Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code AHH25001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 比較哲学演習
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ヒカクテツガクエンシュウ
Subject Name in
English
Seminar in Comparative Philosophy
Instructor SHIMAMURA SHUHEI
Instructor
(Katakana)
シマムラ シュウヘイ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Fri5-8:IAS J303
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
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Presentation and Discussion 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 01 : Philosophy
Eligible Students
Keywords Propositional Logic, Truth Table, Predicate Logic, Semantics, Syntax 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Integrated Arts and Sciences
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them.
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
・The general ability to logically and simply explain one's own ideas on ways of solving issues to people in different culture and areas, and demonstrate leadership in discussion. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
In the form of exercises, students will learn the basics of formal logic and train to master it. Each session will assign one student as the host and another as the presenter, while the rest of the students participate as the audience. The presenting student will summarize the relevant sections of the text in advance as a resume or slides, and deliver a presentation based on them. Audience members will read the text beforehand, identify questions, and ask them during the class. 
Class Schedule Session 1: Guidance & Assignment of Roles
Session 2: Read Chapter 1 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 3: Read Chapter 2 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 4: Read Sections 3.1–3.4 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 5: Read Sections 3.5–3.8 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 6: Read Sections 3.9–3.12 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 7: Read Chapter 5 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 8: Read Section 6.1 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 9: Read Section 6.2 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 10: Read Sections 9.1–9.2 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 11: Read Sections 9.3–9.4 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 12: Read Section 10.1 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 13: Read Section 10.2 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 14: Read Section 10.3 of Learning Logic Through Building It & Presentation
Session 15: Summary 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Learning Logic Through Building It, by Kazuhisa Todayama, Nagoya University Press, 2000 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
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Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
During preparation, students should read the text in advance, identify points of confusion, and during review, solve the practice problems provided in the text. Additionally, when assigned as the presenter, students should thoroughly read and understand the assigned portion of the text, and be able to explain it in a clear and understandable manner to other participants. 
Requirements None 
Grading Method Presentation: 50%
Hosting: 20%
Contribution as an audience: 30% 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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