GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY/FEL 102
Course Title: MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY
Credits 4 ECTS 5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Kazim SARIKAVAK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kazims
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  kazims@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To analyze the history of medieval philosophy by considering philosophical activity and interaction in a broad region.
To examine the transformation of the antique philosophy in the patristic period in accordence with socio-political developments.
To analyze the appearence of Christianity as a universal religion and its interaction with pagan culture.
To examine the internal and external sources of philosophical thought in the Muslim World. The introduction of Greek Philosophy in the Muslim World
To inform about the Intellectual schools in the Muslim World –theology, mysticism and philosophy- and its prominent representatives
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  General characteristics and their philosophers of medieval
2. Week  The periods of medieval
3. Week  Patristic philosophy and St. Augustinus
4. Week  Skolastic philosophy and main properties
5. Week  St. Anselmus
6. Week  Albertus Mugnus and St Thomas
7. Week  Mid-term exam
8. Week  St. Thomas and universals problem
9. Week  Ockkamlı William and nominalism
10. Week  General characteristics of renaissance
11. Week  Francis Bacon and new methods
12. Week  Science of renaissance
13. Week  Human in renaissance
14. Week  Religion in renaissance
15. Week  Art in renaissance
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  David Knowles, The Evolution of Medieaval Thouhgt, Longman,1962 Etienne Gilson, Ortaçağ felsefesinin Ruhu, Çev. Ş. Öcal,İstanbul,2003
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
4
56
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
3
6
18
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
5
10
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
1
11
11
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
12
12
 Final and Studying for Final
1
11
11
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
118
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.72
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To obtain the ability of understanding and using the basic concepts of the discipline of philosophy.X
2To be a person who criticizes, investigates and makes true evaluations, by obtaining a philosophical look upon the values.X
3To obtain the ability of understanding and evaluating the philosophical problems by using the basic concepts.X
4To be a sensible person to the humane, social, cultural, moral and political problems in our age and to produce solutions to these problems in a philosophical manner.X
5To improve the methods of text analysing, interpretation, evaluation and critique which bring in skills for text reading and writing concerning the comprehension and solution of philosophical problems.X
6To use the correct forms of thinking and obtain intellectual accoutrements, by developing a philosophical look upon knowledge, science, art and being. by making the symbolic and abstract thinking a habit.X
7To obtain a consciousness regarding the preservation of the human rights, history and ethics by seeing the development of the thought of the human rights with a philosophical look upon human.X
8To obtain a power of reasoning creativly and coherently and an ability to look from different perspectives at the eventsX
9by making the symbolic and abstract thinking a habit.X
10To be able to realize the relations of philosophical problems with contemporary problems.X
11To be able to relate the problems of different disciplines.X
12To think analytically.X
13To compare the relationship between opposing views.X
14To learn a foreign language at a basic level.
15To be able to use communication Technologies at a basic level.