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.