Special Lecture on Advanced Topics in Social and Human Sciences SB 1

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences

Instructor(s)

Takamitsu Yamamoto

Class Format

Lecture (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-6 Thu

Class

1

Course Code

SHS.L418

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 14, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

How has the description of nature been made in human history? In this lecture, we will analyze the scientific style of some literature.

We plan to decide the literature to read in the first lecture.

Candidates: Aristotle's "On the Heavens", Copernicus' "The Rotation of the Celestial Spheres", Galileo's "The Sidereal Messenger", Kepler's "New Astronomy", Descartes' "Philosophical Principles", Alexander von Humboldt's "Cosmos", etc.

Course description and aims

Understand the scientific style
Understand how to peruse literature

Keywords

natural philosophy, science, style, history of sciences

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lecture in Japanese

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

perusing the literature

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Instruct in class

Evaluation methods and criteria

Commitment: 30%, Final report: 70%

Related courses

• SHS.L415 ： Trans-disciplinary Exercise in Social and Human Sciences S

Prerequisites

none