COURSE SYLLABUS

MAIN PROBLEMS OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOHY

1	Course Title:	MAIN PROBLEMS OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOHY
2	Course Code:	FDB6111
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	7
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	Course needs knowledge on the other intellectual schools of İslam
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Yaşar Aydınlı
16	Course Lecturers:	yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta: yasaraydinli@hotmail.com Tel.: (0224) 2431066 - 60312 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To instruct students to the common problems of Islamic Philosophy and religion.To provide the ability of differentiate religious issue from philosophical one.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The interpretations of the relationship between philosophy and religion from the Ancient period to the sixteenth century.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To explain the difference between the attributes of philosophical subjects and those of other subjects;
2	To evaluate Neo-Platonist approaches to metaphysical issues.;
3	To analyze the Medieval philosophy, considering philosophical activity and interaction in a wide realm.;
4	To discuss the position of religion in philosophy and the approaches to relationship between philosopher and prophet.;
5	To analyze the emergence of tradition of tahafut and its positive and negative influences on the history of Islamic thought.;
6	To compare the approaches of first philosophers from Magrib and Andalus to the relationship between philosophy and religion;
7	To interpret the rejection of philosophy.;
8	To evaluate the discussion on natural theology and revealed theology ;
9	To interpret the scholastic view on philosophy and the influence of Islamic philosophy on this view;
10	To explain the interpretations about philosophical approaches to religion in the sixteenth century.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The description of concept of Islamic philosophy
2	The problem of relation between philosophy and religion: patristic philosophy and neo-platonism.
3	The problem of relation between philosophy and religion in Islamic Philosophy.
4	Al-Kindi and his work “on the first philosophy”
5	God concept in al-Farabi
6	Revelation, prophecy and hereafter in al-Farabi I
7	Revelation, prophecy and hereafter in al-Farabi II
8	God concept in Avicenna
9	Revelation, prophecy and hereafter in Avicenna I
10	Revelation, prophecy and hereafter in Avicenna II
11	Al-Ghazali and his work “Tahafut al-falasifah”
12	Averroes’ defence of Philosophy: Fasl al-makal, al-Kashf and Tahatfut al Tahafut
13	Tradition of Tahafut: Khojazade, al-Tusi and Kamal Pashazadeh
14	The contemporary problems of Islamic philosophy

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	İbn Ruşd, Faslu’l-Makal ve el-Keşf, Felsefe-Din İlişkileri, çev. Süleyman Uludağ, Dergah Yay., 2006. Mübahat Türker Küyel, Üç Tehafüt Bakımından Felsefe ve Din İlişkisi Yaşar Aydınlı, Gazali: Muhafazakar ve Modern, Arasta, 2002. Gilson, Etienne, Ortaçağ Felsefesinin Ruhu, çev. Şamil Öcal, Açılım Kitap, İstanbul 2003. M. İskenderoğlu, Bonevantura’da Din-Felsefe İlişkisi, Değişim Yayınları, 2008.
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	There will be a final exam.
Information	The final exam including all lessons will be held at the end of the semester.

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