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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 2025
Class code A6300
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Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 火3/Tue.3
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Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name S303
Grade 3~4
Credit(s) 2
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Category (commenced 2024 onwards) 300-level Advanced Courses(上級)
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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. 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 also participate in a class discussion. Students will prepare questions for the discussion period as homework before coming to class. 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. The instructor will provide written feedback for the proposal, reports, and the final paper via Hoppii.

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, society, and biology

2[対面/face to face]:Love and rationality 1

Irrational love

3[対面/face to face]:Love and rationality 2

Loving humanity

4[対面/face to face]:Love and rationality 3

Love and relationships

5[対面/face to face]:Love and rationality 4

Loving someone for their good qualities

6[対面/face to face]:Love and morality 1

Partiality

7[対面/face to face]:Love and morality 2

Immoral love

8[対面/face to face]:Love and morality 3

Moral love

9[対面/face to face]:Love and morality 4

Love and respect

10[対面/face to face]:Love and happiness 1

Love and pleasure

11[対面/face to face]:Love and happiness 2

Love and meaningfulness

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

Love, robots, and AI

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

Love drugs

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

The right to be loved

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

Grading criteria

Participation (15%), Discussion questions (20%), Peer-review report (15%), Final paper (50%)

Changes following student comments

In the previous semester, the content of this course was focused on the philosophy of emotions in general. It is now focused on the philosophy of love.

Prerequisite

None

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