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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
FEL507 - Major Philosophical Problems in the Middle Ages	I. SEMESTER	3 +0	6.0

Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s)	DOÇ. DR. HÜSEYİN FIRAT ŞENOL
Mode of Delivery	The mode of delivery for this course is face to face.
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites	There are no prerequisites/corequisites for this course.
Courses Recomended	Thu students who take this course are also recommended to take the following courses: The Major Debates In Ancient Philosophy and Plato
Recommended Resources	- Abelardus, Petrus (1988). Bir Mutsuzluk Öyküsü, çev. Betül Çotuksöken, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.- Cevizci, Ahmet (1999). Ortaçağ Felsefesi Tarihi, Bursa: Asa Kitabevi.- Çotuksöken, Betül-Babür, Saffet (2000). Metinlerle Ortaçağda Felsefe, İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları (3. Baskı).- Çotuksöken, Betül (1993). Ortaçağ Yazıları, İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları (1. Baskı).- Çotuksöken, Betül (1988). Petrus Abelardus’un Ahlak Anlayışı, İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları.- Gilson, Etiénne (2003). Ortaçağ Felsefesinin Ruhu, çev. Şamil Öçal, İstanbul: Açılım Kitap.- Kaye, Sharon M. (2023). Ortaçağ Felsefesi, çev. Egemen Kurtoğlu, İstanbul: Babil.- Kenny, Anthony (2021). Batı Felsefesinin Yeni Tarihi II: Ortaçağ Felsefesi, çev. Şeyma Yılmaz, İstanbul: Küre (3. Basım).- Knowles, David (1962). The Evolution of Medieval Thought, London: Longmans.- Magee, Bryan (2001). Büyük Filozoflar: Platon’dan Wittgenstein’a Batı Felsefesi, çev. Ahmet Cevizci, İstanbul: Paradigma Yayınları, s. 51-68.
Work Placement	N/A
Aims of the Course

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1		Getting acquainted with the students, a general introduction to the main contents of the course and a brief discussion about the reading list of the course.
Week - 2		Hellenistic philosophy, the emergence of Christianity and the leading thinkers of the apologic era.
Week - 3		The general features of the philosophy of patristic era and St. Augustinus.
Week - 4		Scholastic philosophy and Boethius
Week - 5		A comparative discussion about the problem of the relationship between belief and knowledge and the problem of universals in terms of Anselmus, Abelardus and John Scotus Erigena
Week - 6		A comparative discussion about the problem of the relationship between belief and knowledge and the problem of universals in terms of Anselmus, Abelardus and John Scotus Erigena
Week - 7		A general discussion about the relationship between human-cosmos-the God in the philosophy of Middle Age.
Week - 8		A general discussion about the relationship between human-cosmos-the God in the philosophy of Middle Age.
Week - 9		A general discussion about the main problems and features of Islamic philosophy through the leading thinkers such like Kindi, Rhazes, Farabi, Avicenna, Gazzali, Averroes, and Ibn Khaldun.
Week - 10		A general discussion about the main problems and features of Islamic philosophy through the leading thinkers such like Kindi, Rhazes, Farabi, Avicenna, Gazzali, Averroes and Ibn Khaldun (continued).
Week - 11		The late Middle Age thought, its leading thinkers and the rise of Aristotle and his doctrines among the Christian world.
Week - 12		St. Thomas Aquinas and Thomist philosophy.
Week - 13		A brief evaluation of the philosohpy of Middle Age, a comparative discussion about the position of Platonism and Aristotelian philosophy in the Middle Age and a brief discussion about some leading thinkers of the later Middle Age like William of Occham.
Week - 14		The emergence and main features of Rennaissance.

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