PHIL344 PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE
| Course Code: |
2410344 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
4(4-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
| Department: |
Philosophy |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ÞEREF HALÝL TURAN |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The course will be concerned with Aristotle`s most famous and influential work Metaphysics. After a brief introduction to Aristotle`s philosophy and its place in the history of ancient philosophy. we will pay particular attention to Aristotle`s conception of `first philosophy` as the most valuable and comprehensive of all sciences. the so-called `metaphysics`. We will trace how Aristotle explores the science that is devoted to the investigation of first causes. of Being as such and of the form of knowledge that deserves the title `wisdom`. Finally. we will consider Aristotle`s formulation of the fundamental metaphysical problems: the questions concerning the substance. the particular and the universal. form and matter. potentiality and actuality. and finally. the mover and the moved.
