Information Package / Course Catalogue
Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Course Code: FEL110
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: 3
Objectives of the Course

To gain a basic knowledge and understanding of the basic problems of philosophy in the Middle Ages, the transformations it underwent and the concepts and ideas specific to this period.

Course Content

Plotinus and Neo-Paltonianism, Patristic Philosophy, Augustine, Boethius, The Controversy of the Universals, Socolastic Philosophy, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockhma.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Erdal İSBİR
Learning Outcomes
1.Have knowledge about medieval philosophy and its background
2.Gains knowledge of medieval religious teachings and religion-philosophy relations
3.Be able to develop arguments and conceptual explanations about leading medieval philosophers and their concepts
4.Be able to give an account of the metaphysical teachings of the Latin, Greek and (partly) Arabic traditions.
5.Become familiar with main texts and selected secondary literature on medieval philosophy.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Armstrong, D.M., Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy, Cambridge at the University Press, 1967.
2.Cevizci, Ahmet. Ortaçağ Felsefesi tarihi, Asa Kitabevi, 1999
3.Çotuksöken,B.-Babür,S. Ortaçağda Felsefe, Ara Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1989.
4.Çüçen, A.Kadir. Ortaçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, İnkılap Kitabevi, 2000.
5.Eyuboğlu, İsmet Zeki, Ortaçağ Felsefesi, pencere Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002.
6.Gilson, E, History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages, Random House, 1955.
7.Jeauneau, E. Ortaçağ Felsefesi, (Çev: Betül Çotuksöken), İletişim yayınları, 2003.
8.Libera, Alain de. Ortaçağ Felsefesi, (Çev. Ayşe Meral), Litera Yayıncılık,İstanbul, 2005.
9.Özcan, Zeki. Augustinus’ta Tanrı ve Yaratma, Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım, 1999.
10.Taylor, H.O., The Medieval Mind- A History of the development of Thought and Emotion in the Middle Ages, 2. Vol. New York, 1920.
11.Taylor, H.O., The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages, New York, 1925.
12.Wulf, M. de, Philosophy and Civilization in the Middle Ages, New York, 1953
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Plotinus
Week 3 - Theoretical
Patristic Philosophy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Augustine and Confessions
Week 5 - Theoretical
Boethius and The Consolation of Philosophy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Scholasticism and John Scotus Erigena
Week 7 - Theoretical
Anselm
Week 8 - Theoretical
Anselm and Proslogium
Week 9 - Theoretical
Pierre Abélard
Week 10 - Theoretical
Banaventure
Week 11 - Theoretical
Thomas Aquinas
Week 12 - Theoretical
Proofs of God’s Existence in Aquinas
Week 13 - Theoretical
Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus
Week 14 - Theoretical
Guillemus de Ockham
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading8018
Midterm Examination18210
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)72
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
3
3
OÇ-2
3
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2026