COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EPISTEMOLOGICAL VALUE OF MYSTICISM AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE-II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5120 EPISTEMOLOGICAL VALUE OF MYSTICISM AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE-II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HANIFI ÖZCAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To introduce some analyses and critics after giving information about religious experience; to provide general look about how it could be emerged an idea of such religion that away from myths and fake beliefs

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student, at the end of the semester, will get knowledge about; the nature of religious and mystical experiences; its structural and functional aspects.
2   They will get knowledge about philological analyses of religious and mystical experience
3   They will get knowledge about the problem of subjectivity and objectivity.
4   They will get knowledge about ontological aspects of religious and mystical experience and its role in morality.
5   Logical status, and its belief's values

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The nature of religious and mystical experience.
2 Intuitions and religious experience.
3 The structural and functional aspects of religious experience.
4 Pragmatic sides of religious and mystical experiences.
5 Logical status of religious and mystical experience.
6 Belief value of religious and mystical experience.
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 Imitation, science and pleasure.
9 Experience and interpretation; analyses of some religious and mystical experience spoken.
10 The subjectivity and objectivity problem of religious and mystical experience.
11 The contribution of religious and mystical experience to the morality.
12 Pragmatic results of religious and mystical experience.
13 Ontological aspects of religious and mystical experience.
14 Evidential value of religious and mystical experience.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. W. Stace, Mistisizm ve Felsefe
2. Cavit Sunar, Mistisizm in anahatları.
3. W. James, The Varieties of Religious experiences.
4. A. Latif Tüzer, Dini tecrübe ve Mistisizm

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question - answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

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

Students will improve their analyzing and understanding abilities by getting knowledge about religious and mystical experiences;
And about how it could be emerged an idea of such religion that is away from myths and fake beliefs.

Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hanifi.ozcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00 - 14:00

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 presentations 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 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.14333454
LO.24333454
LO.34333454
LO.44333454
LO.54333454

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS