Qualification Awarded

Specific Admission Requirements

1-	Student will be able to compare prominent philosophers and discuss their era

2-	Student will be able to develop arguments, analyze texts, draw conclusions and also apply them on objective examples

3-	Student will be able to investigate a philsophical problem and present it in an academic meeting

4-	Student will be able to acquire essential knowledge regarding basic philosophical disciplines and history of philosophy in order to specialize to write an original PhD thesis.

5-	Student will be able to acquire technical writing skills. Student also can distinguish pseudo-debates from real debates.

6-	Student will be able to acquire fundamental knowledge which in turn will allow her to develop a field of specialization in philosophy - for instance a student who demands to specialize on philosophy of biology should also work on biology.

7-	Student will be able to learn a required foreign language in order to review a specific literature- For instance a student who demands to study on German Idealists, should also learn advanced German

8-	Student will be able to select a problem of philsophy and investigate it in full manner- that is that she can compare and contrast views.

9-	Student will be able to investigate a basic philosophical problem, express different views, compare and show pros and cons of them

10-	Student will be able to justify her views and also use logical tools in order to evaluate different views

11-	Student will be able to analyze recent debates by means of her knowledge of history of philosophy; similarly interprate recent debates in different ways

12-	Student will be able to identify philosophy as an activity critical thinking and apply her approach in everyday life problems

13-	Student speak a foreign language at the level of B2 and also write philosophical texts

14-	Student know required computer knowledge and use it in an advanced manner.

Prof.Dr. Ali Osman GÜNDOĞAN

Prof.Dr. Sebahattin ÇEVİKBAŞ

1. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
FEL 5090	Seminar	Required	0	2	6
FEL 5099	Scientific Research Techniques and Publishing Ethics	Required	3	0	6
FEL 5501	Pre-Socratic Philosophers	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5503	Plato	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5505	Universal Problem at Middle Ages Philosophy	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5507	The Rationalists	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5509	Kant	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5511	Phenomenology	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5513	CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN PHILOSOPHY OF BEING	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5515	Current Discussions Philosophy of Aesthetics	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5517	Philosophy and Science	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5519	Modern Philosophy of Science	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5521	FeministEpistemology and Philosophy of Science	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5523	Current Epistemology Problems	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5525	Current Issues in Philosophy of Mind	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5527	Philosophy and Mystic Tradition	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5529	Classical Materialism	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5531	Ethical Discussions	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5533	Humanities and Democracy	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5535	Science Culture	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5537	Gazâlî and Philosophy	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5539	THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5541	Politics of Human Rights	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5543	Turkish Thought from Tanzimat (reforms) to Our Days	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5701	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

1. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
FEL 5090-1	Seminar	Required	0	2	6
FEL 5502	Hellenistic Philosophy	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5504	Aristotle	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5506	Problems of Renaissance Philosophy	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5508	Empiricists	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5510	German Idealısm	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5512	Existential Philosophers	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5514	Theories of Ethics	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5516	Philosophy and Literature	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5518	Current Issues in Philosophy of Language	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5520	Philosophy of Biology	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5522	Hermeneutics	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5524	Causation	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5526	Modern Art Philosophy	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5528	Dialectical Materialism	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5530	CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5532	Philosophical Anthropology	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5534	Ibn Khaldun	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5536	Islam and Aesthetics	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5538	The Evolution of Scientific Thought	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5540	What Does History of Science Tell Us	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5542	Wittgenstein	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5544	Problems in Philosophy of Being	Elective	3	0	6
FEL 5702	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

2. Year - 1. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
FEL 5000	Thesis	Required	0	0	24
FEL 5703	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

2. Year - 2. Term

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Course Type	Theory	Practice	ECTS
FEL 5000-1	Thesis	Required	0	0	24
FEL 5704	Specialization Field Course	Required	4	0	6

1. Year - 1. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Seminar	5	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	5	4	4	3	2	1
Scientific Research Techniques and Publishing Ethics	4	3	4	5	3	5	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	2
Pre-Socratic Philosophers	3	2	4	1	1	2	3	2	3	4	4	1	4	5
Plato	2	4	1	4	3	4	1	4	2	5	5	1	2	3
Universal Problem at Middle Ages Philosophy	2	2	4	1	2	3	3	4	2	1	5	5	1	2
The Rationalists	3	3	2	5	1	4	2	3	4	1	4	1	2	3
Kant	4	4	2	1	1	3	5	2	1	4	2	1	5	3
Phenomenology	3	4	3	2	1	3	4	2	1	5	5	1	2	1
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS IN PHILOSOPHY OF BEING	4	4	2	4	2	3	5	4	2	4	2	1	4	5
Current Discussions Philosophy of Aesthetics	3	3	4	5	4	2	1	4	1	1	2	2	3	4
Philosophy and Science	4	2	3	4	2	3	4	3	2	2	1	4	5	2
Modern Philosophy of Science	3	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	5	5	4	1	2
FeministEpistemology and Philosophy of Science	3	4	2	2	1	3	5	4	5	2	1	1	3	1
Current Epistemology Problems	2	3	5	4	1	1	2	5	4	3	5	2	1	3
Current Issues in Philosophy of Mind	3	5	2	1	5	3	2	1	4	4	3	2	4	1
Philosophy and Mystic Tradition	3	4	3	5	4	2	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	3
Classical Materialism	2	4	4	1	5	2	3	2	4	1	5	1	3	2
Ethical Discussions	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4		3	5	3	2
Humanities and Democracy	5	4	4	5	3	1	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	2
Science Culture	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Gazâlî and Philosophy	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	5	1	2
THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4		3	5	2	4	2
Politics of Human Rights	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	3	5	3	2
Turkish Thought from Tanzimat (reforms) to Our Days	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	5	1	2
Specialization Field Course	3	3	4	2	5	3	3	2	4	1	2	3	1	4

1. Year - 2. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Seminar	2	5	4	2	5	2	5	2	4	2	5	2	2	5
Hellenistic Philosophy	2	2	3	2	5	4	1	2	4	1	2	5	2	5
Aristotle	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	5	2	4	1	2	5	4
Problems of Renaissance Philosophy	5	2	5	5	2	5	4	2	2	2	3	5	4	1
Empiricists	2	1	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	1	2	3	5	4
German Idealısm	2	3	3	2	1	4	5	2	1	4	5	1	2	3
Existential Philosophers	2	5	4	1	5	3	2	3	5	1	2	5	4	1
Theories of Ethics	2	1	2	5	4	2	1	2	4	2	3	5	4	1
Philosophy and Literature	5	2	1	2	5	4	1	3	2	5	2	3	5	4
Current Issues in Philosophy of Language	5	2	1	4	5	2	3	5	2	1	4	5	2	1
Philosophy of Biology	3	2	5	4	1	1	5	4	2	5	3	3	3	2
Hermeneutics	2	5	4	1	2	5	2	3	2	5	4	2	5	3
Causation	2	2	3	5	4	1	2	5	4	5	1	4	5	3
Modern Art Philosophy	2	5	4	2	1	5	2	5	3	2	5	4	2	5
Dialectical Materialism	2	3	5	4	5	5	4	1	2	3	2	1	5	2
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	5	3	5	2	4	2
Philosophical Anthropology	5	4	4	5	3	1	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	2
Ibn Khaldun	4	4	2	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	1	2	1	2
Islam and Aesthetics	1	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2
The Evolution of Scientific Thought	1	4	3	5	4	3	4	2	5	5	4	2	4	3
What Does History of Science Tell Us	3	3	4	4	3	5	3	5	3	5	5	5	5	2
Wittgenstein	3	4	2	5	3	5	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	2
Problems in Philosophy of Being	1	4	3	5	3	5	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	2
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4	1	5	3	5	2	4	1	2	5	2	5

2. Year - 1. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Thesis	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	5	2	3	5	1	3
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4	1	2	5	4	2	2	5	4	1	2	3

2. Year - 2. Term

Ders Adı	Py1	Py2	Py3	Py4	Py5	Py6	Py7	Py8	Py9	Py10	Py11	Py12	Py13	Py14
Thesis	2	3	5	2	4	1	2	5	4	5	2	3	2	1
Specialization Field Course	2	5	4		5	4	2	2	3	3	5	3	3	3