Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Berfin KART TEPE

Prof. Cengiz İskender ÖZKAN

Prof. Erdal İSBİR

Prof. Onur KARTAL

Prof. Şahabettin YALÇIN

Prof. Yavuz KILIÇ

Assoc. Prof. Aysun GÜR

Res. Assist. Burak SAYIN

Res. Assist. Eda HAYRİOĞULLARI

Res. Assist. Selvihan SELVİ

Philosophy in the Antiquity

Course Code	: FEL107
Course Type	: Required
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 6

Objectives of the Course

To introduce the student to the basic concepts and problems of this period by focusing on Ancient Greek Philosophy, where the ideas and problems discussed throughout the history of philosophy were first put forward.

Course Content

From Mithos to Logos, Pre-Socratic philosophy, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Socratic Schools, Hellenic-Roman Philosophy.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Erdal İSBİR

Learning Outcomes

1.	Have knowledge about the emergence and beginning of philosophy
2.	Learns the importance of pre-Socratic philosophers and Socrates in the history of philosophy
3.	Knows Plato's philosophy and its importance in the history of philosophy
4.	Knows Aristotle's philosophy and its importance in the history of philosophy
5.	Learns the content of Hellenistic philosophy and its importance in the history of philosophy

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Burnet, John, Early Greek Philosophy, Adam and Charles Black, 1892.
2.	Cevizci, Ahmet. İlkçağ felsefesi tarihi, Asa Kitabevi, 1. Basım, Bursa, 1998.
3.	Cornford, Francis Macdonald, Plato and Parmenides, The Liberal Arts Press, New York, 1957.
4.	Denkel, Arda. İlkçağ’da Doğa Felsefeleri, Özne Yayınları, 2. Baskı, İstanbul, 1998
5.	Freeman, Kathleen, The Pre-Socratic Philosophers, Harvard University Press, 1959.
6.	Kirk, G.S.- Raven, J.E., The Presocratic Philosophers (A Critical History with a Selection of Texts), Cambridge, At The University Press, 1963.
7.	Russell, Bertrand. Batı Felsefesi Tarihi, (Çev. Muammer Sencer), Say Kitap Pazarlama, 3. Baskı, İstanbul, 1983.
8.	Thilly, Frank. Felsefe Tarihi ( I. Kitap), (Çev: İbrahim Şener), Sistem Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1995.
9.	Weber, Alfred. Felsefe Tarihi, (Çev: H. Vehbi Eralp), Sosyal yayınlar, Dördüncü Basım, İstanbul, 1991.
10.	Zeller, Eduard, Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy, (Translated by L.R. Palmer), Thoemmes Press, 1997.
11.	Ahmet Arslan, İlkçağ Felsefe Tarihi, 1, 2, 3. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction to

Week 2 - Theoretical

Pre-Socratic period: Thales, Anaksimender, Anaksimenes, Heraclitus

Week 3 - Theoretical

Pre-Soctratic period: Parmenides, Empedokles, Anaxagoras, Democritos ve Pythagoras

Week 3 - Preparation Work