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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / FDB 508 - PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS SCIENCES (MASTER'S DEGREE WITH THESIS)

Code: FDB 508 Course Title: SPIRITUAL MEDICINE IN ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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 main aim of this course is to determine the approaches of Islamic philosophers about spiritual medicine.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Explain the basic concepts of Islamic philosophers about spiritual medicine. 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-4 Uses research methods and techniques applied in the field, has theoretical and practical knowledge.
PO-5 Interpret, analyse and create new information by integrating the information obtained in the field with information from different disciplines.
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
LO-2 Explain the main disagreements of Islamic philosophers about spiritual medicine PO-8 Lead in solving problems related to the field; organise personal, institutional and team work at the level of expertise.
PO-10 Transfer the current developments and projects carried out in the field to the groups in and out of the field by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data through appropriate communication tools.
PO-12 Use information and communication technologies at an advanced level with computer software at the level required by 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
LO-3 Interpret the basic texts on Spiritual Medicine in Islamic Philosophy PO-4 Uses research methods and techniques applied in the field, has theoretical and practical knowledge.
PO-5 Interpret, analyse and create new information by integrating the information obtained in the field with information from different disciplines.
PO-6 Carry out a study that requires expertise in the field independently.
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
It is envisaged to examine the texts of Islamic philosophers.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The concept of nafs in early Islamic philosophy Discussion Method Narrative Method
2 Abu Bakr al-Razi's view of the soul and its diseases Discussion Method Narrative Method
3 In Abu Bakr al-Razi, philosophy as a means of eliminating the diseases of the soul Discussion Method Narrative Method
4 Kindi's ways to get rid of sadness Discussion Method Narrative Method
5 The aims of philosophy and the education of the soul in Kindi Discussion Method Narrative Method
6 Farabi's view of the soul 1 Discussion Method Narrative Method
7 Farabi's view of the soul 2 Discussion Method Narrative Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Ibn Sina and the reform of the soul Discussion Method Narrative Method
10 Approaches of Islamic moral philosophers to spiritual medicine 1 Discussion Method Narrative Method
11 Approaches of Islamic moral philosophers to spiritual medicine 2 Discussion Method Narrative Method
12 The concept of the philosopher as a doctor of the soul in Islamic philosophers Discussion Method Narrative Method
13 The effects of the views of Islamic philosophers on spiritual medicine on later periods 1 Discussion Method Narrative Method
14 The effects of the views of Islamic philosophers on spiritual medicine on later periods 2 Discussion Method Narrative Method
15 Texts on spiritual medicine in the Ottoman period Discussion Method Narrative Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 İbn Sina, İşaretler ve Tembihler, çev.: Muhittin Macit, Ali Durusoy, Ekrem Demirli, (İstanbul: Litera Yayıncılık,2017)
2 el-Kindî, Ya'kub b. İshak, Üzüntüden Kurtulma Yolları, çev.: Mustafa Çağrıcı (Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, 2019)
3 er-Râzî, Ebû Bekir, Ruh Sağlığı: et-Tıbb'ur-rûhânî, çev.: Hüseyin Karaman, (İstanbul: İz Yayıncılık, 2019)
4 İbn Miskeveyh, Ahlâk Eğitimi: Tehzîbu‘l-Ahlâk, çev.: Abdulkadir Şener, İsmet Kayaoğlu ve Cihat Tunç (İstanbul: Büyüyen Ay Yayınları. 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 4 14 56
       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 7 21
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 9 27
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 190