INTERNATIONAL AL-FARABI SYMPOSYUM

 

7-8 OCTOBER 2004

 

Ankara University, Faculty of Divinity, Ankara, Turkey

 

 

OCTOBER 7, THURSDAY

 

09:05 a.m. Opening Speech

 

10:00 a.m. Session I :  Studies on al-Farabi

(Yunus Emre Hall)

 

Chair: Prof. Hayrani Altıntaş

 

1. Prof.  Abdulmalik. Nisanbayev  (  Institute for Philosophy  and Political Science ,in Almatı in Khazakistan)                      

 

‘Studies on al-Farabi  in Khazakistan’ (in Khazak)

 

 

2.  Dr. R. M. Mukhammetshin (Institute Tatarskiy Antsiklopediya
 Kazan/Tatarstan/Rus.Fed.)

 

 

“Studies on al-Farabi in Russia in the Twenty Century’ (English)

 

 

3.Prof.  İsmail YAKIT  (Suleyman Demirel University)

 

“Al-Farabi’s Critique of Galen”   (Turkish)

 

 

11:20-12:00 a.m. Discussion

 

12:30- 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

 

 

2:00 p.m. Session II : Metaphysics

 

 Chair : Prof. Mehmet Bayraktar

 

 

1.Associate Prof. İbrahim Hakkı Aydın (Ataturk University)

 

 “Al-Farabi and His Argument from Perfection’ (Turkish)

 

 

2.Assistant Prof. M. Sait REÇPER  (Ankara University)

 

“Al-Farabi and The Issue of Divine Simplicity” (Turkish)

 

 

3. Assistant Prof. İbrahim Maraş (Ankara University)

 

“ The Consept of ‘Huduth’  in al-Farabi’s Philosophy (Turkish)            

 

 

3:00- 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break  

 

 

4.   Dr. Eyüp Şahin (Ankara University)

 

“Al-Farabi’s Dualism” (Turkish)

 

 

5.  İsmail Hanoğlu    (Ankara University)                                                    

 

“ Metaphysics and Knowledge of the Truth in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

6. Assistant Prof. Enver UYSAL   (Uludag University)      

 

“The Ethical Aspects of the Concepts of ‘al-aql’ and ‘al-nafs’ in al-Kindi and al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

4:15- 4:45 Discussion

 

 

14:00 Session III : Logic and Science (Simultaneous Session)

 

(Hilmi Ziya Ülken Hall)

 

 Chair : Prof.  Necati Öner

 

 

1. Associate Prof. Ali Durusoy   (Marmara University)                                                          

 

“Logic in Relation to Science, Philosophy, and Milla in  al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

2. Assistant Prof. Sadık Türker   (Mugla University)                                             

 

“Tamantuq in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

3 .Dr. İbrahim Çapak     (Sakarya University)                                                        

 

“Al-Farabi’s İsagoge in Comparison with Porphyry’s and Abhari’s İsagoges”  (Turkish)

 

 

3:00- 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break  

 

4. Research Assistant Salih Yalın   (Erciyes University)               

 

 

“al-Farabi’s Conception of Substance” (Turkish)

 

 

5. Associate Prof. Şahin Filiz     (Selcuk University)        

 

“ Al-Farabi’s Epistemology in the Knowledge- Faith Context” (Turkish)

 

 

6. Prof. Yaşar AYDINLI  (Uludag University)

 

 “Kalam and Fiqh in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

7.  Prof. Durmuş Günay  (Zonguldak Karaelmas University)

 

“The Criterion of Science and Clasification of Sciences in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

4:35-5:05 p.m. Discussion

 

 

Friday, OCTOBER 8, 2004

 

09:30 a.m. Session IV: Ethics

 

Chair: Prof. İbrahim Agah Çubukçu

 

 

1.Prof.   Murtaza Korlaelçi  (Ankara University)

 

“Responsibility in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

2.. Assistant Prof .Ayşe Sıdıka Oktay (Suleyman Demirel University)

 

 “ Value Theory in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

3.  Dr. Fatih Toktaş (Ondokuzmayis University)

 

“ Practical Intellect  in terms of  Ta‘aqqul, Fikr, and Mutahayyila” (Turkish)

 

 

4. Assistant Prof. Gürbüz Deniz (Ankara University)

 

“ Human Freedom in al-Farabi” (Turkish)

 

 

5. Prof. Galiya K. Kurmangaliyeva (Institute for Philosophy  and Political Science, in Almatı in Khazakistan)                                             

 

Philosophy of al-Farabi: Knowledge as a Way to Spiritual Development” (English)

 

 

11:10- 11:30 a.m. Discussion

 

 

12:30- 1:30  p.m. Lunch Break

 

 

2: 00 p.m.  Session V:   Relationship Between Philosophy and Religion

 

(Hilmi Ziya Ülken Hall)

 

Chair:  Prof. Mübahat Türker Küyel

 

 

1. Prof. Hasan Şahin  (Erciyes University)

 

 “Al-Farabi’s Understanding of Revelation” (Turkish)

 

 

2. Prof. İlhan Kutluer  (Marmara University)

 

“The Integration of Socio-political, Intellectual and Religious Life in al-Farabi’s Philosophy” (Turkish)

 

3. Associate Prof. Zerrin Kurtoğlu  (Ege University)

 

“ The Relationship Between al-Farabi’s Definition of Religion and Human Wisdom”  (Turkish)

 

 

4 . Assistant Prof. Mehmet Kuyurtar  (Ege University)

 

“The Significance of al-Farabi’s Multidimensional Theory of Happiness in Terms of Philosophy-Religion Relations”  (Turkish)

 

 

5. Assistant Prof. Şaban Haklı  (Gazi University)

 

“The Structure of Religious Languange in Terms of Philosophy-Religion Relations” (Turkish)

 

 

3:40- 4:10 p.m. Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 p.m. Session VI : The Influence of al-Farabi (Simultaneous Session)

 

(Yunus Emre Hall)

 

Chair : Prof. Hüseyin Atay

   

1. Dr. Yahya  M. Michot  (King Collage, UK)

 

"Al-Farabi and His Influence on the Early Avicenna: the Evidence of the "Kitâb al-Mabda' wa al-Ma'âd" (English)

 

 

2. Dr. Dosay  Kenjetay  (Institute for Yasawi  Researches, in Turkistan  in Khazakistan)                                             

 

“The Influence of al-Farabi’s Understanding of  Music on Yasawi Culture” (Turkish)

 

 

3.  Prof. Osman Togusakov     (Institute for Philosophy  and Law , in Bishkek  in Kirgizistan)                                               

 

“Classical Eastern Philosophy and al-Farabi” (Russian)

 

 

4. Research Assistant Eyüp BEKİRYAZICI  (Ataturk University)

 

“al-Farabi’s Place in al-Suhrawardi’s Philosophy” (Turkish)

 

 

3:20- 4:00 p.m. Discussion

 

 

4:10 p.m. Evaluation

 

 

 

This symposium has been organized by ISFED (İslam Felsefecileri Dernegı --Association for Islamic Philosophy) and co-sponsored by TIKA (Turk Isbirligi ve Kalkinma İdaresi Baskanligi). For more information, please contact Senol Korkut at senolkorkut@yahoo.com.