COURSE SYLLABUS

MIND BODY PROBLEM AND LIFE AFTER DEATH

1	Course Title:	MIND BODY PROBLEM AND LIFE AFTER DEATH
2	Course Code:	FDB6161
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	7
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. ZİKRİ YAVUZ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	zikriyavuz@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to discuss the questions of consciousness and the mental phenomena both in terms of their different interpretations in the history of philosophy and the current issues in phenomenology and cognitive science
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Scientific competence in the field

Learning Outcomes:

1	gains knowledge about different conceptions of mind and consciousness in the history of philosophy;
2	grasps contemporary arguments about mind;
3	discusses the relations between the questions of personal identity, the unity of consciousness and other problems of philosophy;
4	elucidates the relevance of the questions of selfhood and otherness;
5	grasps the relation between the questions of intentionality, action, will and freedom;
6	The intellectual progression from Descartes’ interactionism, alternative dualistic solutions were offered: occasionalism, double aspect theory, psychophysical parallelism, and epiphenomenalism.;
7	Monistic materialist solutions based on reductionism or emergence will be considered.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Setting the stage: the ‘mind-body problem’
2	Naturalism
3	Mind, Body, and Questions of Consciousness
4	History of the Soul
5	How Descartes Divided Mental from Physical
6	Of Mind, Materialism, and Zombies
7	NeuroPhilosophy and Consciousness
8	Materialism and Consciousness: P. Churchland
9	Chalmers and Hard Question
10	Searle and Biological Naturalism
11	Theism and Spiritual Thought
12	Spirit Concept and Post-Death Life
13	General Review
14

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	? The Soul: How We Know It's Real and Why It Matters, J. P. Moreland, Moody Publishers, 2014, s. 74-155 ? Zihin ve Evren, Thomas Nagel, çev. Özge Çağlar Aksoy, Jaguar Kitap ? Bilinç Üzerine Konuşmalar, Susan Blackmore, Küre Yayınları, s. 183-195 ? Madde ve Bilinç Zihin Felsefesine Güncel Bir Bakış, Yazar: Paul M. Churchland Çevirmen: Berkay Ersöz, Alfa Yayınları. ? Nörofelsefe ve Bilinç, bilinç-kimlik etkileşiminin nörofelsefe açısından tanımlanması, Burçak Özkan, Ginko bilim, 2019 ? Richard Swinburne, Are We Bodies or Soul, Oxford Un. Press, 2019. •”Kartezyen Düalizm: İlahiyat, Metafizik ve Bilim”, John Cottingham, 273, COGITO, ÖYLEYSE DESCARTES SAYI: 10 YIL: 1997; Zihin Üzerine Teoriler, Stephen Priest, Litera yay. s. 34-60 ? Bilinç Öznelliğin Bilimi, Antti Revuso, Küre Yayınları, s. 54-85 ? Bilinç Kullanım Kılavuzu, Adam Zeman çev. Gürol Koca, Metis Yayınları s.33-62
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Exam.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High