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A cognitive triangulation of environmental ethics through Japanese and Latin American philosophies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23K00003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 01010:Philosophy and ethics-related
Research InstitutionAkita University

Principal Investigator

パシュカ ロマン  秋田大学, 教育文化学部, 准教授 (90758583)

Project Period (FY) 2023-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsphilosophy / nature / Japanese philosophy / Latin America / environmental ethics / deep ecology / Latin American thought / triangulation
Outline of Research at the Start

The key scientific questions of my research are as follows:
● What should be the ethical norms that regulate our relationship with the environment?
● Is it possible to use a philosophical triangulation to provide alternative perspectives and to reframe the discussion on environmental ethics?

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

For the first year of the project, my focus was on Japanese environmental philosophy.
I made five presentations at two national and three international conferences (on Ando Shoeki, Ninomiya Sontoku and Eto Tekirei), published two articles in English (one on Ando Shoeki and one on Eto Tekirei) and co-edited a book on Asian philosophical texts (in English), scheduled to appear in summer 2024.
A good portion of the research was dedicated to Latin American philosophy, with an emphasis on native views of the environment, in order to establish a theoretical framework.
As preparation for the field research I plan to do next year, I established contacts with researchers from Columbia and Mexico and agreed to collaborate for this project. Also, I have been brushing up my Spanish language skills.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

Originally, the plan was to focus on Japanese philosophy for the first year, as a continuation of my previous research, and for the most part research has gone according to plan. Apart from the articles I mentioned above, I have also started working on a translation project from Japanese philosophy (focusing on the status of animals, and animal ethics) with a fellow researcher from Switzerland. We plan to publish a co-authored book in 2025-26.
My research on Latin American is also going rather well, but it remains mostly theoretical. Until I have the opportunity to do fieldwork in Central and South America, I have to rely on scholarly knowledge, exclusively.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

For the second year of the project, I plan to switch my focus to Latin American philosophy of nature in order to establish the coordinates for triangulation. I will continue to read Latin American philosophers, but also attempt to compare and contrast them with Japanese philosophical ideas.
During this first year, the idea that human beings are an intrinsic part of nature and that environmental ethics should be premised on this has emerged as a possible candidate for creating the link, and comparative framework, between Latin American and Japanese philosophies. This year, I plan to explore this possibility in greater detail.

Report

(1 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2024 2023

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Way is Within: Eto Tekirei’s “non-religious religion” and nature2024

    • Author(s)
      Roman Pasca
    • Journal Title

      Asian Philosophical Texts

      Volume: 4 Pages: 165-189

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] “The Myriads of People Are All One”: And? Sh?eki’s Self-with-Others2023

    • Author(s)
      Pasca Roman
    • Journal Title

      American, British and Canadian Studies

      Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Pages: 232-238

    • DOI

      10.2478/abcsj-2023-0027

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Poetry as Philosophy and Grace as Ethics: Eto Tekirei on Mount Fuji2024

    • Author(s)
      Roman Pasca
    • Organizer
      2nd Akita Philosophy Seminar
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Japanese Philosophy as World Philosophy: from Ando Shoeki to “deep ecology”2023

    • Author(s)
      Roman Pasca
    • Organizer
      日本哲学会第82回大会(2023年早稲田大学)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] From the mandala of farming to the concept of ba - Eto Tekirei’s contributions to environmental ethics2023

    • Author(s)
      Roman Pasca
    • Organizer
      European Association for Japanese Studies 2023 Conference, Ghent (Belgium)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Beyond "Deep Ecology": Cultivating the Heart-Mind and the Fields2023

    • Author(s)
      Roman Pasca
    • Organizer
      11th "Japan: Premodern, Modern and Contemporary" Conference, Bucharest (Romania)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Revisting the Lexicon of Nature to push the Boundaries of Philosophcial Discourse2023

    • Author(s)
      Roman Pasca
    • Organizer
      7th European Network of Japanese Philosophy Conference, Cork (Ireland)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Asian Philosophical Texts2024

    • Author(s)
      Alexandra Mustatea, Takeshi Morisato, Roman Pasca
    • Total Pages
      234
    • Publisher
      Mimesis International
    • ISBN
      9788869772245
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report

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Published: 2023-04-13   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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