An exemplary book on the training of the mind through the eyes of a doctor: Terbiyye-i Akliyye and philosophical investigation

Abstract

Important steps were taken at every stage of the educational policies implemented in the Second Constitutional Period. The use of textbooks and new educational materials and techniques constitutes only a few of these steps. All kinds of thoughts were discussed in the periodicals of the period. During the Second Constitutional Period, when intellectual life was revived, new developments took place in many areas of social sciences, especially psychology. During this period, the copyright and translation of many psychology books were brought into the literature. One of these books is Dr. Avni Mahmud's work titled "Terbiyye-i Akliyye" (Education of the mind) written in 1335/1919. The work has a unique denominator both in illuminating the course of the educational history of the period and in the development of interdisciplinary relations. The purpose of this research is to analyze what kind of philosophical inferences are used in the categories of mind, emotion, and training of the will in the work named “Terbiyye-i Akliyye”. The work in question is enlightening at the point that the work in question is enlightening in that the period gives clues about education in general and philosophical approaches in education in particular. Document analysis approach qualitative research methods was used in the research. Based on the categories and sub-themes of “Training the Mind Power” and “Training the Power of Emotion and Will”, the study concluded that it is not enough to train the mind alone, but that the mind can only be trained when the mind, emotion, and willpower are trained together.