Each week, a faculty member or a student presents a discussion of one or a few related articles in the assigned topics. The article(s) should be deal with research in immunology and inflammation. College of Life Science Main Campus 1. Contact the course coordinator to enroll in the class. 2. All participants present at least twice. 3. Review the assigned articles before attending the class. 4. Participate in and contribute to class discussions. Hao-Sen Chiang 15 Wednesday 5,6 LS7032 (B21EM0500) 2 (College of Life Science) Institute of Life Science
http://www.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/2014c/

Based on the weekly subject listed in the syllabus, the lecturer and one participating student select a relevant review and a research article, respectively, for oral presentation followed by group discussion. The article(s) should relate to adaptive evolution or its application. College of Life Science Main Campus 1. Contact the course coordinator to enroll in the class. 2. All participants present at least twice. 3. Review the assigned articles before attending the class. 4. Participate in and contribute to discussion. Hsin-Hung Chou 15 LS7034 (B21EM0510) 2 (College of Life Science) Institute of Life Science http://www.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/2014c/

This course is based on lectures and discussions on recent research in the field of stem cells. Each week, a faculty member or a student presents a discussion of one or a few related articles in the assigned topics. The article(s) should be deal with research in stem cell and regenerative medicine The goal of this course is to review recent and significant journal articles about stem cell and regenerative medicine and discuss new findings in this field. Participants will learn a greater understanding of how stem cells can be applied to regeneration therapy and biology of stem cells. College of Life Science Main Campus 1. Contact the course coordinator to enroll in the class. 2. All participants present at least twice. 3. Review the assigned articles before attending the class. 4. Participate in and contribute to class discussions. Su-Yi Tsai 15 LS7036 (B21EM0520) 2 (College of Life Science) Institute of Life Science
http://www.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/2014c/

I open several related courses. Please visit our lab website for more detailed info on how to choose my lectures based on your preference.
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~tksmiki/for_Students_%28zhong_wen%29.html This is a course intended for students with basic knowledge of ecology, statistics, differential equations, and computer programming techniques and had some experience on modeling. We will discuss the application of mathematical modeling and computer programming techniques to investigate ecological questions. We will also discuss statistical analyses for identifying ecological patterns. Students will select a subject base on his/her own interest and present the progress of the chosen topic. The class is mainly in the form of discussion. The objectives are to provide students opportunities to discuss the application of mathematical modeling and computer programming techniques to investigate ecological questions. College of Science Main Campus Students are required to do oral presentation on a topic of ecological modeling and participate discussion. Takeshi Miki 25 Tuesday 8,9 Ocean7153 (241EM3640) 2 (College of Science) Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

Assuming that you are here for an unforgettable experience during your exchange semester/year, we recommend you start exploring Taiwan due to its location and unique geological structure, which offers a variety of breath-taking scenery. To guide you through the geographical features of this beautiful island, the Dept. of Geoscience is now offering an elective course-Introduction to Field Geology (II), which gives a general geological introduction to Hengchun Peninsula, Southern Taiwan. This course will be taught in English and it is especially designed for international students. Therefore, international students (including degree students, exchange students, and visiting students) are highly encouraged to take this course to explore Taiwan together with geologists! Fundamental knowledge in Geosciences Practical training and knowledge for geological surveys Experimental skills and knowledge College of Science Additional registration will take place on 2/24 (Fri.) at the R212 of Dept. of Geosciences (地質系212室) and start at 12:15 pm.
Enroll and registration for the tour will be charged NT $5000 (non-refundable).
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ALREADY ENROLLED, YOU STILL HAVE TO COME AND PAY.

Schedule of this course:
Indoor lesson
Time: 2017/3/25, Saturday, 9:00~12:00
Location: Basement classroom, Department of Geoscience
Content: (1) The introduction of background geology of Taiwan, Hengchun and field survey. (2) Grouping of field work, roll call and ……

Practical training
Time: 2017/3/25, Saturday, 13:30~15:30
Location: Dept. of Geosciences Content: (1) Identification of rocks and quiz

Field survey
Time: 2017/4/7 (Fri.) ~2017/4/10 (Mon.)
**Notice: If you are not able to attend this field trip, you will definitely fail this course.

Final examination
Time: 2017/4/15, Saturday, 10:00~12:00
Location: Basement classroom, Department of Geoscience Ludvig Lowemark 32 Geo1008 (204E22600) 2 (College of Science) Department of Geosciences
*Registration eligibility: non-majors and international students. http://www.geog.ntu.edu.tw/index.php?lang=en

Ever since G. H. von Wright proposed the original idea of treating epistemic concepts, such as knowing and believing, as a kind of modal concepts in the 1950s, epistemic logic has flourished into a large family of logical systems. In particular, with the application of Kripke’s possible-worlds semantics, thanks to Jaakko Hinttikka (especially his seminal work Knowledge and Belief (1962)), numerous logical properties of related epistemic concepts can be characterized and clarified in epistemic logics. And sometimes, a well-established epistemic logic may provide a certain way of developing new philosophical views. Yet, at the moment we have already had a family of epistemic logics but the trouble is we are in no position to decide which is the correct, or the most appropriate, one insofar as a philosophical conception of knowledge/belief is concerned. Apart from this, some other misgivings remain, such as the problem of logical omniscience: The agent should know all logical consequences and all tautologies. It is thus somewhat interesting to examine the recent development of epistemic logic and to search for some treatment to deal with the problems epistemic logic may face. In this introductory course of epistemic logic, the construction of epistemic logic in general will be specified, including the language in use, the semantics and axiomatizations. Related topics are briefly mentioned, discussed, and dealt with. of course, no such a course could exhaust all topics involved, let alone the depth of such an enquiry. In this course we shall only examine a variety of logical system concerning knowledge and belief and some related concepts, as shown in the contents, which are involved in the construction of logic at the elementary level, and their philosophical implications. The main objectives of this course are: 1. To study the construction of epistemic logic in general, including the language in use, Kripke’s models and the semantics based on Kripke’s model, and some well-known axiomatizations of epistemic logic, including S5, S4, S4.2, S4.3, KB. 2. A historical survey of the development of epistemic logic and investigation into some main problems with the standard epistemic logic. 3. To study some variants of epistemic logic and their impact on related philosophical issues, such as doxastic logic, dynamic epistemic logic, information and belief revision, common knowledge and public knowledge, temporal logic, and justification logic,etc. 4. To clarify the relationship and the interaction between epistemic logic and epistemology. 5. Some recent results. College of Liberal Arts Shuiyuan Campus Every week, a chapter in the text book, or an essay will be assigned. Students should hand in by email a summary (about 2-4 pages) of the weekly assigned essay. By the end of semester, a long essay (about 3000 words, i.e., 10-12 pages double space in A4 size) is required. Chin Mu Yang 15 Friday 7,8,9 Phl7763 (124EM7390) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Graduate Institute of Philosophy http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/en/ann/

。 Introduction: The concept of truth and the traditional debates over the nature of truth Unit 1 Semantic conception of truth 1.1 Tarski’s semantic theory of truth Tarski, A. (1944), ‘The semantic conception of truth’, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 4 (1944), 341-76; reprinted in Semantics and the philosophy of language, L. Linsky (ed.), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1952,13-47; also reprinted in Alfred Tarski – Collected Papers, Vol. 2: 1935-44, S. R. Givant and R. N. McKenzie (eds.), Basel: Birkh?user Verlag, 1986, 661-99. —– (1969), ‘Truth and proof’, in Fundamental Problems in Philosophy, O. Haufling (ed.), Oxford: Blackwell and Mott, 1973, a revision of one of the same title originally appeared in Scientific American, vol. 6 (1969), 63-77 (reprinted in A Philosophical Companion to First-order Logic, edited with an overview by R. I. G. Hughes, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1993, 101-125); reprinted in Alfred Tarski ?Collected Papers, Vol. 4: 1958-79, S. R. Givant and R. N. McKenzie (eds.), Basel: Birkh?user Verlag, 1986, 399-423. 1.2 Hartry Field on Tarski’s semantic conception of truth Field, H. (1972/[2001]), ‘Tarski’s theory of truth’, The Journal of Philosophy, (1972); reprinted in Reference, Truth and Reality, M. Platts (ed.), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980, 83-110; also reprinted with Postscript in Truth and the Absence of Fact, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001, 3-29. 1.3 Austin’s semantic account of truth Austin, J. L (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol.24 (1950), 111-29; reprinted in Truth, G. Pitcher (ed.), Oxford: Clarendon, 1964, 18-31; also reprinted in Truth, S. Blackburn and K. Simmons (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, 149-61. Strawson, P. F. (1950), ‘Truth’, Aristotelian Society, suppl. vol. 24 (1950), 129-56; reprinted in G. Pitcher (ed.) Truth, Oxford: Clarendon, 1964; also reprinted in Truth, S. Blackburn and K. Simmons (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University The course is the third part of the series of tutorial-based courses on fundamental topics in the philosophy of language and logic. We shall examine a variety of account /theories of truth and related topics. College of Liberal Arts Shuiyuan Campus Chin Mu Yang 15 Thursday 7,8,9 Phl7710 (124EM2960) 3 (College of Liberal Arts) Graduate Institute of Philosophy http://www.philo.ntu.edu.tw/en/ann/