Science & Culture

Course Description

 Today, we live in “the era of science” where the importance of science in society and culture has been increasingly expanded. However, despite such importance of science, various problems, such as a blind faith in science or conversely a general criticism or denial to science, an investment and support for science aiming at a short-term results, a mutual indifference and exclusion caused by the division of departments between liberal arts and science, and so on. It is because of recognition of the problematic situation that the importance of the current science culture has been suggested. This course focuses on several topics which are important when we understand the relationship between science and culture in modern society. The topics will be 1) science and humanism, 2) science and law, 3) science and art, 4) science hall[hall of science] and museum, 5) public understanding of science(history of science). Studying science culture is pursuing the nature of scientific knowledge and focusing on history of science, science and society, science policy, science and value, science and ethics, science and education and so on. Such quests will provide an eye for understanding the nature of science and science culture more fundamentally and generally. We can understand the nature of science and science culture more fundamentally and generally through such quests.)

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