What is "philosophy"?
Philosophy, like astronomy and mathematics, is a discipline with a very very long history, from ancient to the present. It has a lot to do with our daily lives, society, history, and various sciences and arts.
In this introductory lecture, we will use familiar materials such as AI, video games, manga, and novels to understand and try philosophy.
The goal of this course is that you will be able to:
1) understand what philosophy is.
2) formulate more appropriate questions.
philophy, question, encyclopedia, humanities
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
This class consists of lectures and discussions between instructer and students.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Prologue: Overview | Understand the aim of this lecture and class flow. |
Class 2 | What is philosophy? | Understand philosophy. |
Class 3 | Philosophy of game | Think about games from a philosophical perspective. |
Class 4 | Philosophy of other-world | Think about other-world in novels and comics from a philosophical perspective. |
Class 5 | Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence | Think about AI from a philosophical perspective. |
Class 6 | Philosophy of daily life | Think about daily life from a philosophical perspective. |
Class 7 | Epilogue: Review | Review the lecture. |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
None required.
Course materials are provided during class.
Term-end report (70%), mini-report (20%), and Contribution to the lecture (comments, question, etc. 10%)
None required.