| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
Liberal Arts Education Program |
| Lecture Code |
61010001 |
Subject Classification |
Area Courses |
| Subject Name |
哲学Ａ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
テツガクA |
Subject Name in
English |
PhilosophyＡ |
| Instructor |
SEKIMURA MAKOTO |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
セキムラ マコト |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Mon5-8：IAS K211 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| Lecture |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
|
| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
01
:
Philosophy |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
The sensible and the intelligible, Idea, Beauty, Love, Imitation, Image, Illusion, Shadow, Form |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
|
Special Subject |
|
Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Philosophy / Ethics / Religion / Arts |
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| Expected Outcome | |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This is an introductory course on philosophy, beginning with the thought of Plato, and thinking about problems of appearance and form. |
| Class Schedule |
1. Introduction
2. Greek Philosophy, Who is Socrates?
3. Sensibility and Intelligence (1) Intelligible Form and Beauty
4. Sensibility and Intelligence (2) Soul and Body
5. Imitation and assimilation (1) Seeing and Reflection
6. Imitation and assimilation (2) Theory of Imitative Activity
7. Problems of Appearances (1) Production of Illusions
8. Problems of Appearances (2) "Utsushi"
9. Shadow (Kage) (1) Plato's “Allegory of the Cave”
10. Shadow (Kage) (2) Dream and Reality
11. Kata, Katachi, and Sugata (1) Plato's Theory of Education in The Republic
12. Kata, Katachi, and Sugata (2) "Kata" and Japanese Culture
13. Thought on Life (1) Stoics: Spiritual Exercises
14. Thought on Life (2) Stoics: Citadel of the Soul
15. Conclusion
|
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
There is no required textbook. Reference books will be introduced during every lecture. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Microsoft Forms, moodle |
| (More Details) |
Handout・Picture（PC） |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Students are expected to read and consider handouts. |
| Requirements |
None |
| Grading Method |
Report (70%), Attitude toward the class (30%) |
| Practical Experience |
|
| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
|
| Message |
Bring a laptop to class. |
| Other |
【In case the number of registered students exceed 250, a computerized random selection will be carried out.】 |
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. |