Islamic Philosophy Program (subject to availability)* |
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Lecture |
Seminar |
Week 1
23 Feb 2009 |
definition and subject of philosophy |
Lecture
Q & A regarding the subject of Islamic Philosophy
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| Week 2 |
definition and area of ontology, metaphysics, epistemology and psychology in Islamic philosophy |
Lecture
Q & A regarding the areas which Islamic philosophy covers
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| Week 3 |
the basic concepts of Islamic ontology: existence and quiddity
primacy of existence over quiddity
gradational nature of existence |
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Q & A regarding the nature and importance of existence as subject of Islamic philosophy
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| Week 4 |
unity of existence: its philosophical and mystical meaning
the concept of unity in multiplicity and multiplicity in unity
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Lecture
presentation by a student about the his/her conception and understanding of previous discussions
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| Week 5 |
few important implications of existential philosophy e.g. theory of knowledge |
Lecture
Q & A regarding the role of philosophy in other sciences and also human life
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| Week 6 |
Reading Week
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| Week 7 |
mental existence and its relation with Islamic epistemology
the epistemology as central in Western philosophy |
Lecture
Q & A regarding the knowledge and its importance in the Western philosophy
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| Week 8 |
causality, division of cause and caused
God existential (causal) relation with the creatures |
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Q & A regarding the divine metaphysics and theology
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| Week 9 |
actuality and potentiality, substantial movement |
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presentation by a student about previous subjects
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| Week 10 |
implications of substantial movement in psychology |
Lecture
Q & A regarding the role of philosophy in the science of the human soul
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| Week 11 |
Islamic philosophical psychology, philosophy of human soul,
soul-body relation |
Lecture
listening to the students’ comments about Islamic philosophy
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*Our website is regularly updated with information on the availability of short courses. Please continue to check our website or call us to find out whether the course you are interested in is running next term (which begins in January 2011).
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