Information Package / Course Catalogue
The Ideology and the Science of the Middle Ages
Course Code: TRH625
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

At the end of the course students learn the chronological order, general features and effects of thought systems formed in mankind history from ancient Greeks until modern times.

Course Content

Social thought in Ancient Greek philosophy, social philosophies in the Middle Ages; Farabi’s Medinetü'l-Fazıla, Ibn Khaldun, the social conditions of the Renaissance, Printing and its results, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Vico, Montesquieu, S. Simon and A. Comte.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. To be able to explain the accumulation of philosophy and thought in ancient Greeks.
2.2. To be able to list the basic features of the structure of thought developed under the influence of Christianity in medieval Europe
3.3. To be able to analize the thought system developed by the effect of Islam in the East in Middle Ages and contributed by the ancient Greek heritage.
4.4. To be able to tell the social conditions preparing the Renaissance and Reformation process
5.To be able to interpret the effects of Renaissance and Reform’s results to the world history
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Timuçin, Afşar (2008). Düşünce Tarihi. İstanbul: Bulut Yayınları
2.Whitehead, A. N. (2008). Düşüncelerin Serüvenleri. İstanbul: Külliyat Yayınları
3.Hazard, P. (1999). Batı Düşüncesindeki Büyük Değişme. İstanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat
4.Tekeli, Sevim – Ed. (2007). Müslümanlarda Bilim ve Düşünce Tarihi. Ankara: Nobel Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course definition: Content, importance and rules
Week 2 - Theoretical
t Greek Thought: Socrates, Aristotle
Week 3 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek History: Herodotus, Thukydides
Week 4 - Theoretical
Hellenistic Thought
Week 5 - Theoretical
Effect of Christianity: New Thought in Rome
Week 6 - Theoretical
Historiography in Medieval Europe
Week 7 - Theoretical
Renaissance and Reform Process
Week 8 - Theoretical
Renaissance and Reform Process
Week 9 - Theoretical
The Age of Enlightenment in Europe
Week 10 - Theoretical
Rise in Eastern Thought: Beytül Hikme and age of translations
Week 11 - Theoretical
Thought and Science in Maveraunnehir
Week 12 - Theoretical
Contradicting Schools in Islam: Batınilik ve Şia
Week 13 - Theoretical
Islamic Thought in Anatolia: Sufi Ekol
Week 14 - Theoretical
Historiography in Islam: Ibni Haldun- Thought and Science in Central Asia in 15. and 16 century: Ulug Bey and Ali Shir Nevai
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1409126
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
1
OÇ-2
1
OÇ-3
4
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
4
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