Syllabus

Course Outline and Reading List:
Basic Text: *John Desmond Bernal (1971) Science in History, in four volumes, MIT Press.

I. Introduction: Basic Problems of Philosopy and Science

*John Desmond Bernal (1971a) Science in History, Vol I. Part I.
-Bertrand Russell (1959) The Problems of Philosophy.
http://www.ditext.com/russell/russell.html
-J.M. Bochenski (1996) Felsefece Düşünmenin Yolları, Çev. Kurtuluş Dinçer, Ankara, Bilim Sanat.
II. Science in Ancient World

*John Desmond Bernal (1971a) Science in History, Vol I. Part II.
-Gordon Childe (1951) Man Makes Himself.
-George Thompson (1955) The First Philosophers, Lawrence and Wishart, London.
http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/thomson1.html

III. Science in Medieval West and Islam World.

*John Desmond Bernal (1971a) Science in History, Vol I. Part III.
-Dimitri Gutas (1998) Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Ábbasid Society, [available in Turkish under the title of Yunanca Düşünce Arapça Kültür, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2003. ]

IV. Scientific Revolution

*John Desmond Bernal (1971b) Science in History, Vol II Part IV.
-Richard S. Westfall (1978) The Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics [available in Turkish, Modern Bilimin Oluşumu, Tübitak Yayınları)
-J.Bronowski and Bruce Mazlish (1975) The Western Intellectual Tradition, From Leonardo to Hegel, Harper TorchBooks.
- Bertrand Russell (1961) Religion and Science, Oxford Universitiy Press [available in Turkish, Din ve Bilim, Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
V. Dual Revolution (French Revolution and Industrial Revolution) and Sciences

*John Desmond Bernal (1971b) Science in History, Vol II Part V, ch 8.

VI. Scope, History and Method of Social Sciences

*John Desmond Bernal (1971c) Science in History, Vol IV Part VII, ch 12.

(*) Must readings.