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The methodology in ethics with regard to ancient Greek dialectics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K16680
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionWaseda University (2017-2019)
Hirosaki University (2016)

Principal Investigator

Inamura Kazutaka  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (40726965)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywordsアリストテレス / 方法論 / 弁証術 / 定義 / 互恵性 / 分類 / 社会規範 / 価値 / 反照的均衡 / 主権 / アナクロニズム / ソクラテス / プラトン / J. S. ミル / 分割法 / 思想史 / 倫理学 / 政治哲学 / ギリシア哲学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I have examined Aristotle's dialectical methodology in his ethical and political philosophy. In the existing literature, it is well known that Aristotle uses dialectics as a method for criticizing common beliefs and establishing the first principles of studies. It is, however, unclear what types of dialectics and how Aristotle uses for formulating ethical concepts and offer arguments in his Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics and Politics. It is also doubted how Aristotle's dialetics are reliable for acquiring knowledge. I have clarified that Plato's dialectical method of division is very influential on Aristotle's method of formulating the notion of human well-being, that the method of division is used in his scientific classification of the political constitutions as well as in his biological taxonomy and that the role-exchange reciprocity is a basis for dialectical conversation.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の意義は社会規範を探究する方法論の発展に寄与することである。事実を調査する科学的方法とは異なり、社会規範や価値観は人々の心の中にあり、感情的な要素も入っているので、対話を交わすのは難しい。古代ギリシアのアリストテレスはこの問題に弁証術という対話の作法を通して取り組んだ。本研究では、その利用方法を分析することで、例えば幸福や福利といった価値観は、人々の一般的な見解を題材として受け取りながら、その内容を明確化したり、一貫性を問題にしたり、概念を分析したりして、探究されることを明らかにした。ただしこうした探究の前提には視点の転換や論理性などが要求されていることも明らかにした。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (4 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Scientific Classification and Essentialism in the Aristotelian Typology of Constitutions2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Journal Title

      History of Political Thought

      Volume: 40

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] J. S. Mill on Liberty, Socratic Dialectic and the Logic behind Political Discourse2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the History of Ideas

      Volume: 80

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] テクストの分析と影響関係2019

    • Author(s)
      稲村一隆
    • Journal Title

      思想

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Aristotle on Reciprocity and Hierarchy2020

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      Ancient Worlds/Global Antiquity series at Yale-NYU College, Singapore
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 分類の方法論と本質主義:アリストテレス『政治学』での応用について2019

    • Author(s)
      稲村一隆
    • Organizer
      日本哲学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Role-Exchange Reciprocity as a Basis for Republicanism2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      27th Political Philosophy Workshop at Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Scientific Classification and Essentialism in the Aristotelian Typology of Constitutions2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      17th Global Justice Lecture, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Reciprocity in Aristotle's Political Philosophy2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      The American Philosophical Association, the Central Division
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] J.S.ミルにおけるソクラテス弁証術の受容と言論の自由―『論理学体系』第四巻第四章と『自由論』第二章―2018

    • Author(s)
      稲村一隆
    • Organizer
      政治思想学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Scientific Classification and Essentialism in the Aristotelian Typology of Constitutions2018

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      The joint session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] J. S. Mill on Liberty, Dialectics, and the Logic behind Political Discourse2017

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      Oxford History of Political Thought Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Oxford (UK)
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-20
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A hermeneutic method for developing republican political theory2017

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      Republicanism in the history of political philosophy and today
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Eleatic Stranger's Method in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      The International Conference 2400 Aristotle
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Bucharest (Romania)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Genus-differentia Definition and Natural Kinds2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      The 2016 joint session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Cardiff (UK)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Carnapian Explication in the Context of Definition Theory2016

    • Author(s)
      Kazutaka Inamura
    • Organizer
      The 5th annual conference of the Society for the Study of the History of Analytical Philosophy
    • Place of Presentation
      Metropolitan State University Denver (Colorado, USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Reading Texts on Sovereignty2020

    • Author(s)
      John Morrow and Colin Davis
    • Publisher
      Bloomsbury
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 生命の経済2020

    • Author(s)
      西尾宇広編
    • Total Pages
      260
    • Publisher
      慶應義塾大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784766426762
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] ARISTOTLE: 2400 YEARS OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION2020

    • Author(s)
      CRISTIAN IFTODE and SAVU TOTU
    • Publisher
      University of Bucharest Publishing Press
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 世界哲学史12020

    • Author(s)
      伊藤邦武、山内志朗、中島隆博、納富信留
    • Total Pages
      320
    • Publisher
      筑摩書房
    • ISBN
      4480072918
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Waseda.Academia.Edu

    • URL

      https://waseda.academia.edu/KazutakaInamura

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/kina/

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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