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Objective of the Course:
It is aimed that students study the texts of philosophers who lived in Middle Ages and that they learn about the intellectual paradigm and historical conditions that medieval philosophers lived in, the problems they handled, the questions they asked and the answers they gave to these questions.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
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Learning Outcomes:
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It is aimed that students gain the knowledge about the problems handled in Medieval philosophy, which spans to a very wide time and geography, by studying the texts written by medieval philosophers. ;
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Providing the students with a complete perspective regarding history of philosophy by showing them how Plato and Aristotle affected Medieval philosophy and how Medieval philosophy affected Renaissance and Modern Philosophy , enriching the conceptual and intellectual framework of students. ;
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Creating a profound understanding regarding philosophical concepts by studying how concepts like religion-philosophy, faith- reason, universal-particular were handled in a certain period of history. ;
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Developing the abilities of determining the problems, arguments and inferences, text analysis, interpretation, evaluation and criticism by means of philosophical texts. ;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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What is Medieval Philosophy? What are its general features? Who are the prominent philosophers of the era?
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Aristotelianism and Platonism in Medieval Philosophy
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The effect sof Aristotle and Plato to Christian, Islamic and Jewish Philosophies
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Patristic Era and St. Augustinus’s general features are studied
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The Problem of Evil – Reading of the relevant part from Augustinus’ book named “Confessions”.
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The concept of Time – Reading of the relevant part from Augustinus’ book named “Confessions”.
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Divine Foresight Problem - Reading of the relevant part from Boethius’ book named “Consolation of Philosophy”
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The Problem of Universals – - Reading of the relevant part from Boethius’ book named “Consolation of Philosophy” and from Avalardus
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Thoughts on the relation between faith and reason – Christian philosophy
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Thoughts on the relation between faith and reason – Islamic and Jewish Philosophies
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The Problem of Knowledge – Augustinus, Boethius, St. Thomas
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The Problem of Nominalism –William of Ockham
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The Problem of Will – Augustinus, St. Thomas, John Duns Scotus
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General evaluation of Christian, Islamic and Jewish Philosophies
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
Yeniçağ Biliminin Doğuşu, Alexandre KOYRE Ortaçağ’da Felsefe, Etienne GİLSON Batı Felsefesi Tarihi - Ortaçağ Düşüncesi, W.T. JONES Ortaçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, Ahmet CEVİZCİ Ortaçağ’da Felsefe – Betül ÇOTUKSÖKEN, Saffet BABÜR Ortaçağ Felsefesinin Ruhu – Etienne Gilson
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
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2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
2
28
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
14
14
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
20
20
Total WorkLoad
90
Total workload/ 30 hr
3
ECTS Credit of the Course
3
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
