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PHL300ZA(哲学 / Philosophy 300)
Advanced Topics in Philosophy I

Joel Van Fossen

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Faculty/Graduate school Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
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Year 2023
Class code A6307
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Term 春学期授業/Spring
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Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市富士‐F309
Grade 3~4
Credit(s) 2
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Open Program
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Global Open Program
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Category (commenced 2024 onwards)
Category (commenced 2020-2023) 300-level Advanced Courses(上級)
Category (commenced 2016-2019) 300-level Advanced Courses
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Outline and objectives

Philosophy of Love

Love comes in many forms: romantic love, familial love, and friendship are some examples. Moreover, love and loving relationships play important roles in human life and well-being, and because of this, many of us are familiar with love. However, despite love’s familiarity, puzzling philosophical questions arise when reflecting on its nature. What exactly is love? Is love irrational? Can it be immoral? How do advances in technology alter or shape how we think about love? These are all questions that we will explore in this course.

Goal

This course has four primary learning goals. First, students will learn about various and diverging views on the philosophy of love. Second, students will improve critical thinking skills when engaging with abstract reasoning, especially in the context of philosophical debate. Third, students will improve their reading skills when confronting nuanced and challenging text. Finally, students will improve their writing skills to communicate complex ideas clearly and confidently.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

Each meeting will include an interactive lecture with slides and an active learning period. The lectures will occupy roughly one hour of each meeting. Students will then write a short in-class reflective writing exercise. Lastly, students will participate in a class discussion or debate. The instructor will assess students primarily on their final paper. Students will produce a paper proposal before writing a paper draft. After the proposal has been approved, students will write a draft of their paper. Students will then exchange papers with each other, and they will write a peer-reviewed report of another student’s paper. Students should consider this report when revising their final drafts. In addition to the final paper, students will produce a short report explaining how they integrated changes from their peer-reviewed report into their final paper draft. The instructor will provide written feedback on the final paper.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[オンライン/online]:Introduction & Love’s Nature 1

Love, society, and biology

2[対面/face to face]:Love’s Nature 2

Possessive love

3[対面/face to face]:Love’s Nature 3

Selfless love

4[対面/face to face]:Love and Rationality 1

Irrational love

5[対面/face to face]:Love and Rationality 2

The qualities view of love’s reasons

6[対面/face to face]:Love and Rationality 3

The personhood view of love’s reasons

7[対面/face to face]:Love and Rationality 4

The relationships view of love’s reasons

8[対面/face to face]:Love and Rationality 5

Pluralism and love’s reasons

9[対面/face to face]:Love and Morality 1

Love and partiality

10[対面/face to face]:Love and Morality 2

Immoral love

11[対面/face to face]:Love and Morality 3

Moral love

12[対面/face to face]:Love and Applied Ethics 1

A right to be loved

13[対面/face to face]:Love and Applied Ethics 2

Taking drugs to fall in and out of love

14[対面/face to face]:Love and Applied Ethics 3

Love, robots, and AI

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Students should complete weekly readings before coming to class. Students should also review their own notes and course slides after every class. Preparatory study time for this class is 3-4 hours, and review time for this class is 2 hours.

Textbooks

There are no required textbooks for this course. All readings will be provided by the instructor either in print or online.

References

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a great resource for delving further into any topics discussed in class: https://plato.stanford.edu

The philosopher Jim Pryor has created helpful guides for writing and reading philosophy papers. Writing: http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/writing.html Reading: http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/reading.html

Two helpful resources for getting started are:
de Sousa, Ronald. (2015) Love: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jenkins, Carrie. (2017) What Love Is: and What It Could Be. New York: Basic Books.

Grading criteria

Participation 15%
Paper proposal 10%
Peer-review report 10%
Peer-review report response 10%
Final paper 55%

Changes following student comments

Not applicable

Equipment student needs to prepare

Please bring a computer for in-class surveys.

Prerequisite

None