5208001 History of Western Philosophy
| Numbering Code | U-LET04 25208 LJ34 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Wed.3 | |
| Instructor name | OUKOUCHI TAIZYU (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course will trace the history of Kant’s critical philosophy and early German idealism and discuss their features. | |||
| Course Goals |
* Understand and acquire knowledge of philosophical history * Acquire the ability to understand philosophical questions and consider them philosophically |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Week 1: Guidance Week 2: Kant’s theoretical philosophy (1) Kant in the pre-critical period and “a priori synthetic judgement” Week 3: Kant’s theoretical philosophy (2) sensibility theory and l’entendement theory Week 4: Kant’s theoretical philosophy (3) dialectic Week 5: Kant’s moral philosophy (1) categorical imperative Week 6: Kant’s moral philosophy (2) antinomy of practical reason Week 7: Kant’s moral philosophy (3) morality and religion Week 8: Kant’s aesthetics Week 9: Kant and the natural sciences (1) category and nature Week 10: Kant and the natural sciences (2) mechanism and organics systems Week 11: Between Kant and Fichte (1) Reinhold, Aenesidemus Week 12: Between Kant and Fichte (2) Jacobi Week 13: From critical philosophy to the science of knowledge (Fichte) (1) three fundamental propositions Week 14: From critical philosophy to the science of knowledge (Fichte) (2) the theoretical sector and imagination Week 15: Summary |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluation will be based on interim reports and regular exams (written). | |||
| Course Requirements | Nothing in particular | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students should study independently to deepen their understanding of the lecture contents according to their individual interests. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Handouts will be distributed. | ||
