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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / FDB 515 - PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS SCIENCES (MASTER'S DEGREE WITH THESIS)

Code: FDB 515 Course Title: CONCEPTIONS OF GOD IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS SCIENCES (MASTER'S DEGREE WITH THESIS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ÖMER CERAN (omerceran@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ÖMER CERAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is firstly to determine the basic approaches in Islamic Philosophy on God, God's attributes and the relationship between God and the universe. Secondly, it is aimed to determine the philosophers influenced by Islamic philosophers on these issues and their influences for the following period.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain the basic concepts of Islamic philosophers' conceptions of God. PO-4 Uses research methods and techniques applied in the field, has theoretical and practical knowledge.
PO-6 Carry out a study that requires expertise in the field independently.
PO-9 Examine and develop social relations and the norms guiding these relations from a critical perspective and take action to change them when necessary.
PO-12 Use information and communication technologies at an advanced level with computer software at the level required by the field.
Examination
LO-2 can explain the views on the relationship between God and the world in Islamic Philosophy. PO-1 Develop and deepen their knowledge in the same or a different field at the level of expertise based on undergraduate level qualifications in the field.
PO-2 Understands the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field and conducts joint project with different disciplines.
PO-5 Interpret, analyse and create new information by integrating the information obtained in the field with information from different disciplines.
Examination
LO-3 can explain the differences in views on God between the philosophers of the meşshai and the illuminationist philosophers. PO-2 Understands the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field and conducts joint project with different disciplines.
PO-7 Develop new approaches to solve complex and unpredictable problems encountered in applications related to the field.
PO-15 Understands the information related to the field at the level of expertise and transfers it to the second persons in accordance with the norms
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The content of the course consists of whether God can be defined, God's attributes and the nature of the Creator-creature relationship, concepts related to God and the basic approach.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Identifying the relevant sources of Islamic Philosophy and listing the texts Discussion and lecture method
2 Making a general concept map about the definition and attributes of God Discussion and lecture method
3 Evaluation of the views on the relationship between God and the universe 1 Discussion and lecture method
4 Evaluation of the views on the relationship between God and the universe 2 Discussion and lecture method
5 The debate on eternity in the context of God's attributes Discussion and lecture method
6 Arguments about God's will in the context of determinism 1 Discussion and lecture method
7 Arguments about God's will in the context of determinism 2 Discussion and lecture method
8 mid-term exam
9 Debates about the nature of God 1 Discussion and lecture method
10 Debates about the nature of God 2 Discussion and lecture method
11 Agnostic views about God Discussion and lecture method
12 Pantheistic views about God Discussion and lecture method
13 Negative theology in Islamic philosophy Discussion and lecture method
14 Monist and dualist approaches in Islamic philosophy Discussion and lecture method
15 God in Peripatetic and Illuminationist philosophy Discussion and lecture method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Ömer Türker İslam'da Metafizik Düşünce, (İstanbul: Klasik Yayınları, 2019)
2 İbrahim Agah Çubukçu, İslam Felsefesinde Allah'ın Varlığının Delilleri, (Ankara: A.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, 1978)
3 Farabi, el-Medinetü'l-Fazıla, çev.: Yaşar Aydınlı, (İstanbul: Litera Yayıncılık, 2018)
Required Course instruments and materials
computer, tablet and screen mirroring device

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 6 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 12 36
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 182