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The core of the human intelligence lies in the fact that people learn and behave in a "situated" manner, dependent on the situation they are in. However, how human intelligence possesses that "situatedness" is still a mystery. Past researches on AI have not yet obtained any answers, even hypotheses.
Although the technology about deep learning is expected to bring huge impact on changes of the world, it theoretically will not give any answers to this problem at all.
This is the PROBLEM the current AI is faced with.
It is a high and hard obstacle. As long as the researchers do not get some ideas to go over it, the AI researches will not get a new future.
Having provided about this problem of AI, this lecture aims to encourage students think of their own intelligence.
One of big problems of studying biology is caused by too various species found on the earth and too complicated structures of each creature, meaning that it is difficult to find what is important point in this academic field. I believe that comparison of real world and life science events can be good tip to solve this problem on studying biology. In this class, gathering various knowledge and experience of mine, 14 biological topics will be performed. I do not care whether you studied biology in high school or not.
SFC provides a wide variety of health and well-being related subjects from different perspectives. This is an introductory course for students who want to conduct health researches with SFC professors and students who want to get Health Science certificate. The course provides basic skills, methods and knowledge to start health research. The course will be delivered by 5 leading professors.
The course will cover mathematical modeling techniques for simulating the behavior of biological systems at the sub-cellular level. Particular focus will be given to modeling various molecular and cellular processes. (i.e. enzyme reaction, population dynamics of bacteria, signal transduction in the cell, electrophysiological dynamics of ion channels, etc.) Topics include methods for mathematical modeling and computer simulation, design of simulation experiments, and analysis of results. Students will be expected to learn about:
Students wishing to take this course in English are encouraged to take the GIGA course which is offered concurrently.
We provide the principles of molecular and cellular biology through "Molecular and Cellular Biology 1-4." This class will be conducted in a format similar to a qualification exam. Students will study the textbook on their own, take online exams, and earn a grade based on the results.
This course covers Chapter 11-15 of the textbook "Essential Cell Biology".
Students wishing to take this course in English are encouraged to take the GIGA course which is offered concurrently.
We provide the principles of molecular and cellular biology through "Molecular and Cellular Biology 1-4." This class will be conducted in a format similar to a qualification exam. Students will study the textbook on their own, take online exams, and earn a grade based on the results.
This course covers Chapter 11-15 of the textbook "Essential Cell Biology".
Students wishing to take this course in English are encouraged to take the GIGA course which is offered concurrently.
We provide the principles of molecular and cellular biology through "Molecular and Cellular Biology 1-4." This class will be conducted in a format similar to a qualification exam. Students will study the textbook on their own, take online exams, and earn a grade based on the results.
This course covers Chapter 16-20 of the textbook "Essential Cell Biology".
We provide the principles of molecular and cellular biology through "Molecular and Cellular Biology 1-4." This class will be conducted in a format similar to a qualification exam. Students will study the textbook on their own, take online exams, and earn a grade based on the results.
This course covers Chapter 16-20 of the textbook "Essential Cell Biology".
The course focuses on maps as a design material, expression, and forms of art.
This course will discuss the spread of Islam throughout the Eurasian continent and beyond, and its diverse society ranging from West Africa to Southeast Asia.
In this lecture, the backgrounds of athletes becoming top athletes are given consideration from various points of views such as coaching, conditioning, athletes` life styles, sports intelligence, their mentalities, and supports for athletes and second careers, relevance between society and athletes. Based on the study above we will consider and discuss solutions about relative issues surrounding athletes and sports by group works.
How did Japan became modern? Japan was barely able to maintain its independence around middle of the 19th century, but only 50 years later, it gained the a position and reputation as one of the great powers of the world. After a bitter defeat in WW2, it rose to the top of the world economy after only a 30-year effort.
This “success story” impresses people who have been interested in Japan’s way of development, and sometimes those with an interest in Japanese culture. It is hard for both Japanese and others to answer the question “What’s Japan?” ,. We should take the opportunity to ruminate on the past, the present, and the future of “Japan”.
This course covers Basics of Business Strategy and Corporate management
Where does the music we enjoy today come from? How are the classical, popular, and folk musics around the world related to one another? While most music history courses teach the history of classical music separately from other forms, this course will give a historical overview combining popular, classical, and folk musics around the world and their development over thousands of years. This course will focus on understanding the musical and historical contexts of 60 diverse examples of music from throughout world history, from Tuvan throat-singing to Beethoven’s symphonies to Kendrick Lamar.
In this lecture, we will discuss various aspects of the role that the media plays in policy making. The media is called the Fourth Power after the government, diet and judiciary. In the past, the media such as newspapers and television were the mainstream, but digital media such as the Internet are also joining here. However, because the media acts as a check of power, it also plays a major role in public opinion formation. The two roles of power checking and public opinion formation will also play important roles in policy making. Those in charge of administration and those in charge of legislation especially emphasize the power of newspaper editorials. In this lecture, 11 editorial writers in charge of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun editorial and signature columns will discuss the role of the media in policy making in their respective fields of expertise. In the first half of the 13 lectures, we will discuss the relationship between media transformation by digitization and domestic policy formation, and in the second half, policy formation and media in each country such as the United States, China, and South Korea.
After studying public philosophy, I will reconsider my principles and values, and how to "build a relationship between myself and others" in the public sphere where I am now. Deepen your understanding while practicing "what kind of person you are".
The purpose is to get to know oneself and others more deeply by looking back on the thoughts, judgments, and decisions at that time, and looking back on the present and past self, why I came to such a judgment.
Method: Discussion / presentation between students through lectures and Work
The course focuses on the analysis of choice from the two perspectives: “freedom to choose” and “freedom from choosing.” Rationalists argue that bad choices are the result of bad decision-making and the individuals are the ones to blame. How people make or do not make choices are, in fact, influenced not only by who they are, but also by the social environment where the decision-making takes place. Poor/good choice-making are the consequences of the following conditions which can be attributed to the individuals and/or the social environment: 1.Income constraints (environment/individual); and/or 2. Lack of knowledge (environment/individual); and/or 3. Lack of information (environment/individual); and/or 4. Lack of [good] choices (environment); and/or 5. Limited access to choices (environment/individual); and/or 6. Lack of freedom or Too much Freedom (environment); and/or 7. Laziness/ Decision [making] Fatigue (environment/ individual)
Analysis of choice behaviors and how people make choices by considering these conditions above would help uncover where the problems may lie, thus improving the solution matters.
The course draws on some arguments from the works of Daniel Kahneman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard Thaler, Peter L. Berger and T. Luckmann, Niklas Luhmann, Hebert A. Simon, among others
Psychiatry is a discipline that contributes directly to psychiatry, while psychoanalysis is the method of understanding the depths of the human psyche.
They are based on the clinical practice of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts and are embedded in the professional education of clinicians. Recently, these have been opened up to the general public through specialized books and guide books, and are probably becoming more significant as general education and lifelong education. Among other things, learning about psychiatry and psychoanalysis is significant for students in the process of adolescence, from the perspective of mental health education. This lecture provides students with the opportunity to learn about psychiatry and psychoanalysis as part of their general education. The main topics covered are: trends in psychiatry, diagnosis in psychiatry, therapeutic theories in psychiatry, trends in psychoanalysis, key concepts in psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic developmental theories, psychoanalytic pathology (adolescence, neurosis, depression, psychosis, personality disorders, autistic spectrum) and psychoanalytic theories of treatment.
What do you think as "The classics"? The "The Republic" and "Meditations" paired with the plastic figures we saw in politics and ethics textbooks, the "Analects" and "Records of the Grand Historian" with their impressive crowns, the "Eiga Monogatari" and "Azuma Kagami" if not the "Kojiki". There may be those who say "The Social Contract" or "Self-Help".
There are many commentaries on these "The classics", and there are also websites like "Quick Reference". Above all, if you read them in a normal way, you will be swallowed up.
In this class, therefore, we will steadily read important historical (but short) texts that everyone seems to have read but has not, or pretends to have read, and we will all think about their implications. There are no commentaries or 'quick-understand' websites. Only the intellectual work of the participants there are.
The subject matter will be the documents that have influenced modern and contemporary Japan from the opening of the country to the present. We would like to discover new possibilities of "Classics and Modernity" by reconsidering what this country has thought and when from a modern perspective.
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The course will cover the history of Japan from the 1940s to the 1970s in terms of Japan-U.S. relations and Japan's domestic politics and economy. Students will read the assigned book, Micahel Schaller, Altered states: the United States and Japan since the occupation (Oxford University Press, 1997), at the pase of one chapter in every week. In the class, a student will make a presentation of the one chapter, then the professor will lecture on the historical background, and the students will discuss on the chapter. The goal of the course is to understand the international relations that defined Japan and the political and economic character of Japan as shaped by those international relations.
In this class, the teacher will give lectures of Western philosophy and discuss with students.
Perspectives on Russia's War in Ukraine:
Russia started its invasion against Ukraine on 24 February 2022. This course examines various aspects of the war, including its origins, evolution, consequences and lessons to be learned.
The aim of this course is to help students developing skill in problem-finding, problem-solving and leadership, dealing with the basic concepts of SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP. The previous aim of this course is to help students acquire an understanding of the fundamental principles and values of SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, however, it is now largely understood. On the other hand, learning process of SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP proved useful in developing skill in problem-finding, problem-solving and leadership.
This lecture will focus on disaster risk as the key element of regional planning, and will elaborate with case studies on integrated planning, coastal zone planning, dry land planning and urban area planning. Examples from developing countries in Asia will be presented. Group discussion among students will be made.
This class will introduce the current movement of community innovation conducted by various entities such as residents, local government, NPO and companies, clarify the reasons for success as well as problems and discuss the significance and the possibility. We also examine the concrete measure to realize collaboration of various entities, which is important for community innovation, to make the best use of resources and to solve regional problems. The class is for the students who are interested in community innovation practice or regional development policies.
In the class, the theory of platform, network, trust and sociology will be examined, and we will conduct the case study of advanced community innovation with the concept of tourism, agriculture, shopping street, human resource development and traditional industry. In order to develop our practical knowledge, we will invite special guests who play active roles in community development and also introduce case discussions.
The essay about community problem solution will be expected as a final assignment.