1	Course Title:	METAPHYSICS I: PHILOSOPHY OF TIME
2	Course Code:	FDB5161
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	8
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:	Doç. Dr. Zikri Yavuz zikriyavuz@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To define metaphysics, to grasp place and importance of metaphysics among other sciences, to explain the role of metaphysics in handling some philosophical problems, to gain ability of discussing and analysing basic issues of this science.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Investigation of research and interpretation ability to solve a problem

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To discuss and analysis of problems such as existence, realism, universals, time, space, change, free will; 2 Critically evaluate a range of scholarly arguments made by philosophers of religion on this issue;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	What is Metaphysics? Its Relationship with Other Philosophical Disciplines
2	A Brief History of Metaphysic; Hume and Kant
3	the Problem of Free Will
4	Free Will and Compatibility
5	Free Will and Incompatibility:
6	Free Will, Naturalism and Reductionism
7	God's Absolute Knowledge and Free Will
8	God's Knowledge, Free Will and Determinism
9	Criticism of the deterministic view
10	God's Knowledge of Future and Libertarian Free Will
11	Criticism of Open Theism
12	Criticism of the Molinist View
13	Divine Freedom
14	General Review

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Feinberg, J.S. The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. Hick, J. Evil and the God of Love. London: Macmillan, 1985/2010. Howard-Snyder, D (ed). The Evidential Argument from Evil. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. McBrayer, J.P., and Howard-Snyder, D. (eds). The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil. Malden: Blackwell, 2013. Phillips, D.Z. The Problem of Evil and the Problem of God. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. Schellenberg, J.L. Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. Swinburne, R. Providence and the Problem of Evil. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Trakakis, N.N. (ed.). The Problem of Evil: Eight Views in Dialogue. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Van Inwagen, P. (ed). Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2004. Wynn, M. God and Goodness: A Natural Theological Perspective. London: Routledge, 1999
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.
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	5	20	100
Homeworks, Performances	0	10	60
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	38	38
Total WorkLoad			240
Total workload/ 30 hr			8
ECTS Credit of the Course			8

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 LO1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High