The Philosophy Department is active in education by receiving students since academic year of 2017-2018. The department, which has 4 sub-departments (Systematic Philosophy and Logic, History of Philosophy, History of Science, History of Turkish-Islamic Thinking) teaches the discipline of philosophy in both systematic and historical perspectives. By providing skills of philosophical investigation, the department aims to develop solutions to the social, cultural, environmental, moral, political and technological problems of humanity. In order to achieve this goal, the department teaches philosophy in a systematic and historical way. In one hand, the students learn the theories and perspectives of philosophers and on the other hand they engage directly with the philosophical problems in a systematic way.
Philosophy as a discipline examines the foundations of science, morality, art, religion and technology, so it is expected from it to develop perspectives and alternative solutions to the problems which may occure in these different fields that concerns all the parts of the society. In order to meet this expectation the undergradute program of philosophy aims to raise individuals who will have high capability of analysis and synthesis, advanced writing and oral skills, who will think in a logical and critical manner, who will be successful in human relations and who will be sensitive to the problems of mankind
| No | Program Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | Acquire a general philosophical perspective |
| 2 | To be able to understand and use basic concepts of philosophy |
| 3 | Recognition of the basic arguments and characteristics of philosophical theories |
| 4 | Recognition of the main ideas of great philosophers |
| 5 | Acquire a systematic and logical reasoning processes |
| 6 | Analyze and compare main philosophical theories in the history of philosophy |
| 7 | Acquire, analyze and compare the main theories of ontology in philosophy |
| 8 | Acquire, analyze and compare the main theories of epistemology in philosophy |
| 9 | Acquire, analyze and compare the main theories of value in philosophy |
| 10 | Acquire to be able to understand and evaluate the philosophical problems by using philosophical concepts and theories on the basis of the knowledge of history of philosophy |
| 11 | To become responsive individuals towards the humane, social, cultural, ethical and political problems of current period and to search solutions for these problems from a philosophical perspective. |
| 12 | To be able to develop the methods of criticize, evaluation, analyze and interpretation, which provide to be able to read and write a text, in order to understand and solve the philosophical problems. |
| 13 | Acquire a conscious of history and ethics, and also conservation of human rights with the philosophical view on human. |
| 14 | To become an individual, who is critical and inquisitorial and also evaluative, by acquiring philosophical view on values. |
The graduates of department of philosophy, begin the academic career after commencing master and doctorate degrees. On the other hand, after getting the pedagogical formation, they are assigned as philosophy teacher at the Ministry of Education or as counsellor at private schools and private teaching institution. In addition, the graduate students can find a job at media organs, at departments of education and culture in public establishments, at departments of public relations, planning and advertising in private sectors and as an author, advisor and life coach. On the other hand, they can work as free researchers in the disciplines of social science.
