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  1. Faculty of Humanities
  2. Department of Philosophy
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  4. History of Philosophy I
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FEL115 - History of Philosophy I I. SEMESTER 3 +0 5.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. HÜSEYİN FIRAT ŞENOL
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery for this course is face to face.
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended It is suggested for students to take FEL 109-110 Ancient Philosophy I-II as well as FEL 213 Philosophy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance courses.
Recommended Resources Etienne Gilson, Ortaçağda Felsefe, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2007. Augustinus, İtiraflar, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010. Petrus Abelardus, Bir Mutsuzluk Öyküsü, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2010. Saffet Babür-Betül Çotuksöken, Ortaçağda Felsefe, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010. * Etienne Gilson, Ortaçağ Felsefesinin Ruhu, Açılım Kitap, İstanbul, 2010.
Work Placement N/A
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 The path from mythos to logos: The Miletian School
Week - 2 Heraclitus, Pythagoras and the Pytahgorians
Week - 3 Parmenides and the emergence of ontology
Week - 4 Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Democritus-Leucippus and atomism
Week - 5 THe Sophists and Socrates: the human being taking place among the problems of philosophy
Week - 6 Plato: Ontology, Epistemology
Week - 7 Plato: Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy
Week - 8 Aristotle: Metaphysics, Epistemology (including Philosophy of Science), Logic
Week - 9 Aristotle: Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy and his influences on the later periods
Week - 10 Towards the middle ages: Plotinus
Week - 11 Augustine and the Rising Influence of Theology on Philosophy
Week - 12 Major Debates in the Medieval Philosophy: Proofs of God and the Debate on Universals-in general
Week - 13 Ontological Proof of God: Anselm; Cosmological Proof of God: Aquinas
Week - 14 Major Perspectives on the Debate of Universals: Conceptual Realism, Moderate Realism and Nominalism.

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 50
Final Exam 1 50
Toplam (%) 100

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