COURSE SYLLABUS

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

1	Course Title:	ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
2	Course Code:	ARK4058
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA ŞAHİN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Arkeoloji Bölümü Görükle- Bursa 16059 0.224.2941891/ e-mail:mustafasahin@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To gain insight into the ancient Greek Philosophy, to learn the basic problems, currents and philosophers of antiquity.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To conceive both the place and importance of ancient philosophy;
2	To understand the birth of philosophy as a transition from muthos to logos;
3	To see the relation between ancient Greek Philosophy and Western Civilization;
4	To understand the basic problems of ancient philosophy;
5	To make an introduction to the philosophies of important Greek philosophers;
6	To have some ideas about the influence of ancient Greek philosophy both to Christian and Islamic civilizations;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The birth of philosophy in ancient Greece: Passage from muthos to logos
2	The Classification of ancient Greek Philosophy: Introduction to the philosophy of nature
3	Milesian School (Thales, Anaximandros and Anaximenes) ve Pythagoreans
4	Elean Philosophy (Parmenides-Zenon) and the philosophy of Herakleitos
5	Plüralists (Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Atomists)
6	Sophists: Protagoras, Gorgias
7	Midterm Exam + Socrates: His Life, Philosophical Methodology, and ethical views
8	Socrates: Philosophy of Education and Political Philosophy
9	Plato: His Life,Works, Metaphysics and Epistemology
10	Plato: Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy
11	Aristotle: His Life,Works, Philosophy of being
12	Aristotle: Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy
13	Hellenistic philosophy : Epicureans, Stoaics
14	Hellenistic philosophy : Sceptics, Neo-Platonism

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ahmet Cevizci, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, Bursa, Asa Kitabevi, 5. Baskı, 2011. Ahmet Arslan, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, İstanbul, Bilgi Üniversitesi, 5 cilt, 2004-2010. Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefe Sözlüğü, İstanbul, Say Yayınları, 2011. W. Kranz, Antik Felsefe, İstanbul, Sosyal yayınlar. Platon, Devlet (çev. S. Eyüboğlu – M. A. Cimcoz), Remzi Kitabevi, 6. Baskı, 1983
24	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

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