2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
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 (W9-327(W936))
- Class
- 1
- Course Code
- SHS.L418
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- 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
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction |
None |
| Class 2 | Text 1 |
reading a text |
| Class 3 | Text 2 |
reading a text |
| Class 4 | Text 3 |
reading a text |
| Class 5 | Text 4 |
reading a text |
| Class 6 | Text 5 |
reading a text |
| Class 7 | Text 6 |
reading a text |
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
- LAH.S447 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences56:Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
- LAH.C661 ： Collaboration across STEM and Liberal Arts: Decoding Human Evolution & Culture through Innovative Science & Technology [1]
- LAH.C660 ： Collaboration across STEM and Liberal Arts: Decoding Human Evolution & Culture through Innovative Science & Technology [2]
Prerequisites
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
yakumo[at]logico-philosophicus.net
Office hours
Appointment by e-mail is requred.