| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
Liberal Arts Education Program |
| Lecture Code |
61010003 |
Subject Classification |
Area Courses |
| Subject Name |
哲学Ａ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
テツガクA |
Subject Name in
English |
PhilosophyＡ |
| Instructor |
NEMOTO HIROSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ネモト ヒロシ |
| Campus |
Kasumi |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, Second Semester, 3Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(3T) Tues1-4：霞R304講義室 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive) |
| Lecture |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
01
:
Philosophy |
| Eligible Students |
All Students |
| Keywords |
Comparative thought, Indian philosophy, Buddhist studies, truth, knowledge, life and death |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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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 | 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course reexamines, at a fundamental level, what it means to “do philosophy” through a cross-cultural study of Eastern and Western philosophical traditions. Centering on Indian Brahmanical thought and Indo-Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, the course engages in comparative discussions with ancient Greek philosophy, modern European philosophy, and contemporary French thought. Through these inquiries, students will develop the ability to critically and existentially reflect on fundamental questions concerning truth, knowledge, life, and death. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: What Does It Mean to Do Philosophy?
(Merleau-Ponty; Bergson)
lesson2: How Does One Become a Philosopher?
(Tibetan monastic debate; Socrates; Gongsun Long)
lesson3: The Moment of Encountering Beauty
(Alain; Dharmakīrti; Nishida Kitarō)
lesson4: What Do We Really See?
(Duns Scotus; Mokṣākaragupta)
lesson5: Is an Apple One?
(Zhuangzi; Hume; Śāntarakṣita)
lesson6: Attaining Truth
(Descartes; Spinoza; Dharmakīrti; 'Jam dbyangs bzhad pa)
lesson7: Toward Fundamental Thinking
(Heidegger; Nishitani Keiji; Early Buddhist texts)
lesson8: What Is the True Self?
(Lévi-Strauss; Descartes; Upaniṣads)
lesson9: The Nature of Time
(Augustine of Hippo; Leibniz; Tsong kha pa)
lesson10: Difference and Repetition
(Nāgārjuna; Deleuze)
lesson11: The Origin of Life
(The Six Realms of saṃsāra in Tibetan Buddhism; Schopenhauer; Kimura Taiken)
lesson12: Training for Death
(Plato; Seneca; Śāntideva, The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
lesson13: Ways of Living Freely
(Foucault; Lacan; Bhagavadgītā)
lesson14: What Is the Right Way to Live?
(Vasubandhu; Spinoza)
lesson15: Conclusion |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Distributed materials. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Students are expected to review and confirm the course content. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Short response papers after class (40%)
Final assignment (60%) |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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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. |