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Essential Philosophy for Global Leaders 2019年10月1日開講　

Posted on 2019年8月9日

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　次世代のグローバルリーダーを育成するためのコースワークである博士課程リベラルアーツ科目から、Essential Philosophy for Global Leadersを10月1日より開講します。
　この授業は、グローバル理工学副専攻の履修科目になっていますが、博士前期・後期課程に所属する学生はどなたでも履修することができますので、グローバル力の強化を目指している方には受講をお勧めします。なお、講義は英語で行われます。

主題と目標

Key themes:
– Historical and contemporary relevance of philosophy
– Integrating philosophy in other fields
– Philosopher’s public role
Objectives:
– To recognize philosophy as scientifically meaningful and socially useful
– To counterbalance the old and new in our understanding of philosophy
– To reflect on the general and technical roles of philosophy
– To integrate philosophy in your discipline
– To educe personal philosophy and leadership

学生へのメッセージ

posterWelcome to Essential PHILOSOPHY!
This course is designed to equip students with skills that are essential to intellectual thought. Non-philosophic audiences, from fishermen to astrophysicists, struggle with cruxes that philosophers in a particular canonical field work on. Philosophic insights are inseparable from human existence and its applications are numerous, whether in design, programming, communications, toxicology, policy etc.
Classes will consist of short and clear lectures combined with discussions and lively debates.
This course will be conducted in the simplest possible English.

講義概要

科目名
Essential Philosophy for Global Leaders　[19S1013]
単位数
2.0単位
担当教員
山本 ラヴェナー ロクサナ　（お茶の水女子大学リーディング大学院推進センター特任講師）
対象
博士前期・後期課程
学部生も聴講できます。理系・文系は問いません。
場所
人間文化研究科棟408室
日時
火曜7～8限（15:00-16:30）
2019年
　10月1日、8日、15日、29日
　11月5日、12日、19日、26日
　12月3日、10日、17日、24日
2020年
　1月7日、14日、21日
授業計画
  • Each lecture will begin with a brief introduction on the scheduled topic, followed by discussions in relation to the topic.
  • Course 1. A primer to Essential Philosophy (Ph.)
    – Introduction to the course
    – (Discussion) Students’ expectations of the course
  • Course 2. The object of Ph.
    – Identifying the knowledge that can be attained through Ph. alone
    – (Discussion) Is Ph. a science or an art?
  • Course 3. The essential function of Ph.
    – Exploring the need for inquiry
    – (Discussion) Why should we study or practice Ph.?
  • Course 4. Outlook on the world
    – Analysing various perceptions and knwoledge base in which they are grounded
    – (Discussion) Does the world need to change or not?
  • Course 5. Common beliefs
    – Questioning common beliefs and their foundations
    – (Discussion) Why do people believe they will one day disappear from the world?
  • Course 6. Common practices
    – Questioning common practices and their motives
    – (Discussion) Why are 2.41 billion people active on Facebook?
  • Course 7. Critical thinking
    – Focusing on the conscious activity of the mind
    – (Discussion) When is it right to squander time?
  • Course 8. Abstract thinking
    – Reflecting on the metaphysics of time
    – (Discussion) Is there time?
  • Course 9. Reality and Virtual Reality
    – Natural vs. synthetic environment
    – (Discussion) What are your plural identities?
  • Course 10. The science of questions
    – Emphasising on the importance and difficulty of posing good questions
    – (Discussion) Can people live happily together?
  • Course 11. Ultimate meaning of our actions
    – Understanding our motives
    – (Discussion) What is the motive for studying?
  • Course 12. Ultimate justification of our actions
    – Asserting the value of our actions
    – (Discussion) What is the anticipated good which justifies the efforts invested in studying?
  • Course 13. The Socratic seminar
    – Students take turns and lead the debate based on a text from Jonathon Free’s book “Making Philosophy Obsolete: Popular Science’s Battle for the Public Mind”
    – (Discussions) Can we do away with philosophy?
  • Course 14 and 15: Final Presentations and Q&A
    – Oral presentations of your own philosophic work (written or not)
時間外学習
Apart from the time students will invest in their final presentation, this course requires no learning time outside the classroom. Students are encouraged to dedicate as little/much time outside the class as they deem necessary to fulfil their personal philosophy-related aims.
教科書・参考文献
Recommended readings:
Plato. (any edition). The Republic
Schopenhauer, A. 1966. The World as Will and Representation

履修登録

履修登録期間： 10月 1日（火）～ 10月14日（月）
上記登録期間内に登録ができなかった場合は、学生センター棟1階学務課にご相談ください。
※学部生の聴講については、リーディング大学院推進センターにご連絡ください。

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