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Augustine's Concept of Truth

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08610013
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Philosophy
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

NAKAGAWA Sumio  Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (60116168)

Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
KeywordsAugustine / judgment / truth / 『教師論』
Research Abstract

In his dialogue 'De magistro', Augustine states a famous thesis : we get knowledge not from any human teacher, but from consulting the truth inhabiting in our inner man. Augustine's concept of this inner truth, however, seems to change in the course of the dialogue. When Augustine first introduces the idea of inner truth, he compares it to light and says "Concerning color and other things we consult light, the elements of this world, those bodies which we sense, and the senses themselves (12,39)". What he means here is that when we get sense perception, we are also aware whether this perception is true or false, that is whether it is of real things (res) or of false images. In this sense, the truth is somethiing by which we are convinced that our knowledge is true. Augustine says, "pupils, looking to that inner truth, consider within themselves whether teachers say true or not. (14,45)" Here the truth is something by which we can judge whether what has been said is true or false. This transition can be explained as follows. Augustine from the beginning does not regard the certainty of knowledge as wholly objective. "We consult", he says, "the truth according to the capacity of each one." He is well aware of the limit of our capacity It was this awareness that prompted Augustine to change his notion of the truth.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All Other

All Publications (21 results)

  • [Publications] 中川純男: "ことばと真理-アウグスティヌス『教師論』における問題の所在" パトリスティカー教父研究, 教父研究会. 3号. 5-17 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "キリスト教的生における「観想と実践-アウグスティヌスにおける" 観想と実践, 慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所. 109-128 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "生きることの意味-アウグスティヌスの幸福論" 国士舘哲学, 国士舘大学哲学会. 1号. 3-1〓 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "significareとpraedicari-トマス『有と本質』における" 人間存在論、京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科. 3号. 477-486 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "自己知-新プラトン主義の論理とその射程" アルケー、関西哲学会. 5号. 11-20 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "secretiore indigentia-Augustinus, Conf.III,〓" 中世哲学研究, 京大中世哲学会. 17号. 1-17 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumio Nakagawa: "Word and Truth in Augustine's De magistro" Patristica. 3. 5-17 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumio Nakagawa: "Contemplation and Practice in Augustine, in : Contemplation and Practice." The Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies. 109-128 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumio Nakagawa: "Eudaimonism in Augustine, Kokushikan Tetsugaku 1" The Kokushikan Society of Philosophy.3-15 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumio Nakagawa: "Signification and Predication in Thomas Aquinas'De ente et essentia" Menschenontologie. 3. 477-486 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumio Nakagawa: "Plotinus and Self-Knowledge, Arche" Annual Review of the Kansai Philosophical Association. 5. 11-20 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sumio Nakagawa: "secretiore indigentia-Augustine, Conf.III,1,1., Veritas" Kyodai Studies in Mediaeval Philosophy. 17. 1-17 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "ことばと真理-アウグスティヌス『教師論』における問題の所在" パトリスティカ-教父研究,教父研究会. 3号. 5-17 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "キリスト教的生における「観想と実践-アウグスティヌスにおける" 観想と実践,慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所. 109-128 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "生きることの意味-アウグスティヌスの幸福論" 国士舘哲学,国士舘大学哲学会. 1号. 3-15 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "significareとpraedicari-トマス『有と本質』における" 人間存在論、京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科. 3号. 477-486 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "自己知-新プラトン主義の論理とその射程" アルケー、関西哲学会. 5号. 11-20 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "secretiore indigentia-Augustinus,Conf.III,1,1" 中世哲学研究,京大中世哲学会. 17号. 1-17 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川,純男: "自己知-新プラトン主義の論理とその射程" アルケ-,関西哲学会年報. 5. 11-20 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "designareとpraedicari" 人間存在論. 第3号. (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中川純男: "自己知-新プラトン主義の論理と3の射程" アルケ-(関西哲学会年報). 4. (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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