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The tools of contemporary Japanese neuroscience: a cultural and philosophical approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16F16301
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionRikkyo University

Principal Investigator

河野 哲也  立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (60384715)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) GAILLARD MAXENCE  立教大学, 文学部, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2016-10-07 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords科学哲学 / 技術哲学 / 科学のツール / 脳科学の哲学 / 脳神経倫理学 / 脳神経倫理
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This last period of the fellowship was dedicated to the study of the interaction between technology and the body of research participants. This study is a subpart of the general project: the development of a philosophical approach of scientific instruments in the philosophy of neuroscience and neuroethics. In this study, I focus on tool use in the laboratory: how tools are connected with the body of research participants? In behavioral and brain sciences, the body of the participant is connected to several technologies through which physiological data is recorded. In order to obtain good quality brain data, a number of constraints are imposed on the body of participants, such as restrictions of movement. I have observed and compared several experiments of neuroscience and psychology, including a rich variety of brain imaging tools (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging, functional near-infrared spectroscopy). By questioning the conceptions of embodiment behind the use of brain imaging tools, I have shown that different instrumental strategies correspond to different conceptions of embodiment. A paper on this topic has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
Presentations of the study have been held at the World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing University, August 2018, and at East China Normal University (Shanghai), Workshop Body Matters: The Many Faces of Embodied Cognition, August 2018. At the World Congress of Philosophy, a roundtable has also been organized with Tetsuya Kono & Jean-Michel Roy on “New Directions in Embodied Knowledge” (2018.8.17).

Research Progress Status

平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results) Book (2 results) Funded Workshop (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Looking for Neuroethics in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Journal Title

      Neuroethics

      Volume: 11 (1) Issue: 1 Pages: 67-82

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12152-017-9348-1

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Invasive and Non-Invasive Technologies in Neuroscience Communication2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Journal Title

      BioethiqueOnline

      Volume: 6 (11) Pages: 1-10

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Lucy van Pelt, psychiatre de son temps2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Journal Title

      Psychiatrie, Neurosciences, Sciences humaines

      Volume: 15 (2) Pages: 23-34

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Usefulness of useless robots2018

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, Maxence
    • Organizer
      Dutch-Japanese Workshop in Philosophy of Technology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Coadaptation of the body and technology in cognitive neuroscience research2018

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, Maxence
    • Organizer
      World Congress of Philosophy
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Does laboratory research take embodiment seriously?2018

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, Maxence
    • Organizer
      Workshop Body Matters: The Many Faces of Embodied Cognition
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hopes and Challenges of Transnational Neuroethics2018

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, Maxence
    • Organizer
      Society for Social Studies of Science Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Les enjeux philosophiques de la recherche des tojishas2018

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, Maxence
    • Organizer
      Journee francophone de la recherche
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The individuation of a scientific instrument2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Organizer
      Society for Philosophy and Technology Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tools and paradigms in neuroscience2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Organizer
      International Society for the History of Neuroscience
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Instrumentation research in cognitive neuroscience: the historical interplay between development and use of functional magnetic resonance imaging2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Organizer
      Worskshop: Cognitive Systems and Epistemology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] What kind of tools are scientific instruments?2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Organizer
      Biennal Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Nature, Culture and the Status of the Brain2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Organizer
      Workshop: The brain between human nature and culture
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Tojisha research and Narrative medicine2017

    • Author(s)
      Maxence Gaillard
    • Organizer
      International Workshop: Challenges of Illness Narratives
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] L’innovation en eaux troubles: sciences, techniques, ideologie2017

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, M. et al. Eds. by Ivan Sainsaulieu & Arnaud Saint-Martin
    • Total Pages
      329
    • Publisher
      Editions du Croquant
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] A quoi servent les instruments scientifiques?2016

    • Author(s)
      Gaillard, M. et al. Ed. by Jerome Fatet
    • Total Pages
      241
    • Publisher
      Presses Universitaires de Limoges
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Symposium: Science of tools and tools of science, Biennal Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology 2017, Rikkyo University2017

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop: The brain between human nature and culture, Philosophy of Science Society Japan 2017, The University of Tokyo2017

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-10-11   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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