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2023　Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences45:Social Sciences with Evolutionary Simulation

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Nakai Yutaka  Okada Isamu 
Class Format
Lecture    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (W2-401 (W241))  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S510
Credits
1
Academic year
2023
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2024/1/31
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The subject of this course is "Exchange System Historiography". The first half of the lecture will explain various problematic situations that lead to social dilemmas, such as the war of all against all and the free-rider problem, and will use the analytical methods of evolutionary game theory and evolutionary simulation to theoretically clarify that the emergence of institutions such as communities, states, and markets is related to the resolution of these dilemmas. The second half of the lecture will look to the future of the community, state, and market. We will look to discuss with students various forms of mutual aid.

In the lectures, we formulate problematic situations with mathematical models and programs, and at the same time, we present new social theories that are different from discourse-oriented social theories by examining the social scientific meanings embedded in the models. The lecture will also cultivate the student’s ability to gain insight into the emerging exchange society through systems thinking.

Student learning outcomes

By taking this course, students will acquire the following abilities
(1) Understand that the dilemmas in various exchanges (1:1 general exchange, 1:N general exchange, and limited exchange) are related to the formation of institutions such as communities, nations, states, and markets.
(2) Understand that the formation of institutions can be described using mathematical models and programs.
(3) To be able to recognize and gain insight into the signs of a new society.
(4) Understand the possibility of designing a mutual aid society from a systems science perspective through computational social sciences (data science).

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
Nakai, who has 20 years of work experience at the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and Mitsubishi Research Institute, will contrast the realities of society with social theory in his lecture.

Keywords

General exchange, war of all against all, free rider problem, in-group favoritism, predatory state, social dilemma, evolutionary game theory, evolutionary simulation, community, nation, state, crowdfunding, computational social science, data science

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

In DAY1 and DAY2, emphasis will be placed on linking social scientific interpretations with the structure of models, explaining the social and historical phenomena to be explained specifically, as well as the mathematical models and algorithms that explain them, using as much simple mathematics as possible. The lecture will look for signs of an exchange society that transcends the community, the state, and the market, and provide insight into the future society.

This lecture will be given in the form of an intensive face-to-face style as follows:
(Lecture room: in Ookayama Campus)
13th Feb (Tue): Part 1 《＃3-＃4》, Part 2 《＃5-＃6》
15th Feb (Thu): Part 3 《＃3-＃4》, Part 4 《＃5-#6》, Part 5 《#7-#8》
16th Feb (Fri): Part 6 《#3-#4》, Part 7 《#5-#6》, Part 8 《#7-#8》

Attendance for all three days is a prerequisite for enrollment in this intensive course.
Note (wrote at 26 December):
This course will be offered face-to-face at lecture room W2-401, West Bldg. 2, Ookayama Campus.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Community, State, Market and Karatani's X - Exchange System Historiography (Nakai) Organize the dilemmas facing order formation and explain community, state, and market as solutions.
Class 2 Collective Direct Reciprocity System - The Phenomenon of ‘Community’ (Nakai) Examine contemporary society using the model of social systems science and at the same time consider the scope of social systems science.
Class 3 Mutual Aid System by Tag - The Phenomenon of ‘Nation’ (Nakai) Examine contemporary society using the model of social systems science and at the same time consider the scope of social systems science.
Class 4 Defense System by Tribute - The Phenomenon of ‘State’ (Nakai) Examine contemporary society using the model of social systems science and at the same time consider the scope of social systems science.
Class 5 Emergence of Markets and Money - Economic Systems and Macro Models (Okada) Examine contemporary society using the model of social systems science and at the same time consider the scope of social systems science.
Class 6 The Emergence of Autonomous Decentralized Societies - Challenges of Computational Social Science (Okada and Nakai) Find examples that seem to be signs of exchange societies that transcend community, state, and market, and discuss their potentials and challenges.
Class 7 Searching for Karatani’s X - Future Insights with Group Work (Nakai and Okada) Share the case studies you have researched with the group and compile them into a presentation material.
Class 8 Future Insights and Presentation (Nakai and Okada) None

Textbook(s)

None required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course materials are posted on T2SCHOLA　and/or provided during the classes.

Assessment criteria and methods

Participation in class discussions is encouraged. In addition, students are required to submit a report for each DAY. In particular, in Participation in class discussions is encouraged. In addition, students are required to submit reports for DAY1 & DAY2. The report of DAY1 & DAY2 and the presentation of DAY3 will be combined and evaluated overall with the weight of 60% and 40%, respectively. Note that all of the reports will be assignments to find unknown issues and new interpretations, which AI is not good at, so please use AI as an excellent assistant.

Related courses

  • LAH.S437 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences42:Consensus Building

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Prospective students should have interests in a society and history.

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

Yutaka NAKAI、nakai.yutaka0[at]gmail.com
Isamu OKADA、okada[at]soka.ac.jp

When inquiring by emails, include the course title in the subject, and your student ID and name in the body of the email.

Other

This course includes the content of science.

***Lectures in a classroom throughout three days.

This course is 500-level course.
Tokyo Tech’s “wedge-shaped style education” enables students to pursue liberal arts education in a phased manner throughout undergraduate and graduate programs.
Students are encouraged to take 100-level to 600-level courses in order. As such, master’s students must begin Humanities and Social Science courses at the 400 level (in 1Q/2Q of the first year for those entering in April, and 3Q/4Q for those entering in September), then proceed to 500-level courses (in 3Q/4Q or later for those entering in April, and 1Q/2Q of the following year or later for those entering in September).

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