COURSE SYLLABUS

ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS

1	Course Title:	ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS
2	Course Code:	FDB5163
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:	It aims to examine the Necessary Being to prove the existence of God in general, and to analyze and criticize the cosmological evidence in particular.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Scientific competence in the field Questioning, critical thinking.

Learning Outcomes:

1	The outcome should be that the students are able to participate in professional-level discussion of the topics mentioned and will have formed their own view about the soundness of the arguments under discussion;
2	They will be able to form their own opinion about whether modern science and cosmology reinforces the traditional arguments;
3	To know one argument in favour of the existence of God;
4	Anthropic arguments and the multiverse.;
5	The cosmological argument and quantum physics.;
6	The ontological argument and materialism;
7	Theological arguments for God’s existence;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Evidence for the Existence of God: Introduction What is Theistic Evidence? Defining the Concept Purpose of Theistic Evidence Theistic Evidence Anything Can Achieve?
2	Historical Overview; Typology of Cosmological Arguments Kindi and the Cosmological Argument Ghazali and HudusArgument
3	Kant's and Hume's Critics of Cosmological Argument
4	The Modern Version of the Kalam Cosmological Argument
5	Actually Eternity and Its Problems
6	Scientific Data for Evidence The Expanding Universe Cosmic Background Radiation Entropy
7	Scientific Data Against Evidence Quantum Generation Hypothesis Cyclic Universe Theories Multiverse Theory
8	Leibnizian Cosmological Argument: A Brief History
9	Criticism of Peter van Inwagen Quantum Criticism
10	R. Gale and A. Pruss and Modern Cosmological Argument
11	R. Koons and the Cosmological Argument
12	Existence of the Universe and Best Explanation Inference
13	God as an Explanation of the Universe
14	General Reviews

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	? Stephen T. Davis, God, Reason & Theistic Proofs, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1997 ? Jacabus Erasmus, The Kalam Cosmological Argument: A Reassessment; Springer, 2017 ? Craig, William Lane & Sinclair, James D. “The Kalam Cosmological Argument” in The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, 2009. ? Michael Heller, Ultimate Explanations of the Universe, Springer, 2009 ? “The Leibnizian cosmological argument” Alexander R. Pruss, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, Ed.by William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland ? Metapysics, Peter van Inwagen, Westview Press, 1993. ? “Cosmological Argument and Desing Arguments” Alexander R. Pruss and Richard M. Gale, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion Ed. by William J. Wainwright, 2009. ? Robert C. Koons, “A New Look at the Cosmological Argument”, 1997, American philosophical quarterly 34
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