Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BA001002 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 西洋哲学入門
Subject Name
(Katakana)
セイヨウテツガクニュウモン
Subject Name in
English
Introduction to Philosophy
Instructor HAZAMA TOMOKI
Instructor
(Katakana)
ハザマ トモキ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Weds1-4:LET B251
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 01 : Philosophy
Eligible Students
Keywords  
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Philosophy and Thought
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Basic understanding of Philosophy and Thoughts (including Liberal Arts Education)
・Acquisition of basic knowledge about Philosophy and Thoughts 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Students learn what is (western) philosophy through relevant thoughts in contemporary philosophies.
 
Class Schedule lesson1 Tractatus Logico-philosophicus. Early Wittgenstein.
lesson2 Philosophischen Untersuchungen. Late Wittgenstein.
lesson3 Two Dogmas of Empiricism. W. V. O. Quine.
lesson4 Empiricism and Philosophy of Mind. W. Sellars.
lesson5 Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. R. Rorty.
lesson6 Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns. J. Habermas.
lesson7 A Theory of Justice. J. Rawls.
lesson8 Naming and Necessity. S. Kripke.
lesson9 Essays on Actions and Events. D. Davidson.
lesson10 Mind and World. J. McDowell.
lesson11 Making It Explicit. R. Brandom.
lesson12 Sinn und Existenz. M. Gabriel.
lesson13 L'Historie de la folie. M. Foucault.
lesson14 Homo Sacer. G. Agamben.
lesson15 Summary. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
References will be given as necessary. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
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Suggestions on
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Review
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Requirements  
Grading Method examination 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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