Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BA210002 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 科学哲学・科学思想史
Subject Name
(Katakana)
カガクテツガク・カガクシソウシ
Subject Name in
English
History and Philosophy of Science
Instructor AKAI KIYOAKI
Instructor
(Katakana)
アカイ キヨアキ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Weds5-8:LET B104
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture
Web_Site, URL;
https://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/akyah59/2024_an_med_sc_phil_rep.shtml 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
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
Acquisition of a rudimentary knowledge of philosophy of science 
Class Schedule lesson1: guidance, philosophy and scinence
lesson2: objectives of science, theory of science
lesson3: hypothesis, experiment and counterevidence
lesson4: induction, possitivism
lesson5: conventionalism, instrumentalism
lesson6: holism
lesson7: relativism, realism
lesson8: nature and science in Medieval thought(1)
lesson9: nature and science in Medieval thought(2)
lesson10: a general survey of Arabic science
lesson11: nature and science in Greco-Roman thought(1)
lesson12: nature and science in Greco-Roman thought(2)
lesson13: nature and science in Greco-Roman thought(3)
lesson14: philosophy and investigation of science
lesson15: summary 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Necessary materials will be distributed in each lesson 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
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Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Students are supposed to prepare lessons and reviews of each lessons. 
Requirements None. 
Grading Method papers on designated subject  
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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