UTokyo Open Lectures: Logic
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Logic as a Study
What Is Logic? [JP]
UTokyo Open Lecture series aims to directly communicate outcomes of our academic research to a larger audience.The theme of the 131th lecture is Logic. “Logic" is a branch of philosophy that originated in Greece in the 4th century BC. By examining its origins and history, the lecture discusses the characteristics of Western logic and how it relates to our thinking and world. NOTE: - This …
Approaching Mathematics in Terms of Logic [JP]
UTokyo Open Lecture series aims to directly communicate outcomes of our academic research to a larger audience.The theme of the 131th lecture is Logic. Mathematics is a logically structured discipline, but how is it structured? This lecture helps you glimpse the way mathematics is constructed through the natural numbers, the most basic object in mathematics, as an example. NOTE: - This le…
Computation and Logic [JP]
UTokyo Open Lecture series aims to directly communicate outcomes of our academic research to a larger audience.The theme of the 131th lecture is Logic. Computation is realized by the combination of logical operations on truth values. From a higher viewpoint, you can find that the "programs" describing the calculation and the "proofs" in formulas are inseparable from each other. This lecture he…
Logic in Society
The Logic and Ethics of AI [JP]
UTokyo Open Lecture series aims to directly communicate outcomes of our academic research to a larger audience.The theme of the 131th lecture is Logic. Prof. Hirono discusses the morality of logic that says, "The advancement of AI allows us to place ourselves in a better environment, which leads to our happiness." NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
The Logic of Jurisprudence, the Logic of Constitutional Law [JP]
UTokyo Open Lecture series aims to directly communicate outcomes of our academic research to a larger audience.The theme of the 131th lecture is Logic. What it means "to follow the logic" would vary depending on whether it is about demonstration conducted by a lawyer or solving a proof problem of logic. Then, how do they actually differ? What if it is about constitutional laws? It is an overwh…
Education that Enriches and Nurtures Children's Logical Thinking [JP]
UTokyo Open Lecture series aims to directly communicate outcomes of our academic research to a larger audience.The theme of the 131th lecture is Logic. Prof. Fujimura discusses how elementary and junior high school students can develop logical thinking through interacting with others in an age where we are required to deal with problems that do not have a single solution. NOTE: - This lec…
The Frontiers of Logic
information security created by physical laws and logic [JP]
Quantum mechanics is the natural law that underlies our world but it also has strange properties that defy common sense. Quantum cryptography, which uses weak light, is the application of this property to cryptography. The power of logic plays a major role in proving the ultimate security that cannot be broken no matter what is done. NOTE: - This lecture was conducted only in Japanese. ★Your…
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