COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYTICAL RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CRITIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5135 ANALYTICAL RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CRITIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

Students obtain the ability of analytical thinking or analysis and learn the language analysis of the analytical philosophy of religion.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The Student learns formal ways of true and consistent thinking.
2   The student will have information about the problems of Analytic Philosophy of Religion and Language.
3   The students comprehend the discussions on the source of human knowledge and value of it.
4   Students develop their knowledge of the history of philosophy.
5   Students develop their critical thinking skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Emergence and Historical Development of Analytic Philosophy
2 Logical Atomism in Moore and Russell
3 Russell's Philosophy of Religion I
4 Russell's Philosophy of Religion II
5 Critics of Russell's Philosophy of Religion
6 Language Boundaries and Wittgenstein's Picture Theory.
7 After Tractatus and Language Games.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Wittgenstein's Language Philosophy
10 Philosophers of Vienna Circle and Metaphysics.
11 Alvin Platinga and Analytical Philosophy Of Religion
12 The Concept of Warrant and God in Platinga's Epistemology
13 Richard Swinburne and His Analytical Philosphy
14 Opinions of Richard Swinburne's Epistemic probability, Assent/tasdik Theory, Problem of Evil, Religious Language and consistency of theism

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Aydın Işık, Mutlu Bir Karamsardan Din Üzerine: RUSSELL, Lotus Yayınları, Ankara, 2008.
2. Ihsan Turgut, Mantıksal Atomculuk: Russell,Wittgenstein, Karınca Matbaacılık, Izmir, 1989.
3. Russell, Felsefe Sorunları, Çev. Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Kabalcı Yayınları, Istanbul, 1994.
4. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, Çev. Oruç Aruoba, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
5. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Kesinlik Üstüne-Kültür ve Değer, Doğan Şahiner, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2009.
6. Ray Monk, Wittgenstein, Çev. Berna Kılınçer-Tülin Er, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2005.
7. Bedia Akarsu, Çağdaş Felsefe, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Istanbul, 1979.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, questions-answers, examples of homework on the review and implementation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.10 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant will be determined according to the examinations and lecture performances.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aydin.isik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

15.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.143454
LO.243454
LO.343454
LO.443454
LO.543454

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