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SAKARYA
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
We regard
Philosophy as
providing an invading
perspective for
an individual,
questioning every
environment of
living and
every way of life,
and speaking
out to
ourselves and
to the
world. In
this sense, the
aim of Philosophy
teaching is to
question the
value of Philosophy
in life and to
form a character
who respects
the rights
and freedom of
others, who
runs after
the wisdom,
who is authentic,
autonomous in mind
and free in
his thought and
life. Such a
conscience with
its critical
way of thinking
and prejudice-free
identity and
character tries
to understand
and to
explain its
culture, history
and their
formation phases,
and to
develop and
to change
them in a positive
way.
Sakarya University
Department of Philosophy
which was
founded in 1999 in
order to
educate students
who will
make contribution
to Turkish
way of thinking
who are
prejudicefree,
who are
able to
make comment
and who
have the
ability of
independent thinking
inaugurated
undergraduate education in
the academic
year 2001-2002 and
graduate education
(Program of Philosophy,
History of
Philosophy Main
Field at the
Institute of Social
Sciences) in the
academic year
2002-2003. Doctoral Program
will be opened
beginning from
the academic
year 2009-2010. SAU
Department of Philosophy,
which targets
to offer
Philosophy
formation, with
the principle
of embracing our
world of culture
and science,
in a different way
from the
similar departments,
consists of four
main fields
of studies.
Systematic
Philosophy and
Logic: (Ontology,
Epistemology,
Science, Ethics,
Philosophy of
History, Philosophy of
Religion, Logic)
History of
Philosophy: Old
Indian and
Chinese Thought,
Ancient Greek
Philosophy,
Medieval Philosophy,
Renaissance,
Western Contemporary
Philosophical
Movements and
its sub-disciplines.
History of Turkish
Islamic Thought:
(Pre-Islamic
Turkish Thought,
Islamic Philosophy,
Mystic Thought
(Tasavvuf), 9th century-15th
century Turkish
Thought,
Contemporary Turkish
Thought and
its sub-disciplines.)
History of Science:
(History of General
Science, History of
Islamic Science,
History of Ottoman
Science, History
of Positive Science
and other
elective courses
such as
Introduction to
Chemistry, Physics,
Biology,
Mathematics and
Geography with
its sub-disciplines.)
There are
also elective
courses in the
curriculum, such
as Ottoman Turkish
and Greek,
in order to
provide the
students with
the necessary
background to
facilitate their
comprehension of
Philosophical thought.
Psychology and
Sociology courses
are given
to students
in a sufficient
credit so
that they
could become
teachers of Philosophy
group. They
also have
the chance
of selecting the
Counseling and
Editorial courses.
Since 2004-2005 academic
year, Language
Preparatory Courses
have been
given to
the certain
number of the
students according
to our
quota on request.
The department
consists of 2
professors, 5 Assistant
Professors, and
3 Research
Assistants.
About 450 students
have education
in the Department
of Philosophy which
had first graduates
in the academic
year 2004-2005.
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