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2024　Philosophy C

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Yoshikawa Hiromitsu 
Class Format
Lecture     
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Day/Period(Room No.)
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Group
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Course number
LAH.H301
Credits
2
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

You may have an image of philosophy as learning what the great philosophers of the past, such as Plato, Descartes, and Weil, thought. Philosophy, on the other hand, is an activity that anyone can try and engage in.

So, how can we try philosophy for ourselves? To do so, you need to read and consider what philosophers have thought and written.

For example, in order to be able to cook or program by yourself, you need to practice and repeat trial and error. In the same way, you need training in order to do philosophy.

In this lecture, we will read the texts and try to train ourselves in philosophy.

Student learning outcomes

The goal of this course is that you will be able to:

1) understand what philosophy is.
2) learn how to read philosophical texts.

Keywords

philosophy, history of philosophy, question, encyclopedia, humanities, reading

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

A lecture format using slides will be combined with a reading session by the participants.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Prologue: Overview Understand the aim of this lecture and class flow.
Class 2 How to read Understand how to read philosophical texts.
Class 3 Reading 1 Read the specified pages of text 1.
Class 4 Reading 2 Read the specified pages of text 1.
Class 5 Reading 3 Read the specified pages of text 1.
Class 6 Review the text 1 Review the text 1.
Class 7 Reading 4 Read the specified pages of text 2.
Class 8 Reading 5 Read the specified pages of text 2.
Class 9 Reading 6 Read the specified pages of text 2.
Class 10 Review the text 2 Review the text 2.
Class 11 Reading 7 Read the specified pages of text 3.
Class 12 Reading 8 Read the specified pages of text 3.
Class 13 Review the text 3 Review the text 3.
Class 14 Epilogue: Review Review the lecture.

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

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 course material.

Textbook(s)

None required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course materials are provided during class.

Assessment criteria and methods

Reading notes (50%), and Contribution to the lecture (comments, question, etc.) (50%)

Related courses

  • LAH.H101 ： Philosophy A
  • LAH.H201 ： Philosophy B
  • LAH.S432 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences36:Philosophy

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

None required.

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

spinny.attack[at]gmail.com

Office hours

Contacts by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.

Other

The literature to be read in this course will be determined based on the number of students and their preferences.
I hope to select short, well-known articles from the philosophy of language, philosophy of science, moral philosophy (ethics), etc.

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