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Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences36:Philosophy
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Takamitsu Yamamoto
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.S432
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
"Objectivity" is one of the most important words in modern sciences.
For instance, today's science emphasize objectivity. But it wasn't so long ago that people began to think so. The concept of "objectivity" has a history.
In this lecture, we will review the concept of "object" and consider what it really means.
The aim of this lecture is to put philosophy into practice by reexamining conepts that are used as if they ware taken for granted.
Course description and aims
The goal of this course is that you will be able to:
1) understand what philosophy is.
2) appropriately consider the concept of "objectivity".
Keywords
philophy, question, objectivity, history of ideas
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class consists of lectures.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Prologue: Overview | Understand the aim of this lecture and class flow. |
| Class 2 | history of the concept of "Objectivity" | Understand the history of the concept of "objectivity" |
| Class 3 | reading Objectivity (1) | Read the book "Objectivity" |
| Class 4 | reading Objectivity (2) | Read the book "Objectivity" |
| Class 5 | reading Objectivity (3) | Read the book "Objectivity" |
| Class 6 | reading Objectivity (4) | Read the book "Objectivity" |
| Class 7 | Epilogue: Review | Review the lecture. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison, Objectivity (Zone books, 2010)
Other course materials are provided during class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Term-end report (60%), short report (30%), and Contribution to the lecture (comments, question, etc. 10%)
Related courses
- LAH.H101 ： Philosophy A
- LAH.H201 ： Philosophy B
- LAH.H301 ： Philosophy C
Prerequisites
None required.