5331001 Japanese Philosophy
| Numbering Code | U-LET05 35331 LJ34 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
| Target Year | 3rd year students or above | Target Student | ||
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Wed.5 | |
| Instructor name | UEHARA MAYUKO (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course consists of two parts, offered in sequence in the first and second semesters of the academic year 2022. The first semester explores the understanding of sensations and emotions among the Kyoto school philosophers, including Kitaro Nishida and others, to ascertain how their philosophical theories related sensations and emotions to their methods of expression. The course also focuses on the intelligible world defined in the framework of Nishida’s philosophy and examines sensations and feelings from the viewpoint of “logic.” While various methods of expression can be expected, this course will look at artistic expression. We will examine how to connect philosophical theory and expression with a high degree of abstraction. The course also explores a philosophical path of the intelligible world that overcomes the high abstraction of Nishida and Hajime Tanabe’s ideas. | |||
| Course Goals |
* Be able to clarify the meaning of sensations and feelings among the philosophers of the Kyoto school * Deepen students' understanding of the philosophers’ methods of expression, especially artistic expression * Understand the relationship between theory and practice in philosophy, and by looking critically at the thoughts of excessively abstract philosophers, understand more concrete ways of thinking and expressing |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Throughout the course, we will discuss the following topics. Week 1: Orientation: explanation of course objectives and schedule Week 2: Understanding the senses and emotions in Kitaro Nishida (1) Week 3: Understanding the senses and emotions in Kitaro Nishida (2) Week 4: Positioning sensations and feelings in the intelligible world of “place” (1) Week 5: Positioning sensations and feelings in the intelligible world of “place” (2) Week 6: Understanding senses and emotions in Shuzo Kuki Week 7: Understanding senses and feelings in Kiyoshi Miki Week 8: Understanding senses and feelings in Masakazu Nakai Week 9: Understanding senses and emotions in Motomori Kimura Week 10: Understanding senses and emotions in Yasukazu Fukada Week 11: How to express senses and emotions (1) Week 12: How to express senses and emotions (2) Week 13: Problems of theory and practice; overcoming abstraction (1) Week 14: Problems of theory and practice; overcoming abstraction (2) Week 15: Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Participation points 50%; report exam at the end of the second semester 50% | |||
| Course Requirements | Nothing in particular | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Through the sessions, students deepen their thoughts on their own research subjects. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | No textbook assigned. Lecture materials (abstracts and references) will be distributed in each class. | ||
| References, etc. | Introduced during class. | |||
