
| Course Code | : FDB506 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Second Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 5 |
The purpose of this course is to help students understand the philosophical and theological relationships between God's foreknowledge and human free will, and to encourage them to examine diverse approaches such as determinism, compatibilism, incompatibilism, Molinism, and open theism. The course aims to develop critical thinking skills and the ability to make analytical evaluations between seemingly contradictory views.
The course examines the question of free will and God's foreknowledge within a historical and philosophical context. The tension between human free will and God's absolute knowledge is discussed, and determinism and indeterminism are examined. Compatibilism, incompatibilism, determinist critiques, and naturalism and reductionist approaches are also considered. Open theism, Molinism, and divine freedom are analyzed in detail. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate the debates between free will and God's knowledge.
| 1. | Students will be able to correctly analyze philosophical arguments by distinguishing the fundamental concepts of free will debates (determinism, compatibilism, incompatibilism, libertarian freedom). |
| 2. | They will be able to explain classical and contemporary approaches (Aquinas, Ockham, Molina, Open Theism, etc.) to the relationship between God's absolute knowledge, knowledge of the future, and human freedom at a conceptual level. |
| 3. | They will be able to justify the criticisms directed at these views by presenting the basic claims of determinist, naturalist and reductionist anti-free will approaches. |
| 4. | By comparing the efforts of Molinist, Open Theist and classical theist models to solve the problem of free will and divine knowledge, they will be able to critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each model. |
| 5. | They will be able to demonstrate philosophical problem-solving competence by explaining the concepts of human freedom and divine freedom from a systematic perspective in the context of the problem of free will. |
| 1. | Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views, James K. Beilby; Paul Rhodes Eddy; Gregory A. Boyd; David Hunt; William Lane Craig; Paul Helm, Jasper Hopkins, Augustine on foreknowledge and free will, Linda Zagzebski, Divine Foreknowledge and Human Free Will, Timelessness, Dennis Danielson, Foreknowledge, and Free Will. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Seminar | 1 | %30 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %30 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 4 | 0 | 56 |
| Assignment | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 122 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
OÇ-2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
OÇ-3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
OÇ-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
OÇ-5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |