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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FDB 5101	TEXTS OF CLASSICAL RELIGIOUS PHIOLOSOPHY	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 help student in grasping the main views and terms in Philosophy of Religion via introducing the classical texts in Philosophy of Religion and analysing them;
By emphasising some philosophical valuations in the texts, we aimed to help students in grasping the philosophical perspectives and finding solutions for recent and classical problems under the light of philosophy

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Student, at the end of the semester, will get knowledge of who are the major philosophers in classical world and what their main works.
2	They will understand what these philosopher s perspectives and what their strategies in resolving the problems.
3	They will learn how it could be approached by philosophical methods in resolving the current religious and social issues.
4	They will have ideas about what kind of solutions can be found for these religious and social problems with philosophy.
5	They will be able to differ the classical philosophy from the other philosophical movements

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 senses
2	Senses-thoughts relation
3	The nature of soul
4	Soul's capabilities and its adjectives.
5	Soul-body relation.
6	The term of godhood, God-Universe relation.
7	Midterm
8	The term: adjective.
9	The nature of adjectives and their kinds.
10	The term of evidence.
11	Types of evidences and the success of evidence.
12	Explanations related to theism and discussions.
13	The term of revelation and some discussions.
14	Natural religion and natural theology and its contributions on religions.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Plotinus, Enneades (dokuzluklar).
2. Eflatun, Diyaloglar.
3. N. Malebranche, Metafizik ve din üzerinde görüşmeler.
4. Eflatun, Devlet

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	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + 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 reading classical texts and studying on some ideas by looking at the general view of the field.

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/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4
LO.2	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4
LO.3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4
LO.4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4
LO.5	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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