COURSE SYLLABUS

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

1	Course Title:	ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
2	Course Code:	FLS1011
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
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:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi Eylem YENİSOY ŞAHİN
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr. Öğr.Üyesi Eylem Yenisoy Şahin
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	eylemsahin@uludag.edu.tr 0224 294 28 43 Uludağ Üniversitesi; Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi; Felsefe Bölümü; Görükle/Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To make known and recognized the basic characteristics and constituent elements of ancient philosophy by the students; to get access the classical texts with a dialectic and dialogic examination. To make the students learn both hellenic and hellenistic philosophy
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Learn the fundamental elements of ancient philosophy;
2	Comprehend the birth of natural philosophy as a transition from mythos to logos;
3	Divide ancient philosophy into Hellenic and Hellenistic thought;
4	Read and Examine the basic works of Helenic philosophy;
5	Understand the thoughts of both Socrates and Sophists ;
6	Examine the basic works of Plato and Aristotle;
7	Recognize and Learn tbe most important philosophical schools of Hellenistic period;
8	Learn and understand the thoughts of Roman philosophers;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Beginnings of philosophy: Theogonies and Cosmogony - Transition from Mythos to Logos.
2	The emergence and conditions of philosophy in Ancient Greece: Features of pre-Socratic philosophy.
3	Miletos School (Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes) and Pythagoras.
4	Elea School (Parmenides and Zeno) and Heraclitus.
5	Pluralists: Empedocles, Anaxagoras and Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus).
6	Sophists: Protagoras and Gorgias.
7	Socrates and the Socratic Schools.
8	Plato’s ontology and epistemology.
9	Plato’s ethics and political Philosophy.
10	Aristotle’s classification of sciences and logic (epistemology).
11	Aristotle’s metaphysics.
12	Aristotle’s ethics and political philosophy.
13	Hellenistic Philosophy: Epicureans and Stoics.
14	Hellenistic Philosophy: Skeptics and Neo-Platonists.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1.Ahmet Arslan, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, 5 Cilt, İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2004-2010. 2.J. Barnes, Sokrates Öncesi Doğa Felsefesi, çev. H. Portakal, İstanbul: Cem Yayınları, 2004. 3.W. K. C. Guthrie, Yunan Felsefesi Tarihi 2, İstanbul: Kabalcı yayınları, 2020. 4.W. Kranz, Antik Felsefe, çev. S. Baydur, İstanbul: Sosyal yayınları, 1994. 5.H.Nur Erkızan ve A. Kadir Çüçen, Antik Çağ ve Orta Çağ Felsefesi Tarihi, Bursa: Sentez Yayınları.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	4	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
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