Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BA208001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 西洋近現代哲学研究 B
Subject Name
(Katakana)
セイヨウキンゲンダイテツガクケンキュウB
Subject Name in
English
Study of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy B
Instructor HIGAKI YOSHISHIGE
Instructor
(Katakana)
ヒガキ ヨシシゲ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  First Semester,  OutOfTerm(1st)
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (O1) Inte:See the bulletin board for detail.
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
・Lecture ・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 knowledge, desire, truth, practical, moral, Kant 
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
How is knowledge possible for human being? Using the western philosophy that bears fruit in Kant as a clue, I think of it as my own problem in order to live in the present age, from the perspective of theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge. 
Class Schedule lesson1:Knowledge
lesson2:Will
lesson3:Truth
lesson4:Theoretical knowledge
lesson5:Prticular knowledge and universal knowledge
lesson6:Ground for scinence
lesson7:Reproducibility and one-time-only character
lesson8:Practical knowledge
lesson9:Factum of reason
lesson10:True universal practical knowledge
lesson11:Practical principle without matter
lesson12:Knowledge for human beings
lesson13:Mechanism and teleology
lesson14:Conscience
lesson15:”knowing” and “certaining”

reaction paper and final report 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Handouts will be distributed as necessary 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms, moodle
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Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
(授業の各回(第1回から15回)に対応して記入してください。)
lesson1:What is “knowing”?
lesson2:What is “desiring”?
lesson3:What makes the Statement true?
lesson4:What is the truth of theoretical knowledge?
lesson5:How far does reach the sense?
lesson6:It is thinkable that there is’nt any order of the world?
lesson7:It is thinkable that the same event happens?
lesson8:What is the truth of practical knowledge?
lesson9:What is “unreasonable”?
lesson10:What is the practical knowledge without truth?
lesson11:Is it possible that the practical principle has content?
lesson12:How far does reach the human knowledge?
lesson13:Is the teleology a superstition?
lesson14:What is conscience?
lesson15:What is “certaining”?
 
Requirements nothing in particular 
Grading Method Prerequiste: Submission of reaction paper (more than 2/3 of lessons)
Reaction paper (40%) and Final report (60%). 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other This class requires you to speak and pronounce words during class, so if you are taking the class online, please be careful about where you are taking the class. 
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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