı İnancının Rasyonelliği, İstanbul-2008
Necip Taylan, Düşünce Tarihinde Tanrı Sorunu, İstanbul, Mahya Yay., 2015
Paul Copan & Chad Meister (eds). Din Felsefesi: Klasik ve Güncel Meseleler, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yay, 2017
R. Kılıç (ed.), Din Felsefesi, Ankara-2013

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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
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 14 1
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 1
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 6
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
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