Felsefeye Giriş

Felsefeye Giris ('Introduction to Philosophy') by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Arslan is one of the most widely read and adopted introductory philosophy textbooks in Turkey, first published in 1994. Arslan is a leading Turkish philosopher and translator specializing in Ancient Greek philosophy, medieval Islamic philosophy, and Ottoman theological thought.

The book aims to give readers a general and foundational understanding of what philosophy is, the nature and function of philosophical knowledge, and philosophy's relationship to other cultural and intellectual activities such as science, art, and religion. It then introduces the principal disciplines of philosophy and their major problems, concepts, theories, and schools of thought.

A hallmark of the work is its balanced, argument-and-counter-argument structure: each thesis is presented alongside the objections and criticisms directed at it, so readers learn to reason critically rather than accept conclusions passively. Written in simpler language than many comparable texts, it has become a standard reference in the Turkish philosophical curriculum.