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Philosophical examination of `the social turn' in the evolutionary study of the origin of human rationality

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25370016
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Agriculture

Principal Investigator

Amitani Yuichi  東京農業大学, 生物産業学部, 准教授 (00643222)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords進化論 / 二重過程説 / 理性 / 社会的転回 / 進化 / 二重過程
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since the advent of the evolutionary theory, many philosophers and scientists have discussed where the human rationality came from. In this research project, we addressed this question within the framework of the dual process theory of the human mind. We showed that the theory has a philosophically rigorous foundation if we take the two kinds of mind as products of evolution. We also found that the hypothesis that social intelligence has been readily transferred to general intelligence during the course of evolution does not fit with the relatively weak correlation between the scores of the general intelligence test and the test of the so-called emotional intelligence. Lastly, our analysis of the reflective mind suggests that hypothetical thinking is the key to find out the evolutionary origin of it.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] A tale of two minds: Past, present and future2016

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Journal Title

      Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science

      Volume: 24 Pages: 21-43

    • NAID

      110010043171

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Prototypical reasoning about species and the species problem2015

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Journal Title

      Biological Theory

      Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 289-300

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13752-015-0204-4

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The natural frequency hypothesis and evolutionary arguments2015

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Journal Title

      Mind and Society

      Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-19

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11299-014-0155-7

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report 2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Book Review: Rationality and the Reflective Mind2014

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Journal Title

      科学哲学科学史研究

      Volume: 8 Pages: 88-91

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 熟慮的理性のマキャベリ的解釈2015

    • Author(s)
      網谷祐一
    • Organizer
      道徳・社会認知研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Did Machiavellian Thinking Shape the Reflective Mind?2015

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Organizer
      The 15th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 自然種・種・相同2014

    • Author(s)
      網谷祐一
    • Organizer
      日本科学哲学会
    • Place of Presentation
      南山大学、愛知
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-16
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 熟慮的理性の進化2014

    • Author(s)
      網谷祐一
    • Organizer
      生物学基礎論研究会第8回研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学、愛媛
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-30
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Species Without Definitions --- Applying Psychology to Resolve the Species Problem2014

    • Author(s)
      Amitani, Yuichi
    • Organizer
      Cognitive Science of Science: Kazimierz Naturalist Workshop 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Comments on `Species Pluralism, Anti-Realism and Anomalous Monism' by Min OuYang2014

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Organizer
      The Japan-Taiwan Philosophy of Biology Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      National Chung Cheng University (国立中正大学), Taiwan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] What do biologists do with species2014

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Organizer
      The Japan-Taiwan Philosophy of Biology Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      National Chung Cheng University (国立中正大学), Taiwan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] What a tale of two minds can be2013

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Amitani
    • Organizer
      The third East-Asia Conference for the Philosophy of Science
    • Place of Presentation
      National Tsing Hua University (国立精華大学), Taiwan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 種についてのプロトタイプ的思考と種問題2013

    • Author(s)
      網谷祐一
    • Organizer
      日本科学哲学会
    • Place of Presentation
      法政大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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