COURSE SYLLABUS

STUDIES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

1	Course Title:	STUDIES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
2	Course Code:	FEL6107
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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:	Prof. Dr. AHMET CEVİZCİ
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Bölümü Görükle- Bursa 16059 0.224.2941828/ e-mail: ahmetcevizci30@gmail.com
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 muthos 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 Aristote;
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 science and philosophy ancient philosophy – transition from muthos to logos
2	Ancient Philosophy and Doxographical Tradition
3	Parmenides and After: Unity and Plurality
4	Sophistic Movement
5	Socrates
6	Minor Socratics
7	Plato’s Metaphysics and Epistemology
8	Plato’s Political Philosophy
9	Aristotle’s Metaphysics and Epistemology
10	Aristotle’s Ethics and Political Philosophy
11	Basic Schools of Hellenistic Thought
12	Epicureanism and Stoicism
13	Pyhrronism and Neo-Platonism
14	Philosophical Movements in Roman Period

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ahmet Arslan, İlkçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, 5 Cilt, Presokratikler, İstanbul, Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2004.-2010. Aristotle, The Works of Aristotle translated into English (editör, W. D. Ross), 12 vols., Oxford, Oxford University Press,1908-1952. J. Barnes, Sokrates öncesi doğa Felsefesi (çev. H. Portakal), Cem Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004. M. L. Gill – P. Pellegrin(eds), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy, Blackwell, Oxford, 2006. W. K. C. Guthrie, Yunan Felsefesi Tarihi, cilt 1, Sokrates Öncesi İlk filozoflar ve Pythagorasçılar, Kabalcı yayınları, İstanbul, 2011. W. Kranz, Antik Felsefe(çev. S. Baydur), İstanbul, Sosyal yay. Plato, The Collected Dialogues of Plato(ed. by E. Hamilton – H. Cairns), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1963
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
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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