Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FDB-23-160METAFİZİKElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To investigate the basis concepts, and problems of metaphysics.
Name of Lecturer(s)
DOÇ. DR. HASAN OCAK
Learning Outcomes
1to be able to comprehend metaphysical problems to be able to understand the basis concepts and conceptions of ontology to be able to learned relationship of metaphysics with other philosophical disciplines to be able to discuss theories of being
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
NONE
Course Contents
Metaphysics- Ontology-Theology; Relationship between Being and Essence; Types of Being; The Problem of Universals, The Problem of Freedom; Theories of Being; Border-Line of Knowing
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to course: Aristotle’s classification of sciences; the matter and problems of metaphysics
2Relationships between metaphysics, ontology and theology
3Ontological problematic: distinction between reality and appearance
4Relationship between being and essence
5Types of being: the necessary being- the contingent being
6The basis concepts: substance- accident; matter-form; categories
7The problem of universals: nominalism, realism, conceptualism
8Ontological realism: Ontological demonstration related to existence of god and its critics
9Freedom as a metaphysical problem: fatalism, mechanism, teleological determination, occasionalism
10Theories of being I: monism, pluralism
11Theories of being II: Naturalism- materialism
12Theories of being III: Supernaturalism- idealism
13Theories of being IV: Dualism:problem of mindand body
14Kant’s criticism: “noumenon”, border-line of knowing
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Metafizik, Aristoteles, Çev.: Ahmet Arslan, Sosyal Yay., 1996 İstanbul. 2- Metafizik I. II., İbn Sina, Çev.: Ekrem Demirli, Litera Yay., 2004 İstanbul. 3- Tehafüt-ü Felasife, Gazali, Çev.: H. Sarıoğlu, M. Kaya, Klasik Yay., 2005 İstanbul. 4- Tehafüt et-Tehafüt, İbn Rüşd, Çev.: Mehmet Dağ, Kırkambar Yay., 1999 İstanbul. 5- Metafizik’e Giriş, Der.: Ahmet Cevizci, Paradigma Yay., 2001 İstanbul.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
NONE
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination133
Final Examination133
Attending Lectures14242
Individual Study for Mid term Examination16060
Individual Study for Final Examination17070
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)178
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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